"The Bobtail Stories," forthcoming University of Nebraska Press.
"The Pocahontas Mysteries" in process (winter 2008).
"Old Time Blackfeet Stories" in process (summer 2008).
"Thunder at the Backbone of the World: Traditional Pikuni Sacred Geography," in process (fall 2008).
"The Landscape Will Teach You Who You Are," in process (winter 2009).
Publications
Books:
The Bobtail Stories: Traditional Saponi-Monacan-Tutelo Narratives from the Buzzard Rock -- Hico, Virginia and Beyond (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming, 2007), 289pp.
Monographs:
Hico Legacy: The Indian Ancestry of the Vest, Hamilton, Ramsey, Jarvis, Bias, Laurman, Mays, Sheperd, Clark, Evans-Hicks-Urwin Families of Rockbridge/Amherst Counties, Virginia, Limited edition (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College Print Shop, 2002).
Comparative World Mythology and Cinema: A Sourcebook (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College Print Shop, 2002).
"Speak to Me Grandma": The Blackfeet Narrative Legacy in the Folksongs of Jack Gladstone (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College Print Shop, 2002).
American Indians and Cinema: Interpretative Essays for Teaching Native American Traditions Through Film and Literature. A Sourcebook (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College Print Shop, 2001).
Editor and contributor, Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions: A Source Book (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College Print Shop, 2001).
with original compositions by Roland Willcomb, translated by Jack Wagner, Old Time Blackfeet Stories: Pikuni Ikaitapiitsiniki (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College Print Shop, 2001). Also in revision for university press publication.
Co-author, The Columbus Quincentennial: A Sourcebook, edited by Jean MacGregor (Olympia: Washington Center, The Evergreen State College, June 1992), 148pp.
Editor, "Native Spirituality and Ecology," (special focus issue) The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy 8:4 (Fall 1991), 162-186.
Chapter/Unit in Books/Refereed Journal Articles:
“The Landscape of Amotken and Sinchlep: Lolo Peak and the Missoula Valley as Salish Sacred Geography,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal, forthcoming, (2008) 42pp.
"'would it might rain now?': The Quail Rattle, A Walapi Fetish," Canadian Journal of Native Studies, forthcoming, (2008) 22 pp.
“In the Dance of Light: Monacan Stories of Life and Death,” in forthcoming Native Americans and Quantum Physics Anthology, edited by Marijo Moore (Spring 2008) 20 pp.
“’Love You Not Me’: Pocahontas and the Virginia Masque,” Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, forthcoming, 62: 4 (December 2007), 23pp.
“Matoaka, Her Capture, Conversion,and Marriage: The Archaeology of a Euro-Levantine Tale-Type,” Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, 62: 1 (March 2007), 31-43.
“A Tutelo Heritage: An Ethnoliterary Assessment of Chief Samuel Johns’ Correspondence with Dr. Frank G. Speck,” The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 26: 1 (2006): 89-116.
“Myth, Metaphor and Meaning in ‘The Boy Who Could Not Understand’: A Study of Seneca Auto-Criticism,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 30:4 (2006), 41-62.
“Pocahontas and the John Smith Rescue: The Archaeology of a European Tale-Type,” Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, 61:3 (September 2006), 109-118.
"Weeds from the Under World: The English Conquest of Tsenacomoco and Monascane" in Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust, edited by MariJo Moore, (New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, Avalon, 2006), 146-169.
"A Tutelo Inquiry: The Ethnohistory of Chief Samuel Johns's Correspondence with Dr. Frank G. Speck," American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 30:2 (2006), 66-84.
"'would it might rain now?': The Quail Rattle, A Walapi Fetish," in Sharing the Sun and Love from the Creative Sky of Indigenuous People: The Exchange of the Cultural Creative Design of International Indigenous People, edited by Diing-Wuu Wu Walis, (Taipei, Taiwan: Chung-Yuan Christian University, 2006), 74-80.
"Organicism and Pikuni-Blackfeet Mythology: Paradigms of Mythographical Discourse Analysis," International Journal of the Humanities, 2 (2006), 1955-1969.
Monacans and Huguenots: Manakin Town and the Ethnogenesis of the Monacan Nation," Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, 61:1 (March 2006), 7-21.
"The OLD MAN RIVER and the Sacred: A Meditation upon Aputosi Pii’kani Tradition and Environmental Ethics," The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 25:2 (2005), 571-607.
"Opechancanough and the Monacans: The Legend of Trader Hughes and Princess Nicketti Reconsidered," Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, 69:4 (December 2005), 198-215.
"The Jesuit Republic and Brother Care in The Mission: An Allegory of the Conquest," American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 29:3 (2005), 25-57.
"The Hero's Journey in James Welch's Fools Crow and Traditional Pikuni Sacred Geography," The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 25:1 (2005), 323-339.
"Further Considerations in the Ethnogenesis of the Monacan Indian Nation: The Saponi Origins of Selected Families," Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, 60:3 (September 2005), 133-149.
"An Odyssey among the Iroquois: A History of Tutelo Relations in New York," American Indian Quarterly, 29:1&2 (July 2005), 124-155.
"The Lynchburg Tobacco Trade and the 19th Century Monacan Economy: Oral Traditions from the Blue Ridge at Hico - the Buzzard Rock," Lynch's Ferry: A Local History Journal (Spring 2005), 34-39.
