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Group Works To Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock From River, Steven Shaffer
Group Works To Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock From River, Steven Shaffer
Indian Head Rock Project
Article published in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch on the removal of Indian Head Rock from October 2, 2007.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Indian Head Rock Project
Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Indian Head Rock Project
Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Historic River Rock Rescued, Frank Lewis
Historic River Rock Rescued, Frank Lewis
Indian Head Rock Project
Article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the extraction of the Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Indian Head Rock Project
Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
The People Of Bear Hunter Speak: Oral Histories Of The Cache Valley Shoshones Regarding The Bear River Massacre, Aaron L. Crawford
The People Of Bear Hunter Speak: Oral Histories Of The Cache Valley Shoshones Regarding The Bear River Massacre, Aaron L. Crawford
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The Cache Valley Shoshone are the survivors of the Bear River Massacre, where a battle between a group of US. volunteer troops from California and a Shoshone village degenerated into the worst Indian massacre in US. history, resulting in the deaths of over 200 Shoshones. The massacre occurred due to increasing tensions over land use between the Shoshones and the Mormon settlers. Following the massacre, the Shoshones attempted settling in several different locations in Box Elder County, eventually finding a home in Washakie, Utah. However, the LDS Church sold the land where the city of Washakie sat, forcing the Shoshones …
Photograph Of The Extraction Crew, Steve Shaffer
Photograph Of The Extraction Crew, Steve Shaffer
Indian Head Rock Project
Photograph of the Indian Head Rock extraction crew on the day of the Rock's removal.
Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Andean Qechuans Of Ecuador, Sushma Shrestha
Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Andean Qechuans Of Ecuador, Sushma Shrestha
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Ceremonial cleansing plays a vital role in indigenous societies where ‘folk illnesses’ such as susto (fright) are common. Indigenous Andean Qechuans commonly use cleansing plants to treat susto, and related ‘folk illnesses’.The purpose of this study was to characterize and compare market plants and to define methods and knowledge used in ceremonial cleansing among Ecuadorian Qechuans. Interviews were conducted with 22 vendors at 13 marketplaces. Regression Analysis (RA) determined preferentially selected plant families and residual value of RA determined the highest and lowest preferentially selected plant families.Hierarchical cluster analysis and coefficient of similarity demonstrated the relationship between marketplaces and cleansing …