Research as Ceremony: Documenting and Stewarding UO Indigenous Community History

Presenters: Lofanitani Aisea, Cydney Taylor, Kata Winkler, Damian White Lightning, Toni Viviane Asphy, Allyson Alvarado

Faculty Mentors: Kirby Brown and Jennifer O’Neal

ARC Session 5M

Research Area: Social Science and Humanities

Native American And Indigenous Studies Academic Residential Community

Funding: Undergraduate Studies and University Housing

Members of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Academic Residential Community will present on the year-long collaborative project they developed regarding the core values, relationships, and responsibilities to Kalapuya Ilihi. They will present their collective UO Indigenous Mapping Project that highlights key Indigenous locations, history, and groups across campus. In addition, they will also share their Indigenous Oregon Language Map that highlights the unique native languages of the state of Oregon. Both projects will be shared gifted back to the indigenous communities which are represented.