"Braves or Brave Hawks at UNCP: A Philosophical Review of a 'Native' Mascot," in Mid-Atlantic Conference on the Scholarship of Diversity, Conference Proceedings, Janet Sawyer, editor. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech University at (April 2005), 9pp.
reprint in Pine Needle, UNCP newspaper (April 2005), 9pp.
reprint in Brave Bulletin, UNCP Faculty and Staff Newsletter, 6: 16 (April 15, 2005), 9pp.
reprint in American Indian Movement Newsletter (Fall 2005), 9 pp.
"The Origins of the Johns Surname: A Monacan Ethnogenesis," Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society of Virginia, 60:1 (March 2005), 1-14.
"Native, Aboriginal, Indigenous: Who Counts as Indian in Virginia?" in Mid-Atlantic Conference on the Scholarship of Diversity, Conference Proceedings, Janet Sawyer, editor. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech at (April 2004), 21pp.
"From Nansemond to Monacan: The Legacy of the Pochick-Nansemond upon the Bear Mountain Monacan," American Indian Quarterly, 27:3 (Fall 2003), 781-806.
"The Pocahontas Rescue: An Anglo-American Icon of Native American Marginalization," Journal of Intercultural Disciplines, III (Fall 2003): 72-87.
"Kitchi Manitou and Western Theistic Assumptiions: An Arbitration of Algonquian Metaphysics," Utah Foreign Language Review, 12 (June 2003), 20-32.
"Dawn Bringer and the Christ Bearer: The Columbian Impact upon Native American Narratives" in The American Adam, edited by Viorica Patea (Salamanca, Spain: Departmento de Filologia Inglesa, Universidad de Salamanca, 2001), 53-64.
"Pocahontas and the Marginalization of Native America: An American Indian Survivance Response" in Lemuel Berry, Jr., editor (Moorehead, KY: Moorehead State University, National Association of Native American Studies, 2000 Annual Monograph (June 2000), 397-424.
"From Bobtail to Brer Rabbit: Native American Influences upon Uncle Remus," American Indian Quarterly, 24:1 (Winter 2000), 19-43.
"'I Heard Your Singing': Ishi and Anthropological Indifference in The Last of His Tribe" in Film & History CD-ROM Annual ( Cleveland, OK: Film & History, 1999), 1-24.
"A Legend of Culture: D'Arcy McNickle's Runner in the Sun: A Story of Indian Maize" in The Legacy of D'Arcy McNickle : Writer, Historian, Activitist, edited by John Purdy (Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1996), 152-165.
"'My Mother's Brother': Monacan Narratives of the Wolf from the Virginia Blue Ridge," Weber Studies, 12:3 (Fall 1995), 117-122.
"Beyond 'The Historical Roots': Genesis and Environmental Ethics," The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, 12:3 (Summer 1995), 132-134.
"Sacred Geography of the Pikuni (Blackfeet): The Badger-Two Medicine Wildlands" in Place of the Wild: A Wildlands Anthology of Original Essays, edited by David Clarke Burkes (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1994), 86-93.
"The Wild and The Tame: Understanding Wilderness and Agriculture in Native America," The National Geographical Journal of India, 39:1-4 (January 1994), 215-229.
"The Wild and the Tame: Understanding Wilderness and Agriculture in Native America in Environmental Ethics: Discources & Cultural Traditions -- A Festschrift to Arne Naess, edited by Rana P. B. Singh (Varanasi, India: Banaras Hindu University, The National Geographic Society of India, 1993), 215-229.
"Feather Boy's Promise: Sacred Geography and Environmental Ethics in D'Arcy McNickle'sWind from an Enemy Sky," American Indian Quarterly, 17:1 (Winter 1993), 45-67.
"The Buzzard Rock: Saponi-Monacan Traditions from Hico, Virginia," Lynch's Ferry: A Journal of Local History, 5:1 (Spring/Summer 1992), 26-31.
"Sacred Geography of the Blackfeet," in The Power of Place: Sacred Ground in Natural & Human Environments, edited by James A. Swan (Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 1991),154-166.
"The Medicine Wolf Returns: Traditional Blackfeet Concepts of the Wolf," The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, 8:4 (Fall 1991), 177-183.
"The Concept of Wilderness: A Proprietary Right Over the Land?," Western Wildlands, 17: 3 (Summer 1991), 2-6.
"The Badger-Two Medicine Wildlands: Sacred Geography of the Blackfeet," Western Wildlands, 15: 3 (Fall 1989), 30-36;
reprint in Peigan Storyteller, 14:4 (October 1989), 20-24.
"The MEDICINE WOLF Returns: Traditional Blackfeet Concepts of Canis lupus,"Western Wildlands, 14:2 (Summer 1988), 28-33.
reprint in Glacier Reporter, 1989.
reprint in Piegan Storyteller, 14:3 (July 1989), 15-20.
"The HETCH HETCHY CONTROVERSY: Natural Beauty and the Aesthetics of Deep Ecology," The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, 5:2 (Spring 1988), 43-47.
"Traditional Blackfeet Religion and the Sacred Badger-Two Medicine Wildlands," Journal of Law & Religion, 6:2 (1988), 455-489.
"The Philosophical Significance of Wilderness Solitude," Environmental Ethics, 9:4 (Winter 1987), 303-330.
