Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Ethnographic Overview and Assessment

Project ID: J8W07090016

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Portland State University

Fiscal Year: 2009

Initial Funding: $80,000

Total Funding: $95,000

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: Parashant National Monument

Principal Investigator: Deur, Doug

Agreement Technical Representative: York, Frederick

Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) will collaborate in the development of an ethnographic overview and assessment for all federal lands in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (PARA). This document will identify all American Indian tribes that are historically associated with these lands, as well as documented past use of ands and their resources within PARA by American Indian communities. The document will also document historical interactions between these American Indian communities and the Mormon ranchers and other European-American communities that occupied and used lands now within PARA in the 19th and 20th centuries. The final report will provide NPS staff with guidance on which tribes and other descendent groups should be consulted through future compliance efforts, and will identify lands and resources that may be of particular concern to the modern descendents of past PARA users.