Ethnographic, Cultural, and Social Impact Assessments:

The following list contains a select few of the recent research projects that the Institute has been involved with over the last number of years; this is by no means a complete list (many of our projects are confidential and cannot be listed). The Institute conducts research in historical use studies; ethnographic and cultural impact assessments; NAGPRA, NHPA, NRDA, and other government mandated cultural perspective studies; Environmental Impact Assessments; Market Research; specialized research; health related studies; as well as literature reviews, bibliographic compilations, and textual accuracy reviews. Please contact us to see how we may help you with your research needs. Underlined titles are available for download.

• Cultural Resources and Visitor Experience: Headlands Institute EIS. Point Reyes National Seashore, National Park Service, San Francisco, CA.
• Social Value Analysis: Elk Management Plan, Wind Cave National Park. Total Quality NEPA, National Park Service. Wind Cave, ND.
• Social Value Analysis: Fire Mitigation in Bandelier National Monument. Total Quality NEPA, National Park Service. Bandelier, NM.
• Social Value Analysis: Dogwalking in Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Total Quality NEPA, National Park Service, San Francisco, CA.
• Cultural Uses of Natural Resources by the Yerington Paiute and Walker River Paiute Tribes. Prepared for the Yerington Mine NRDA Board of Trustees, 2005. In conjunction with Stratus Consulting #S012-4C-0697.
• American Indian mtDNA and Y Chromosome Studies: The Current State of the Field. Prepared for the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, 2004 (#DE-FG03-00ER63004).
• An Anthropological Perspective on Magistrate Jelderks' Kennewick Man Decision. High Plains Applied Anthropologist, 23(1): 1-16. Co-authored with Darby Stapp.
• Navajo Educational Achievement at Leupp Public School: Preliminary Analysis of the Results of a 1999 Lawsuit Settlement. Prepared for Walker Research Group, Llc. #W022-D-0345.
• A Comprehensive Bibliography of documents pertaining to the Washo Tribe of Nevada and California. Bauu Institute: Boulder 2002
• A Comprehensive Bibliography of documents pertaining to the Shoshone-Paiute. Bauu Institute: Boulder 2002
• American Indian Ethnobotanical uses of Native Plant Species of the American West. Contains over 30,000 entries on plants, their uses, and locations. Bauu Institute: Boulder 2002-present
• Old World Infectious Diseases in the Plateau Area of North America during the Protohistoric: Rethinking Our Understanding of "Contact" in the Plateau. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, 37(1): 1-26.
• Certain Limitations in the Current Use of mtDNA and Y Chromosome Testing to Infer American Indian Demographic History and Cultural Affiliation. The AnthroGlobe Journal, 2002.
• An Ethnographic Assessment of the BA Emitter Site. Prepared for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and the Air Force Combat Command, 2001; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• Natural Resource Use and Cultural Use of the Leviathan Mine Impacts on the Washoe Tribe. Prepared for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, 2001; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• A Preliminary Ethnographic Assessment of the Armstrong County Gunnery Range. Prepared for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, October, 2000; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• Anthropology, Tribes, and The Transformation of American Anthropology: A Few Observations. In High Plains Applied Anthropologist, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2000; with Deward E. Walker, Jr.
• Other Perspectives on the Kennewick Man Controversy. In American Anthropologist, Vol. 102, No. 4, December 2000; with Deward E. Walker, Jr.
• The Nez Perce. Essay for University of Washington/Library of Congress publication.
• Implementing the Multicultural Curriculum. In Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, Vol. 32, No.2, Fall 1998; with Deward E. Walker, Jr.
• A Cultural Assessment of Riparian Habitats. Prepared for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Environmental Protection Department., October, 1999; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• A Cultural Assessment of the Cascade Reservoir Area. Prepared for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, September, 1999; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• A Cultural Assessment of the Carson River Valley Area, Draft Report. Prepared for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, July, 1999; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• Feasibility Study for Implementation of an Adventure Based Cruise Line in the Caribbean. Prepared for Rhumba Cruises, November, 1999.

Technical Reviews Include:

Below are a few of the recent technical reviews the Institute has conducted for various agencies, organizations, and publishing companies:

• A Critical Evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management's Evidence for Determination of Cultural Affiliation of Ancient Human Remains from Spirit Cave, Nevada, by Barker, Ellis, and Damadio (July 26, 2000). Prepared for the Fallon Paiute Tribe, 2001; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• A Critical Examination of the Department of the Interior's Decision to Repatriate the Kennewick Human Remains. Prepared for the Yakama Tribe, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and the Wanapam Band, 2001; contracted through Walker Research Group.
• Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and The Battle for Native American Identity, by David Hurst Thomas. In American Anthropologist, Vol. 102, No. 4.
• Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Man, by Roger Downey. In American Anthropologist, Vol. 102, No. 4.
• Empty Nets: Indians, Dams, and the Columbia River, by Roberta Ulrich. In Pacific Northwest Quarterly. Winter 2001.
• 'Keeping the Lakes' Way': Reburial and the Re-creation of a Moral World among an Invisible People, by Paula Pryce. In Pacific Northwest Quarterly. Winter 2001.
• Indian Fishing: Early Methods on the Northwest Coast, by Hilary Stewart. Posted online February 12, 2000.