"Tiger Wild," The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, 4:4 (Fall 1987), 29-31.
reprint in The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, 3:1 (Winter 1986), 4-7.
"WILL-OF-THE-LAND: Wilderness Among Primal Indo-Europeans," precis in Wilderness: The Way Ahead, Vance Martin and Mary Inglis, editors (Forres, Scotland: The Findhorn Press, 1984), 303-304.
Precis also in Sacred Land, Sacred Sex: Rapture of the Deep -- Concerning Deep Ecology and Celebrating Life. By Delores LaChapelle (Silverton, Colorado: Finn Hill Arts, 1988), 310-311.
"Nature Awe: Celtic Views of Nature," Western Wildlands, 9:1 (Spring 1983), 39-43.
reprint in One Earth, 4: 1 (Fall 1983), 14-15.
reprint in Wilderness, (Spring 1982).
Non-Refereed Articles:
"'Tomahawk chop' shows ignorance of Native American culture," Saturday Interview: Jay Vest, The Morning News Tribune (Tacoma, WA, October 26, 1991).
"Great Bear" -- a poem -- Words on Wilderness, (Spring 1982).
reprint in Bear News, 4:1 (Spring 1982).
reprint in One Earth, 4:1 (Fall 1983),13.
Numerous Official Reports and contributions to Environmental Statements and Planning Documents. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Spokane, WA, New Orleans, LA, and Rock Springs, WY (1974-1980).
Interviewed/Featured in News/Magazine Articles:
"Jay Vest: Overcoming the Impossible," article by Catharin Sheperd in The Professional Profiles, 23 (Spring 2003), 20-24.
"Vest brings Eastern and Western Indian traditions to campus," article by Scott Bigelow in UNCP Today, (Winter 2002), 4-5.
"Images of Indians in Media and Literature," Aboriginal Perspectives hosted by Leroy Little Bear, CHQR Radio, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA, (September 1995).
"Pocahontas and the Disney Fantasy," WGN Radio, Chicago, (June 1995).
"Professor: 'Step toward Sensivity' achieved when peyote bill signed into law: Religious use of cactus awaits Clinton's OK," article by David Profitt. Tempe: Arizona State University, State Press, 79:52 (November 7, 1994), 1-2.
"The New Age Goes Native," article by Anna Dooling. Phoenix, New Times, March 1994.
"Spiritual Healing: Searching for Salvation, The Blackfoot Resurrect the Sun Dance and the Rich Faith of Their Forefathers," article by Heather Pringle. Equinox, 1990:50-61.
Book Reviews:
Peter Nabokov, Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places (New York: Viking, 2006), 6 pp.
Mary Eggermont-Molenaar, editor, Montana 1911: A Professor and His Wife Among the Blackfeet (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005) 417pp. American Indian Quarterly, forthcoming (2007), 4 pp.
Salish-Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Cultural Advisory Council Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 198pp. American Indian Quarterly, forthcoming (2007), 4 pp.
Rodney Frey, in collaboration with The Schitsu'umsh, Landscape Travelled by Coyote and Crane: The World of the Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians) (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003), 329pp. American Indian Quarterly, forthcoming (2007), 4pp.
Hugh A. Dempsey, The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003), 282pp., American Indian Quarterly, 29:1 (Winter 2005), 296-297.
Cultural Perspectives on Native American Fiction. edited by Richard F. Fleck (Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1993), Western American Literature, 30:2 (August 1995), 219-220.
Joseph Epes Brown, Animals of the Soul: Sacred Animals of the Oglala Sioux (Rockport, MA: Element Inc., 1992), Western American Literature , 28:4 (February 1994), 381-82.
D 'Arcy McNickle. The Hawk is Hungry and Other Stories, edited by Birgit Hans (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992), Western American Literature, 28:3, 271-72.
James W. Parins, John Rollin Ridge: His Life & Works (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991), Western American Literature, 27:4, 367.
William Y. Chalfant, Without Quarter: The Wichita Expedition and the Fight in Crooked Creek (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,1991), Western American Literature, 27:4, 287-8.
Moses Cruikshank, The Life I've Been Living, recorded and compiled by William Schneider. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press,1986), Western American Literature , 27: 1 (May 1992), 69.
Critiques:
Commentary Critique: “Report Concerning Creek Costumes, Culture and Language in the Wesley Script,” pp. Submitted to actor Roger Wyllie, Pembroke, North Carolina, 2007.
Commentary Critique: Ruth Knight Baily, "Lost Tribes: Indian Mormons in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia," Crossroads: A Southern Culture Annual, 2004: 135-170. Submitted to the Monacan Indian Nation, Amherst, Virginia, 2004, 3pp.
Commentary Critique: Sally and T. Weber Greiser, Blackfoot Culture, Religion, and Traditional Practices in the Badger-Two Medicine Area and Surrounding Mountains (Missoula, MT: Historical Research Associates, 1993), 94pp. Submitted to the Blackfeet Indian Nation for comment to the Lewis and Clark National Forest, Browning, Montana, Spring 2004: 4pp.
Education
Postdoctoral: Visiting Scholar, University of Montana, Department of Religious Studies - specializing in Northwest Plains Indian Traditions, 1987-'88.
Ph.D., University of Montana, Forestry: Native American Cultural Resources (w/Religious Studies, Philosophy & English concentrations) - Native American Religious Studies specialization (231 graduate credit hours),1987.
