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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.

Indian Head Rock Project

Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

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.

Indian Head Rock Project

Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

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.

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

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

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 …

Ironton Resident Documenting Lost Art In River, Chillicothe Gazette

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Chillicothe Gazette on Steve Shaffer's research on petroglyphs in the Ohio River.

Broad Are Nebraska's Rolling Plains: The Early Writings Of George Bird Grinnell, Richard Vaughan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Profiles the life of writer George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and the influence his first trip to Nebraska had in shaping his early writings about the American West. Among the works he published were several groundbreaking books about the Plains Indians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only did this 1870 trip to Nebraska, as a member of O. C. Marsh’s first Yale Paleontological Expedition, influence Grinnell's scholarly endeavors, but his deep interest in the state also influenced his lifelong devotion to environmental preservation and established him as an important advocate for the protection and welfare of Native …

Some Recent Publications Of Maori Texts, John Charlot

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

T. D. Webb's Review Of David Muir's Road To The Stamping Ground, T. D. Webb

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Archaeological Site Survey Form, Office Of The State Archaeologist, University Of Kentucky

Indian Head Rock Project

Archaeological Site Survey Form completed by the Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Kentucky related to the Indian Head Rock on July 2, 1986.

Old Indian Rock, Portsmouth Daily Times, Mildred G. Lawson

Indian Head Rock Project

An Article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on June 29, 1984 from Mildred G. Lawson on her recollections of the Indian Head Rock in the late 1920s.

Vol. 7 No. 1 (1983): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Vol. 7 No. 1 (1983): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 6, No 1 Fall Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Ronald S. Jackson's Review Of Brian Sutton-Smith's A History Of Children's Play: The New Zealand Playground, 1840-1950, Ronald S. Jackson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Those Were The Days, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Times on Indian Head Rock from July 1, 1981.

Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Archaeological Survey, James L. Swauger

Indian Head Rock Project

Archaeological survey forms completed by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History on the Indian Head Rock from February 12, 1981 and July 9, 1984.

Those Were The Days, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from June 10, 1980.

Folklore, Poetry, And Identity: A Study Of The Archetypes In The Poetry Of Leslie Silko, Kate Grenier

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This paper is a study of folklore in literature; specifically, it is the study of the folklore in the poetry of Leslie Marmon Silko, a Laguna Pueblo women, and a half-breed. Her family situation, its place in the community, and its oral tradition are briefly noted, and the basic works of folklore in literature scholars are cited; therefore, the groundwork is established on which to examine the specific elements of folklore in the poems from Silko’s books, Laguna Woman and Ceremony.

Taking a Jungian approach to the archetypes in these poems, three subsequent chapters deal with three separate item of …

Latent Didactic Functions Of Tlingit Mythology: A Re-Evaluation Of Raven's Role In Northwest Coast Culture, Stephen Poyser

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A comparative study was conducted of several variants of the Raven cycle of myths as manifested among the Tlingit Indians of the Northwest Coast. The results of this folkloristic study indicate that the myths serve several didactic functions. In addition to the manifest function of explaining the origin of the present order of the world the myths also serve to provide members of the society with a classificatory system through which they are able to relate to observable phenomena within their environment. The myths also provide institutionalized behavioral alternatives available to the society as manifested by the actions of Raven, …

Those Were The Days, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from December 21, 1977.

United State Geological Survey Map, 1964, United State Geological Survey, Richard A. Sheppard

Indian Head Rock Project

United State Geological Survey map of the Portsmouth Quadrangle published in 1964.

The River, Ralph Conley

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer mentioning the Indian Head Rock from July 29, 1958.

Inidan Rock, Portsmouth Daily Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from October 30, 1930.

Postcard - Bird's Eye View Of Portsmouth, Ohio, Showing U. S. Grant Bridge, Ohio And Scioto Rivers, Unknown

Indian Head Rock Project

Postcard of Portsmouth, Ohio from across the Ohio River from Kentucky circa 1930.

Photograph - Man In Boat Across From Indian Head Rock, Unknown

Indian Head Rock Project

A man in boat across the river from Indian Head Rock circa 1930s.

Severe Drouth Follows Panic, Louisville Courier-Journal

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Louisville Courier-Journal on the drought of 1854.