Don Macnaughtan
Lane Community College, Library, Faculty Member
- Joss Whedon, Oregon prehistory, Ethnology, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Television Studies, Rock Music, and 18 moreNew Zealand Archaeology, History of New Zealand, Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Islands Archaeology, Oregon Archaeology, American Indians, Pictish History and Scottish Early Medieval History, Scottish History, Pacific Island Studies, Islands, Flags (Vexillology), Library Science, American Indian Studies, American Indian Art, Media Studies, Vampires in Film and Literature, and Whedon Studiesedit
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This bibliography gathers together the available research on prehistoric settlement of the Bonin or Ogasawara Group, consisting of two main habitable islands: Chichijima(父島), and Hahajima(母島). Today these islands are part of Japan,... more
This bibliography gathers together the available research on prehistoric settlement of the Bonin or Ogasawara Group, consisting of two main habitable islands: Chichijima(父島), and Hahajima(母島). Today these islands are part of Japan, although they are 600 mi. south of Tokyo. They are about the same distance north of the Northern Marianas, the closest part of Micronesia.
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The Molala are a Native American ethnic group. They are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The Molala traditional homelands were in the foothills of the Western Cascade Mountains, as well as the... more
The Molala are a Native American ethnic group. They are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The Molala traditional homelands were in the foothills of the Western Cascade Mountains, as well as the nearby Willamette Valley of Western Oregon.
Research Interests: Native American Studies, Languages and Linguistics, Ethnography, American Indian History, Bibliography, and 9 moreEthnology, Native Languages of the Americas, American Indian Studies, Oregon Archaeology, Oregon History, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Oregon, Oregon prehistory, and Molala Language
Like many people these days, I decided to trace my ancestral genetic legacy through a DNA test. The results were quite revelatory, revealing an entirely different genetic background than I had always supposed. This article analyzes how... more
Like many people these days, I decided to trace my ancestral genetic legacy through a DNA test. The results were quite revelatory, revealing an entirely different genetic background than I had always supposed. This article analyzes how this new genetic background may have developed over the last 1000 years.
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The extraordinary story of the Nahuhulk, a Tlingit/Tsimshian copper artifact of great power, prestige, and value. This tale narrates the story of the Copper from its forging in a Tlngit village in the 1700s, its acquisition by the chief... more
The extraordinary story of the Nahuhulk, a Tlingit/Tsimshian copper artifact of great power, prestige, and value. This tale narrates the story of the Copper from its forging in a Tlngit village in the 1700s, its acquisition by the chief Wisaiks, and its subsequent dramatic history.
Research Interests: Ethnography, American Indian History, Ethnology, American Indian & Alaska Native, American Indian Art, and 11 moreBritish Columbia and the Canadian West, American Indians, American Indian Studies, Pacific Northwest Coast archaeology, British Columbia history, Tlingit Indian Art, European Copper and Bronze Age – Archaeometallurgy – Prehistoric Metalworking in Social Context – Settlement Archaeology – Application of Geophysical Methods in Archaeology – Neolithic – Theory / Cultural Anthropology – Material Culture Studies, Haida Gwaii, Tlingit Indians, Tsimshian, and Potlatch
This bibliographic essay appears in the subscription database Oxford Bibliographies (http://oxfordbibliographies.com), from Oxford University Press. It is part of the subject database Cinema and Media Studies... more
This bibliographic essay appears in the subscription database Oxford Bibliographies (http://oxfordbibliographies.com), from Oxford University Press. It is part of the subject database Cinema and Media Studies (http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/page/cinema-and-media-studies). The essay analyzes and critiques several hundred scholarly books, articles and web resources about the media works of Joss Whedon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon), the acclaimed director, screenwriter and producer. For full access to the article, ask your college or university library.
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An introduction and bibliography about the Haush people. The Haush were a Patagonian Indian tribe who formerly lived in the southeastern section of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, along the shores of the Mitre Peninsula.
Research Interests: Ethnography, Bibliography, Argentina History, Ethnology, Patagonia, and 10 moreSouth American Indians, Patagonia zooarchaeology, Archaeology of Tierra del Fuego, Arqueología de Patagonia, Yaghan, Tierra del Fuego, Selknam, peopling of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, Haplotipo Haush Yamana, and Estudio Del Procesamiento Y Consumo De Pinnípedos En La Región Sur De Tierra Del Fuego E Isla De Los Estados.