Course Work Distribution: Native American Studies emphasis 113 graduate hours; Philosophy / Religious Studies / English 144 graduate hours; and Forestry / History and Social Sciences 84 graduate hours.
Dissertation abstracted in Ethnographic Bibliography of North America, supplement to the 4th Edition, volume 3: Citations. Edited by M. Marlene Martin and Timothy J. O'Leary. New Haven: Human Relations Area Files Press, 1990. 23296. Vest, Jay Hansford Charles. Wilderness and environmental ethics: a philosophy of wilderness praxis. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, no. 6 (Dec. 1987):1470-A. UM 8720734. REGION(S): General North America. DESCRIPTOR(S): Ecology; Religion. Director: Dr. Alan McQuillan (Forestry: Wilderness Institute); committee: Dr. Joseph Epes Brown (Religious Studies), Dr. Thomas H. Birch (Philosophy), Dr. Arnold W. Bolle (Dean Emeritus, Forestry), Dr. Paul A. Dietrich (Religious Studies), Dr. Charles Jonkel (Environmental Studies), and Dr. Robert R. Ream (Wildlife Studies).
Doctoral Studies (all but comprehensive exams and dissertation), The University of Georgia, Philosophy: Environmental Ethics and Anthropology, 1984-'85.
M.I.S., University of Montana, Interdisciplinary - Native American Traditions: Religious Studies - Ethnology - Literature, 1984.
M.A., University of Montana, Philosophy: the Philosophy of Ecology, 1984.
B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, General Studies, 1980.
A.A.S., Green River College, Auburn, WA, Forestry, 1972.
Honors
Fellowships/Academic Offices/Awards/Honors:
Fulbright Fellowship to Canada, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C. (2005-2006) at School of Native Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Fellowship: Indian Voices Program, D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian. Newberry Library, Chicago (June-July 1995). Review of the D'Arcy McNickle Papers.
Postdoctoral Seminar/Fellowship: The Program for Faculty Renewal, Stanford University. Workshop: "Multiculturalism, Technology, and the Arts in the 90's," lead by Professor Gerald Vizenor (University of California, Berkeley) and others, Stanford, CA (August 1994).
Postdoctoral Seminar/Fellowship: The Program for Faculty Renewal, Stanford University. Workshop: "Native American Technicity," lead by Professor Paula Gunn Allen (U.C.L.A.) and Professor Jane Caputi (University of New Mexico), La Jolla, CA (March 1994).
Fulbright Fellowship to Germany, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C. (1992-1993) at Fakultät für Sprach und Literaturwissenschaften -- Amerikanistik, Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany.
National Officer: Executive Council, Western American Literature Association (1993-1996).
Regional Officer: Chair, Native American and Minority Religious Traditions, Pacific Northwest Region, American Academy of Religion (1990-1992).
Award: Certificate of Significant Contributions to the quality of life for students at ASU West. Student Affairs Office, ASU West (Spring 1995).
Award: Certificate of Appreciation as an outstanding faculty member, Disability Resource Center, ASU West (Fall 1994).
William C. Shepard Memorial Award, Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion ( April 1987) [Outstanding Paper: "Traditional Blackfeet Religion and the Sacred Badger-Two Medicine Wildlands"].
Erasmus Scholarship, Department of Philosophy, University of Montana (1983-1984).
Honor:
Traditional Pikuni (Blackfeet) name (honorary adoption): Misinsskitokaan -- Badger Head -- given by elder Joe Crowshoe, Sr. (Weasel Tail), Brocket, Alberta, CANADA (June, 1989).
Biography
ACTIVITIES SUMMARY:
PERSONAL: An enrolled member of the Monacan Indian Nation (enrollment no. 0390-1593), and a direct descendant of the Pamunkey leaders Opechancanough, his daughter Cockacoeske, aka Anne, Queen of Pamunkey, and her son Captain John West, I was born in Lexington, Virginia and raised with the traditions of my people at the Buzzard Rock -- Hico, Virginia. Ceremonial and honorary naming and adoption among the traditional Pikuni-Blackfeet of Montana and Alberta (1989).
EMPLOYMENT: 28 years academic experience in colleges and universities -- nine as an Associate Professor (1999-present) including one as a Fulbright research chair (2005-2006), nine years as an Assistant Professor (1990-1999) including one as a Fulbright fellow (1992-1993), three years as an Instructor (1987-1990), seven years as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor (1980-1987). Prior to graduate school, six years (1974-1980) employment as a Forester: Cultural Resource Specialist / Outdoor Recreation Planner / Wilderness Specialist with the Bureau of Land Management, USDI; and six seasonal years (1970-1974 and 1981) as a Forestry Technician: Fire Management Specialist (Helitack Foreman and Fire Crew Boss) with the Forest Service, USDA.
EDUCATION: Doctorate of Philosophy specializing in Native American Cultural Resources with over 250 graduate credits including: 113 graduate hours devoted to Native American Studies; 144 graduate hours in Philosophy / Religious Studies / English; and 84 graduate hours in Forestry, History and Social Sciences earned at the University of Montana (1980-1987). All but comprehensive examinations and dissertation for Philosophy doctorate at the University of Georgia (1984-1985); two master degrees from University of Montana (1984); and an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington, Seattle (1980).
