Tribal Perspectives on Cultural Resources and Interpretation at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Project ID: P18AC00781

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Portland State University

Fiscal Year: 2018

Initial Funding: $61,949

Total Funding: $61,949

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: John Day Fossil Beds NM

Principal Investigator: Deur, Doug

Agreement Technical Representative: Gifford, Jennifer

Abstract: This project will complete a study of additional cultural resource information in support of a wide range of interpretive programs, resource management, and to facilitate consultation with tribes historically associated with the park. This project is related to a previous study, “An Ethnohistory Study for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument,” initiated in 2014. That study addresses dynamic relationships between parks and traditionally associated groups as well as systematically evaluating the cultural functions of sites and resources associated with that history. The ethnohistory is a foundational baseline research report, and helps to identify cultural ties among past and present groups that used and may still use or relate to park natural and cultural resources, including museum objects.