Isla de los Estados (English: Staten Island, from the Dutch Stateneiland) is an Argentine island that lies 18 miles off the Mitre Peninsula, the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego. It was visited but probably... more
Isla de los Estados (English: Staten Island, from the Dutch Stateneiland) is an Argentine island that lies 18 miles off the Mitre Peninsula, the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego. It was visited but probably not permanently settled by prehistoric peoples. The nearest native tribes were the Haush people on the Mitre Peninsula, but to the best of our knowledge they did not possess the technology to make the rough crossing to the island. Archaeological sites indicate that the island was exploited for its rich resources of maritime mammals and birds. Exactly who visited the island is uncertain, but the most likely candidates are the Yaghan (Yamana) people to the west, who were renowned canoe builders and navigators.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Bibliography, Argentina History, Argentina, Patagonia, Archaeology of, and 9 morePatagonia, South American Indians, Patagonia zooarchaeology, Archaeology of Tierra del Fuego, Arqueología Argentina, Arqueología de Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Ethnography of Patagonia, and Estudio Del Procesamiento Y Consumo De Pinnípedos En La Región Sur De Tierra Del Fuego E Isla De Los Estados.
The Athapaskans in Oregon originally migrated into this area over two millennia ago from northern Canada and Siberia. They are a distinct group who probably arrived from Asia in a separate, later migration from most Native Americans. They... more
The Athapaskans in Oregon originally migrated into this area over two millennia ago from northern Canada and Siberia. They are a distinct group who probably arrived from Asia in a separate, later migration from most Native Americans. They are linguistic relatives to groups in Northern Canada and Siberia, as well as the Navajo and Apache in the Southwest. Recent research has connected them to the Yeniseian (Ket) peoples of Central Siberia. Their name for themselves – “Tunne” – is cognate with the Navajo “Dine.” At some point, they split off from the southward migration of the Athapaskans, and settled into these remote pockets of land. They were found in small valleys from the Lower Columbia through the Umpqua and Rogue valleys in Southern Oregon. Their languages remained distinctive, but otherwise they shared many cultural similarities with their neighbors. How and when they found their way here is something of a mystery. Their descendants still live in Oregon today.
Research Interests: Ethnography, American Indian History, Bibliography, American Indian & Alaska Native, Pacific Northwest Coast archaeology, and 8 moreAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies, Oregon Archaeology, Oregon History, Oregon prehistory, Athapaskan Languages, Ethnobotany of the Atfalati and Kalapuyan of Willamette Valley Oregon, Athapaskan Migrations, and Athapaskan or Athabaskan Cultural Studies
This extraordinary story relates the story of the acquisition of a fabled native Copper by the Tsimshian chief Wasaiks, who was based at the village of Fort Simpson/Lax-Kw’alaams, British Columbia. Wasaiks developed an overwhelming... more
This extraordinary story relates the story of the acquisition of a fabled native Copper by the Tsimshian chief Wasaiks, who was based at the village of Fort Simpson/Lax-Kw’alaams, British Columbia. Wasaiks developed an overwhelming desire to possess the most valuable thing along the Northwest Coast: the fabulous copper known as the Nahuhulk. This copper had passed, in a series of raids and trades, from the Chilkat Tlingit of Haines, Alaska, down the west coast until it fell into the hands of the Stikine Tlingit people at Wrangell, under the leadership of their chief Saiks. In the course of this trade, the copper had accumulated vast value, both economic and spiritual. The Tale was recorded in 1916 by the talented Native ethnographer William Beynon from James Lewis, a resident of the Ginaxangik Tsimshian village of Kitkatla.
Research Interests: Ethnography, American Indian History, Ethnology, American Indian Art, American Indian Studies, and 4 morePacific Northwest Coast archaeology, Pacific Northwest Ethnography, European Copper and Bronze Age – Archaeometallurgy – Prehistoric Metalworking in Social Context – Settlement Archaeology – Application of Geophysical Methods in Archaeology – Neolithic – Theory / Cultural Anthropology – Material Culture Studies, and Pacific Northwest Coast Native Americans
This bibliography gathers together the available research on the easternmost of the Pacific's “mystery” islands – the Pitcairn Group, comprising Pitcairn, Oeno, and Henderson Island. These islands are amongst the most remote on earth, but... more
This bibliography gathers together the available research on the easternmost of the Pacific's “mystery” islands – the Pitcairn Group, comprising Pitcairn, Oeno, and Henderson Island. These islands are amongst the most remote on earth, but both were definitely settled at some point by prehistoric Polynesian seafarers. However, when “rediscovered” by Europeans in the late 18th century, they were utterly abandoned. The references below are primarily the work of archaeologists, who have teased out the fragmentary and tantalizing evidence for these vanished visitors.