Fellowships and awards include: two Fulbright awards – Lecturer (1992-1993) Germany and Research Chair (2005-2006) Canada; a D’arcy McNickle Center fellowship (1995) Newberry Library, Chicago; two faculty renewal fellowships at Stanford University; two regional and / or national officer terms in academic organizations; two teaching awards; and two graduate studies awards.
SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: A forthcoming book – The Bobtail Stories – University of Nebraska Press (2008); seven privately published monographs and one as guest editor for a scholarly journal; sixty (60) peer reviewed scholarly journal articles or chapters in books; twelve general articles; eleven book reviews; and three scholarly critiques or reports. In review and process: three book manuscripts nearing completion; nine book manuscripts in partial completion; nine scholarly journal articles pending review; five scholarly papers in draft completion; sixteen scholarly papers in short draft or outline. Presentations: More than one hundred (100), including twenty-two (22) at international forums with thirteen as featured speaker or invited lecturer with honorarium; forty-one (41) at national forums with one as invited speaker; twenty-one (21) at regional forums with one as invited speaker; two (2) at local forums; Seventeen (17) as moderator or session chair at scholarly conferences or forums. Served in peer review for scholarly review of book manuscripts and journal articles: critique of one book and ten articles; and served on one scholarly journal board. Consultations and grants: ten scholarly consultations; as well as authored and secured three grants.
TEACHING: Over twenty-eight (28) years teaching experience, having taught at thirteen institutions in nine states and two foreign countries. Prepared and taught thirty-three distinctive courses; twenty-one devoted to American Indian Studies; eight involving Philosophy and Religious Studies (not including AIS above); and four committed to History and Ethnic Studies (not including AIS above). Hold graduate faculty standing with mentoring of both graduate students and special minority internships.
SERVICE: Three national offices, including Book Review Editor, American Indian Quarterly; Chair of a UNCP Sub Committee, seventeen committee membership assignments; service to four tribal nations – Blackfeet, Salish, Monacan, Yuchi; and service to four community endeavors.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW/PROCESS:
Books/Monographs:
The Pocahontas Mysteries: Decoding the Allegorical Conquest of Tsenacomoco (8 of 12 chapters completed, 2007).
Old Time Blackfeet Stories: Pikuni Ikaitapiitsiniki with original compositions by Roland Willcomb, translated by Jack Wagner (in draft for Spring 2008).
Thunder at the Backbone of the World: Traditional Pikuni Sacred Geography (6 of 12 chapters completed, 2008).
The Landscape Will Teach You Who You Are: Organicism and the Teachings of Pikuni Elders (in preparation, 2008).
The Monacan: An Ethnohistory of the Christanna Indians of Virginia (4 of 12 chapters completed, 2004).
An Odyssey Among the Iroquois: An Ethnohistory of the Yesang-Tutelo (prospectus in review with two of twelve chapters completed, 2005), 78pp.
Monascane: The Ethnology and Folklore of the Saponi-Monacan Peoples (2 of 12 chapters completed, 2003).
Earth Boy and the Yellow Calf Saga: Exploring Pikuni Mythology in the Novels of James Welch (4 of 10 chapters completed, 2005).
American Indians and Cinema: Interpretative Essays for Teaching Native American Traditions through Film and Literature (prospectus in review with three of eighteen chapters completed, Winter 2004), 50pp.
Editor, George West Diehl, Indian Notes from the Valley of Virginia (in manuscript, 2002).
Shenandoah Legacy: Indian History of the Valley of Virginia (research outline completed, 2002).
Archilde Transforms: A Study of D'Arcy McNickle -- Native American Author, Historian and Activitist (6 of 12 chapters completed, 2000).
Referred Journal Articles in Publication Review/Process:
"The Travels of Francis Louis Michel and the Ethnohistory of the Monacan Nation," Canadian Journal of Native Studies, in review (2007), 32pp.
“Pocahontas, John Smith and Terrance Mallick’s The New World: Colonialism in Cinematic Sophistry,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal, in review, (2007), 32pp.
“From Savage Queen to Indian Princess: The Iconography of Pocahontas,” (in draft 2007), 28 pp.
“A Question of History: The Legend of Pocahontas as Derived from the Historical Sources,” (in draft 2007), 26pp.
"'A Little Mischief,' The Disney Pocahontas in Cinematic Simulation," (in draft 2007) 20 pp.
“THOREAU as Deep Ecologist,” The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, in review (2007), 18 pp.
“Medieval England’s Royal Forests as Wilderness: Common Law Foundations of Wilderness Preservation,” (in draft 2007), 30 pp.
“NATURE’S STANDING, NATURE’S RIGHT: Philosophical Reflections on Eco-Justice and Environmental Law,” (in draft 2007), 35 pp.
Research Papers in Preparation/Revision:
"Prince of Pamunkey: Opechancanough of Tsenacamoco," in preparation (2007).
"Colonial Encounters from Tsenacomoco : Native Images of Europeans in Virginia," in preparation (2007).
"Are the Beavers Singing?: Further Meditations upon the Badger-Two Medicine Sacred Wildlands," in preparation (2007).
"Tonto Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Tradition and Renewal in Smoke Signals and Sherman Alexie's Fist Fight in Heaven," in preparation (2007).
