The mystery of the Stuwix - an Athapaskan or Chinookan people amongst the Secx'emc chinook

[David Lewis]

There is quite a bit of contention of whether parts of california are PNW.
This has been a historic battle between anthropologists and when I was at
the Natural History Museum, their public wall map cuts the PNW at the
Columbia I think, but I know it did not include California. I had to write
a research proposal last year of the Tolowa and the departmental advisor
for research said she did not agree that the PNW extends to California.
Plus the fact that scholarship between Canada and USA on the PNW is divided
by the international boundary creates another division. Many Canadian
researchers stop the PNW at the border. Very little is fully integrated and
understood of the PNW. And there are many rivalries in the profession of
anthropologists trying to prove THEIR theory of how human settlement began
and the origins of it all. I'll give you references if you want but
recently I had to deal with the Carlson-Matson& Coupland rivalry. M & C are
trying to prove that humans can from an inland corridor, and they rename
Carlson's Pebble Tool Tradition to be the Old Cordilleran Culture. They
include very little of Carlson's research even though he is instrumental
and necessary to archaeology in the PNW. One problem is that many refuse to
believe that a marine migration is possible or that there were two
migrations, inland and marine that were happening at the same time.
David
At 04:03 PM 01/17/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:04:08 -0800, David Lewis
><coyotez at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU> wrote:
>
> >I was interested in the book as it admits that the Northern California
> >region is part of the Pacific Northwest.  They also seem to work with the
> >Tribes to get their recommendations. But I think some of their research was
> >brief, ie: only talking to one person for some of the less attractive
> >areas. I remember a while ago that I saw a request for corrections to a new
> >edition. The ATNI is the main tribal decision making body for the Northwest
> >consortium of Indians, IE: they are very important and are representative
> >of the interests of most of the tribes. I'm not sure if they promote the
> >book but they seem to have endorsed it.
> >David
>
>
> >At 08:32 AM 01/17/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >>I ran across ATNI's Web site a year or so ago, but it deals mostly
> >>with organizational business such as schedules of meetings and lists
> >>of committees, so I couldn't figure out myself who they were.
> >>http://www.atni.org/  It's based in Portland.
> >>
> >>They do promote the book you mention as well as a travel map,
> >>apparently as part of a public-education and/or tourism-promotion
> >>effort.  The organization's tourism committee assisted in their
> >>production.
> >>
> >>Halliday's and Chehak's book is available from
> >>http://www.sasquatchbooks.com/  An expanded second edition is
> >>expected out in April.  Perhaps the mistakes you noted will be
> >>corrected.
> >>
> >>The 1996 edition is in-stock at www.amazon.com
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Jeff
> >>
> >>On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:02:08 -0800, David Lewis
> >><coyotez at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU> wrote:
> >>
> >> >There is another travel book: Native Peoples of the Northwest, By
> Halliday
> >> >and Chehak. It says "In Cooperation with the Affiliated Tribes of
> Northwest
> >> >Indians." I picked it up at Powells a few years ago and I think there
> is a
> >> >newer edition out than the one I have "1996." Chapters are Southeast
> >> >Alaska, British Columbia, Western Washington, Western Oregon and Northern
> >> >California, Columbia River Gorge and Basin, Idaho and Western
> Montana. If I
> >> >remember right, it speaks pretty well to the history and current
> situation
> >> >of all of the tribal areas I know of, even though I found numerous
> mistakes.
> >> >David
> >
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Eugene, OR 97403

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