A Study of Historical and Contemporary Groups with Ties to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Project ID: J9W88050025

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2005

Initial Funding: $22,000

Total Funding: $46,570

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: Fort Vancouver NHS

Principal Investigator: Deur, Doug

Agreement Technical Representative: York, Frederick

Abstract: This project will identify and evaluate ethnographic data to document the general patterns of use of the site by Native Americans and Native Hawaiians. This study is a necessary first step for making determinations of cultural affiliation under the terms of NAGPRA in the event of future inadvertent discoveries on federal lands in FOVA and VNHR. Likewise the results of the study will set the stage for future studies on the traditional uses of land and the identification of ethnographically significant cultural resources in the Historic Site and the Reserve.