"The Adventures of John Lederer: Explorations vs. Oral Traditions," in preparation (2005).
"Academic Freedom, Ward Churchill and the Politics of American Indian Identity," in preparation (2005), 10 pp.
"Manitu Practice and the Good: Philosophical Considerations of Atheism and Ethics in Montagnais-Naskapi Traditions," in revision (2005): 10 pp.
"Archilde Transforms: A Critic of Intercultural Conflict in D'Arcy McNickle's The Surrounded," in revision (2005): 36pp,
Research Papers for Journal Articles in draft/outline/manuscript:
"A Compulsive Act of Barbarity: Evangelicalism in At Play in the Fields of the Lord."
"Black Elk, Neihardt and Brown: Narrative Literature and American Indian Religious Traditions."
"Native American Ethnicity: Invidious Racial Discrimination and Non-Federal American Indians."
"Native-Indigenous-Aboriginal: The Ethno-Legal Foundations of Being An American in a Land of Immigrants."
"'Lakota Alone:' A Black Elk Narrative and James Welch's Heartsong of Charging Elk."
"James Welch's Fools Crow and the Literature of the Baker Massacre: A Meta-cultural Critic."
"The Archaeology of James Welch's Fools Crow : The Ethnological and Ethnohistorical Foundations of a Contemporary Native American Novel."
"Alienation and Orientation in James Welch's Winter in the Blood. "
"Native American Environmentalism and McNicklean Influences in Louis Owens' Wolfsong."
"Trickster-Transformation in Martin Cruz Smith's Stallion Gate."
"Gerald Vizenor's Manifest Manners: An Insight into Native American Ethnophilosophy."
"British Colonial Tribal Relations and Southern Indian Survival."
"Native American Religious Freedom and the Continuing Impact of Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association."
"Native American Sacred Geography and the Law."
"The Celestial Bear: A Cosmological Convergence of Myth, Ritual, and Sacred Space in the Delaware Big House."
"'The Ethics of Nuclear Fission."
Field Research:
Indo-European Mythography: intensive field study of primal Germanic and Christian mythologies and their traditional symbolic forms; conducted in Germany and surrounding European countries (1992-'93 and su. 1999).
Saponi-Monacan Folklore Project: working from memory of oral traditions and interviews with traditional elders; collecting and recording tribal narratives, ethnohistory, and mythology (1988-present).
Pikuni Ikaitapiisinki: Blackfeet Oral Traditions and Sacred Geography Project: collecting oral narratives and mythological accounts among the Pikuni-Blackfeet, as well as, reviewing the composite publications of Pikuni-Blackfeet folklore with application to sacred geography (1988 - present).
Yuchi Remnant Nation: Co-Chair tribal Identity and recognition project: working with Yuchi survivors in Tennessee to determine identity and recognition (2007- present).
SACRED GEOGRAPHY and Native American Environmental Ethics:
working with traditionalists froim several Montana and Alberta Indian Tribes and providing expert testimony in regard to their traditional religion in public land decisions. Including the following tribes and/or traditional groups: Pikuni Traditionalist Association (Montana), North Peigans (Old Man River - Alberta), Crow (Crazy Mountains Cultural Preservation Association - Montana), Northern Cheyenne (Medicine Wheel Alliance - Montana), Rocky Boy Chippewa-Cree (Sweetgrass Hills - Montana), and Salish-Kootenai (Lolo Peak - Montana), 1986-present.
[Featured Speaker] “An Anglo-American Taking Narrative: Pocahontas, John Smith and The New World,” Fulbright Lecture, School of Native Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (April 2006).
[Invited] "'would it might rain now?': The Quail Rattle, A Walapi Fetish," The International Conference of the Creative Design Exchange of International Aboriginal Cultures, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taipei, Taiwan (December 2005).
“Death: The Pocahontas Story and the Decline of Tsenacomoco," International Humanities Conference, 3rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, (August 2005).
"Organicism and American Indian Mythology: Paradigms of Mythographical Discourse Analysis," International Humanities Conference, 2nd Annual Meeting, Monash University, Prato Campus, Tuscany, Italy, (July 2004).
"James Welch's Fools Crow and the Hero's Journey," Western American Literature Association, 30th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B. C., Canada (October 1995).
Public Lecture [invited]: "Current Trends in Native American Studies," Universität Augsburg, Germany (June 1993).
Teachers Seminars [invited with honorarium]: "Native American Mythology and Literature," The Native American after Columbus. Sponsored by the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States of America, Belgium and Luxembourg. Luxembourg and Brussels (April 1993).
Public Lecture [invited with honorarium]: "The Badger-Two Medicine: Blackfeet Sacred Geography," Association for Endangered Peoples -- Austria, Vienna (March 1993).
Public Lecture [invited]: "Native American Mythology in Contemporary Writing," Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (March 1993).
Teachers Seminar [invited]: "Native American Mythology in Contemporary Writing." Sponsored by the Munich Amerika Haus, Achatswies, Germany (March 1993).
Teacher Seminar [invited]: "Storytelling and Native American Mythology," The Contemporary Short Story," Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany (December 1992).
[Invited speaker with honorarium] "Archilde Transforms: A Critic of Intercultural Conflict in D'Arcy McNickle's The Surrounded," Centre des Recherches sur l'Amérique Anglophone, International Conference, Université de Bordeaux, France (Nov. 1992).