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This bibliography gathers together the available research on three of the Pacific “mystery” islands - Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Auckland Islands. These are small archipelagos in a circle around New Zealand. These very... more
This bibliography gathers together the available research on three of the Pacific “mystery” islands - Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Auckland Islands. These are small archipelagos in a circle around New Zealand. These very isolated islands were definitely settled at some point by prehistoric Polynesian seafarers. However, when “rediscovered” by Europeans in the late 18th century, they were utterly abandoned. The references below are primarily the work of archaeologists, who have teased out the fragmentary and tantalizing evidence for these vanished visitors.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Ethnography, Pacific Island Studies, Island Studies, and 12 morePolynesian Studies, Polynesia, Ethnology, Coastal and Island Archaeology, Pacific Archaeology, Pacific History, Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands Archaeology, Islands, Norfolk Island, Polynesian Archaeology, and Subantarctic Archaeology
The tlakwa or Copper is a symbol of surplus wealth, cultural nourishment, conspicuous consumption and spiritual power among the Kwakiutl, the Tsimshian, the Tlingit, the Haida, and other indigenous peoples of coastal British Columbia.... more
The tlakwa or Copper is a symbol of surplus wealth, cultural nourishment, conspicuous consumption and spiritual power among the Kwakiutl, the Tsimshian, the Tlingit, the Haida, and other indigenous peoples of coastal British Columbia. Names of high ranking people often contained references to copper, such as “Born to be Copper Maker Woman” and “Copper Maker.” Copper was also used as a decorative motif on garments, staffs, and crest carvings, where it represented wealth. The Copper was made of a large flat sheet of beaten metal cut in the shape of a flared shield, with a T shaped ridge beaten onto the lower portion. The shape perhaps reflects the trunk proportions of the human body, or possibly a filleted salmon. The Tsimshian thought it represented the backbone of an ancestor. The size varied in height from six inches to three feet.
Research Interests: Ethnography, American Indian History, Ethnology, American Indian & Alaska Native, American Indian Art, and 17 moreAmerican Indian Art History, American Indian Literature, British Columbia and the Canadian West, American Indians, American Indian Studies, Pacific Northwest Coast archaeology, British Columbia history, Tlingit Indian Art, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, European Copper and Bronze Age – Archaeometallurgy – Prehistoric Metalworking in Social Context – Settlement Archaeology – Application of Geophysical Methods in Archaeology – Neolithic – Theory / Cultural Anthropology – Material Culture Studies, Tlingit, Haida Gwaii, Pacific Northwest History, Tlingit Indians, History of British Columbia, Tsimshian, and Potlatch
A short story which imagines the experiences of my distant ancestors (and ultimate descendants) as they experience the getting of wisdom. Or not, in most cases.
The Shompen people live in the interior of Great Nicobar Island, one of the Nicobar Islands situated between India and Thailand, in the Indian Ocean. They number about 300 (2001), and are one of the least-understood and researched people... more
The Shompen people live in the interior of Great Nicobar Island, one of the Nicobar Islands situated between India and Thailand, in the Indian Ocean. They number about 300 (2001), and are one of the least-understood and researched people in the world. They tend to avoid contact with outsiders, and their environment is so challenging that few people enter their densely-forested habitat.
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When early European settlers arrived in Western Oregon, they encountered a landscape quite different from what we see today. Much of the Willamette Valley was an open oak savannah, and the forests were a patchwork of new and old growth,... more
When early European settlers arrived in Western Oregon, they encountered a landscape quite different from what we see today. Much of the Willamette Valley was an open oak savannah, and the forests were a patchwork of new and old growth, reflecting centuries of intermittent fire. For many early visitors, this was the “natural” landscape – but in fact the native peoples of the area had been “managing” their environment for about 4,000 years, primarily through the use of fire. This bibliography captures most of the current research in this field.
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Table of Contents to the book The Buffyverse Catalog.
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The Native Americans of Western Oregon lived in a region of incredible linguistic diversity. In only a few other areas of the world – New Guinea, the Caucasus, Northern California – were so many tongues spoken in such a small area. In... more
The Native Americans of Western Oregon lived in a region of incredible linguistic diversity. In only a few other areas of the world – New Guinea, the Caucasus, Northern California – were so many tongues spoken in such a small area. In this complex region of mountains, bays and valleys, 17 languages were spoken, some as different as English from Japanese. This chart summarizes the Indian languages of Western Oregon around 1700.
