Litigation support docs (Yakima; Uplands, Over the Hill), 1990

This collection is split into two different series. Series I is in boxes 1-2 and concerns De Danaan’s Evergreen work, including her faculty portfolio. Series II is in boxes 3-12 and concerns the work De Danaan did outside of Evergreen, including work as a consultant for indigenous groups such as the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.

The academic portfolio series (Series I) contains De Danaan’s CV, portfolio including evaluations, governance papers (1986), Native American Study correspondence (1998), faculty retreat notes (1997), a case study from 1971 entitled ‘Passin’ Through, Passin’ Through: Migrant Farm Workers and Host Communities: A Yakima Case), and the gʷídəq zine from 1997. Also included in this series are De Danaan’s program materials for the following Evergreen programs:

Global Citizenship (1993 – 1994); Life Studies [Tacoma Campus] (1994); Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement, Interdisciplinary Summer Institutes on Puget Sound (1995); Masters in Teaching (1996); Fool’s Journey (1996 – 1997); Research Strategies (1997); Horizons (1998); Stars, Sky, and Culture (1998); Research Methodology (1999); The Quicken of the Nations: Indigenous People Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1999 – 2000); Technology and American Values [Teacher Exchange China] (2002)

The professional work series (Series II) includes material relating to De Danaan’s consulting work for the Puyallup Tribe of Indians’ fishery study; a cultural report done for University Place which includes Skokomish reports by Karen M. James about the Cushman dam; likewise, it contains miscellaneous projects such as:

Shamanism research (1978); Sabbatical Project: Potlatch (1983); Peg Calendar research (1999-2000); ‘Treaty Indian Ceremonial and Subsistence Salmon Uses’ report (2003); Pierce College report (2006) - ‘Cultural Affiliation of the Purdy I/Burley Lagoon People’ (2006); Mountains of Shell presentation (2008); Squaxin research and presentation (2011).

This series also includes miscellaneous background research on: Northwest Coast native Trickster tradition research (undated); Lushootseed Dictionary (1975); various Northwest indigenous research (food, weaving, shellfish use, archaeological reports, Northwest Coast bibliography)

Series II also includes background research and the completed project for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (“Use of River Beds and Banks”) - treaty information, litigation support documents (Yakima treaty case); hunting and fishing permits, reservation allotments and early census documents, township allotments, De Danaan’s notes on Barbara Lane research, interviews with people from different Washington tribes (S’Klallam, Swinomish, dams (Grand Coulee Dam), fish traps and weirs, material relating to hunting and fishing rights, land use rights, water rights (Colville), treaty rights, etc.