Seminar [invited]: "Tribal Survival in the Contemporary Monacan Experience," Native American Cultures. Universität Frankfurt, Germany (November 1992).
[invited] "A Summary of the Columbian Impact upon Saponi-Monacan Narratives," Colonialism and North America, International Conference, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands (October 1992).
[Featured Speaker with honorarium] "Traditional Peigan Mythology and the Old Man River," University Forum, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (April 1992).
"Dawn-Bringer and the Christ-Bearer: Columbian Impact upon Native American Narratives," Modern Language Association, San Francisco (Dec. 1991).
"Native American Sacred Geography and Cultural Resource Management," Kunaitupii Conference - 1st joint meeting of the Alberta and Montana Archaeological Societies, Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada (May 1990).
"KITCHI MANITOU and Algonquian Metaphysics," American Academy of Religion, National Meeting, Anaheim, CA (November 1989).
[Featured Speaker with honorarium] "The OLDMAN RIVER and the Sacred: A Meditation upon Peigan Religion and Environmental Ethics," University of Lethbridge, Alberta (May 1988).
"WILL-OF-THE-LAND: Wilderness Among Primal Indo-Europeans," The Third World Wilderness Congress, Inverness, Scotland (October 1983).
"Great Bear," poem, The Fifth International Wildlife Film Festival, University of Montana, Missoula (April 1982).
National:
“Mytho-poetics in Blackfeet Folklore and the Contemporary Folksongs of Jack Gladstone,” Common Ground on the Hill, McDaniel College, Westminister, MD (July 2007).
“Pocahontas, John Smith and Terrance Mallick’s The New World: A Synthetic Illusion,” The Virginia Humanities Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA (March 2007).
“Pocahontas and the John Rolfe Marriage: Archeaology of a Judeo-Christian Tale-Type,” Ethnohistory Conference, Williamsburg, VA (November 2006).
"Academic Freedom, Ward Churchill and the Politics of American Indian Identity," Southern Sociological Society Conference, Charlotte, NC (April 2005).
"The Adventures of John Lederer: Explorations vs. Oral Traditions," Southeast Indian Studies Concerence, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (April 2005).
"Braves or Brave Hawks at UNCP: A Philosophical Review of a 'Native' Mascot," Mid-Atlantic Diversity Conference, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA (March 2005).
Excerpt from The Bobtail Stories. "Spring Cycles: Planting in the Signs," The Virginia Humanities Conference 2005, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA (March 2005).
"The Travels of Francis Louis Michel and the Ethnography of the Monacan Indian Nation," Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, Longwood University, Richmond, VA (February 2005).
"God and the Native Metaphysic of Nature: Algonquians, Epicurus and Environmental Egalitarianism," Radical Philosophy Conference, Howard University, Washington, DC (November 2004).
"Native, Aboriginal, Indigenous: Who Counts as Indians in Virginia?," Mid-Atlantic Diversity Conference, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (March 2004).
"Myth, Metaphor, Meaning in 'The Boy Who Could Not Understand: A Study of Seneca Idom,'" Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN (February 2004).
"An Odyssey among the Iroquois: A History of Tutelo Relations in New York," Research New York 2003 History Conference, University at Albany -- SUNY, Albany, NY (November 2003).
"Tonto Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Tradition, Syncretism and Culture Clash in Smoke Signals and Sherman Alexi's Fist Fight in Heaven." Far West Popular Culture & Far West American Culture Associations, 13th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (Feb. 2001).
"Saponi-Monacan Stories and Storytellers from the Virginia Blue Ridge," VISIONS (AND RE-VISIONS): The Humanities Past, Present and Future, The Virginia Humanities Conference 2000, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA (Mar.-Apr. 2000).
"Pocahontas: An Anglo-Icon of Native American Marginalization," National Association of Native American Studies, Houston (Feb. 2000).
Also presented to Kirkland Brown Bag Series, Hamilton College (Nov. 2000).
"Alienation and Orientation in James Welch's Winter in the Blood, " Identity, Ethnicity, Origins: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures -- Tenth Annual Conference, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY (Mar. 1999).
[Panelist] Native American Sacred Geography: Ten Years after Lyng. Land, Air, Water Conference, School of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (March 1998).
[Invited lecture]: "Perspectives on Native American Mythology," Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles (October 1996).
"From Bobtail to Brer Rabbit: Native American Influences upon Uncle Remus," Multi-Cultural Coalition: Issues Facing Native Americans, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles (March 1995).
Also presented to the Native American Forum -- Religious Studies Program, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY (July 1994).
[Panelist] "Teaching Native American Literature," roundtable discussion, Multi-Cultural Coalition: Issues Facing Native Americans, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles (March 1995).
"Native American Environmentalism and McNicklean Influences in Louis Owens' s Wolfsong," Western Literature Association, 29th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City (October 1994).
"'I Heard You Singing': Ishi and Anthropological Indifference in The Last of His Tribe," Far West Popular and American Culture Association, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas (February 1994).
"'Hounded into the Earth': Allegorical Exorcisms of the 'Christian Barbarians' Higher Civilization in D'Arcy McNickle's Short Fiction," Western Literature Association, 28th Annual Meeting, Wichita (October 1993).
"The Forest Speaks Through Dreams: Brian Moore's Black Robe (novel and film) in Perspective," Far West Popular and American Culture Association, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas (February 1992).