Research Interests: Native American Studies, Languages and Linguistics, American Indian History, Native Languages of the Americas, American Indian Studies, and 7 moreAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies, Pacific Northwest History, Oregon History, Oregon prehistory, Athapaskan Languages, Athapaskan Migrations, and Athapaskan or Athabaskan Cultural Studies
This bibliography lists the known published literature of the Chinookan peoples of the Lower Columbia River. The Chinook were renowned traders and fishermen who lived in dense settlements along the lower reaches of the Columbia River,... more
This bibliography lists the known published literature of the Chinookan peoples of the Lower Columbia River. The Chinook were renowned traders and fishermen who lived in dense settlements along the lower reaches of the Columbia River, from the Gorge of the Cascade Mountains westward to the Pacific. The Chinook were amongst the wealthiest people in the Pacific Northwest, by virtue of their control of trade routes and prized fishing locations along the river. Their oral literature was equally rich, and their mythical pantheon was populated by powerful spirit and animal figures, ghosts, and ancestors.
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The town of St. Pierre is the capital of the French territory of St. Pierre et Miquelon. This archipelago is the last remnant of France in North America, and consists of the small island of St. Pierre, and the larger islands of Miquelon... more
The town of St. Pierre is the capital of the French territory of St. Pierre et Miquelon. This archipelago is the last remnant of France in North America, and consists of the small island of St. Pierre, and the larger islands of Miquelon and Langlade. The islands are off the southern coast of Newfoundland. About 5,600 people live on St. Pierre, and another 700 on Miquelon. Langlade is uninhabited, although some St-Pierrais have summer homes there, and the locals like to go over to hunt deer and rabbits.
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A description of the history and symbols of the Coquille Indian Tribe, on the southern Oregon Coast. Reprinted from: Healy, Donald T, and Peter J. Orenski. Native American Flags. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. 59-60. Print.
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The Siuslaw and Kuitsh (often called Lower Umpqua) peoples were two closely related American Indian tribes who lived along the Central Oregon Coast, around the modern cities of Reedsport and Florence. The Siuslaw lived mainly around the... more
The Siuslaw and Kuitsh (often called Lower Umpqua) peoples were two closely related American Indian tribes who lived along the Central Oregon Coast, around the modern cities of Reedsport and Florence. The Siuslaw lived mainly around the estuary of the Siuslaw River, leaving during summer to travel upriver and into the hills of the Coast Range. The Kuitsh had their winter villages around Winchester Bay, at the mouth of the Umpqua River. The whole coast held by the two peoples was about 50 miles in length, from Cape Perpetua in the north to the Tenmile Lakes in the south. In summer, both peoples wandered probably as far as the Willamette Valley, and there is a tradition of a Siuslaw village in the Lorane Valley, southwest of Eugene. Kuitsh fishing camps were common up the Umpqua River as far as the modern town of Scottsburg.
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The Selvagens archipelago consists of two groups of small islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The main islands are Selvagem Grande, Selvagem Pequena and Ilheu de Fora. Discovered by the Portuguese in the 15th century, they maintained a unique... more
The Selvagens archipelago consists of two groups of small islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The main islands are Selvagem Grande, Selvagem Pequena and Ilheu de Fora. Discovered by the Portuguese in the 15th century, they maintained a unique isolation, and resisted any attempt at colonization. However, there is archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement. Botanically, both Selvagem Grande and the Ilheu de Fora are in quite original condition, which is not the case for other islands in the Atlantic Ocean. From a zoological perspective, they remain a valuable sanctuary for marine birds in the subtropical zone of the north Atlantic.
This article has been adapted with permission from the music program for “On the shoulders of giants: a fanfare for the millennium.” This program was the held from Jan. 5-8 2000 in Eugene. The Series included music by Charles Ives, Aaron... more
This article has been adapted with permission from the music program for “On the shoulders of giants: a fanfare for the millennium.” This program was the held from Jan. 5-8 2000 in Eugene. The Series included music by Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, and others who exemplify the American experience.
This discography covers 1230 audio recordings by New Zealand rock, jazz, folk, blues and bluegrass musicians published between 1958 and 1987. It includes LPs, EPs and cassettes, but not singles or CDs. The discography was originally... more
This discography covers 1230 audio recordings by New Zealand rock, jazz, folk, blues and bluegrass musicians published between 1958 and 1987. It includes LPs, EPs and cassettes, but not singles or CDs. The discography was originally published in 1990 by the New Zealand Library Association under the title Sound recordings of New Zealand popular music. This electronic version was created in July 1998.
Article on a project to develop a tribal library for the Coquille Indians of the Oregon Coast. The project's objectives were to locate and repatriate the documented cultural record of the Coquille, and to work with the tribe to outline a... more
Article on a project to develop a tribal library for the Coquille Indians of the Oregon Coast. The project's objectives were to locate and repatriate the documented cultural record of the Coquille, and to work with the tribe to outline a set of principles governing the operation of the library.
Conference presentation on developing the book "The Buffyverse Catalog."