[Grovenet] "Kalapuya Homes" Program this coming week

[David Morelli]

I have never seen the presentation before, and cannot say.

David

On Jan 4, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Bonnie Combs wrote:

> David,
>
> I am thrilled to hear of this presentation, and will
> make every effort to be there.
>
> Do you think it remotely possible that we could
> delay/prevent further development (west of the Rau
> property) using some of Ms. Darby's information??
>
> Regards,
>
> Bonnie Combs
> --- David Morelli <jo.david at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>   Kalapuya Homes
>>
>> Friends of Historic Forest Grove will host a free
>> program on
>> Thursday, January 10 in the UCC Chapel at 7:00 p.m.
>>
>> Ih this program, "Kalapuya Homes",  Anthropologist
>> Melissa Darby will
>> show a 100-year-old photo and sketches of “Old
>> John’s House” along
>> with other Native American homes in the region. Her
>> presentation will
>> be based on Kalapuya recollections in addition to
>> early accounts of
>> the houses from pioneers and early anthropologists.
>> Early Euro-
>> American accounts of Kalapuya life are rare and Ms.
>> Darby hopes that
>> this recent 'find' will fill a historical gap.
>>
>> The Kalapuya lived in seasonal dwellings, some of
>> which were long
>> structures with several chambers where related
>> family members lived.
>> Darby says the walls and
>> roofs, which were usually made from bark, could
>> easily expand when
>> new family members arrived or be disassembled when
>> the band moved.
>>
>> Melissa Darby received her master’s degree in
>> anthropology from
>> Portland State University. She specializes in
>> applying historical
>> records to ethnographic information,
>> especially as it relates to Native Americans.  She
>> has worked with
>> Friends of Historic Forest Grove on the Alvin Smith
>> House project.
>>
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