A Multidisciplinary Traditional Use Study on Human Populations and Natural Resources for Point Reyes National Seashore

Project ID: J9W88040030

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2004

Initial Funding: $15,000

Total Funding: $79,000

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: Point Reyes National Seashore

Principal Investigator: Deur, Doug

Agreement Technical Representative: York, Frederick

Abstract: Point Reyes National Seashore consists of approximately 71,000 acres of seashore, beaches, forested ridges and historic cattle ranches and dairies. Resident human populations consisted of American Indians at the time of initial Euro-American contact. Subsequently, the presence of various settlers and other newly arrived persons and groups changed the social nvironment for the native populations and altered their access to natural resources. The objectives of this multidisciplinary traditional use study will be to identify and conduct research on all of the human groups who have lived in and/or made use of natural resources in specific ways from the advent of initial non-native settlement of the area to the present.