"Wilderness in Medieval England's Royal Forests: A Common Law Foundation for Wilderness Preservation," American Society for Environmental History Conference, University of Houston, Houston (March 1991).
A Legend of Culture: D'Arcy McNickle's Runner in the Sun: A Story of Indian Maize,"Western Literature Association, 25th Annual Meeting, Denton, TX (October 1990).
Also presented to Faculty Forum, University of Washington-Tacoma (Nov.1990).
"Feather Boy's Promise: Sacred Geography and Environmental Ethics in D'Arcy McNickle's Wind from an Enemy Sky ," Western Literature Association, 24th Annual Meeting, Coeur d'Alene, ID (September 1989).
Also presented to Philosophy Forum, University of Montana (Nov.1990).
"Environmental Ethics and Native American Sacred Geography," American Society for Environmental History, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA (April1989).
"The Sweet Grass Hills: Sacred Ground," panelist, The Western Landscape: Sacred Geography, 16th Annual Montana History Conference, Helena, Mt (October 1989).
"James Welch's Fools Crow : An Ethnic Portrayal and Tribute to Pikuni Tradition,"Western Literature Association, 23rd Annual Meeting,Eugene, Oregon (October 1988).
"The BADGER-TWO MEDICINE: Sacred Geography of the Blackfeet," Spirit of Place Conference, University of California, Davis (September 1988).
"SACRED GEOGRAPHY and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act," 11th Annual American Indian Conference, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN (May 1988).
"The MEDICINE LINE: The Blackfeet and the Border," 11th Annual American Indian Conference, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN (May 1988).
"The MEDICINE GRIZZLY, the MEDICINE WOLF, and Others Like Them: Traditional Blackfeet Concepts of the Animals and Environmental Ethics," Western Social Science Conference, Denver (April 1988).
"ALGONQUIAN METAPHYSICS & KITCHI MANITOU: Ontological and Ethical Reflections Upon an Ultimate Animating Life Principle," 10th Annual American Indian Conference, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN (May 1987).
"The WILD & The TAME: Wilderness and Agriculture in Native America," ON COMMON GROUND: Agriculture & Wildlands Conference, University of Montana (Dec. 1985).
"Wild Mind, Primal Mind," Fourth Wilderness Psychology Group Conference, University of Montana, Missoula (August 1983).
Regional:
Peter Nabokov, Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places (New York: Viking, 2006), 350pp. American Indian Book Review Quarterly Forum (November 2007).
Mary Eggermont-Molenaar, editor, Montana 1911: A Professor and His Wife Among the Blackfeet (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005) 417pp. American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum (November, 2006).
Salish-Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Cultural Advisory Council Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 198pp. American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, (November 2006).
Helen C. Rountree, Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005), 292pp. American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (November 2005).
Rodney Frey, in collaboration with The Schitsu'umsh, Landscape Travelled by Coyote and Crane: The World of the Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians). Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003: 329pp. American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (September 2005).
Bruce Granville Miller, Invisible Indigenes: The Politics of Nonrecognition. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003: 248pp. American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (April 2005).
"Hugh A. Dempsey, The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories," (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003: 282pp.) American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (January 2005).
"Native-Aboriginal-Indigenous: Invidious Racial Discrimination and Non-Federal American Indians," Kirkland Brown Bag Series, Hamilton College (Apr. 2002).
"British Colonial Tribal Relations and Southern Indian Survival," American Indian Studies Conference, Mankato State University, Minnesota (October 1998).
[Panelists] "Native American Oral Traditions and Community" with Simon Ortiz and Filmer Lalio, ASU West, Phoenix (March 1995).
[Invited lecture] "Native American Ecological Perspectives," Tacoma Community College (Spring 1991).
"Native American Sacred Geography and Public Land Law," 4th Annual Wild Rockies Rendezvous, University of Montana, Missoula (October 1989).
"Humanist Perspective on Lectures: Discussion of Elders Perspectives and Content of Information," address on theme -- "Following in the footsteps of our past through Education, Language and Culture,"Blackfeet Community College, 7th Annual Conference and Pow Wow, Browning, MT (May 1989).
"Native American Sacred Geography," Sacred Places: Native American Spirituality and the Exploitation of Sacred Places, sponsored by the Native American Spirituality Committee, Montana State University, Bozeman (Feb.1989).
"Why Dam the Old Man River? panelist, 3rd Annual Northern Rockies Rendezvous, University of Montana, Missoula (October 1988).
"Native American Sacred Geography and Environmental Ethics," 3rd Annual Northern Rockies Rendezvous, University of Montana, Missoula (Oct.1988).
"The MEDICINE WOLF Returns: Traditional Blackfeet Concepts of Canis Lupus," American Academy of Religion, Pacific Northwest Meeting, Spokane, WA (April1988).
"The Virtuous WARRIOR: A CELTIC Tradition," The WARRIOR: Formation, Transformation, and Reformation" Conference, Department of Religious Studies, University of Montana (April 1988).
"The Philosophical Significance of WILDERNESS SOLITUDE," Philosophy Forum, University of Montana, (January 1988).
"Traditional Blackfeet Religion and the Sacred Badger-Two Medicine Wildlands," American Academy of Religion, Northwest Regional Meeting, Tacoma, WA (April 1987); winner : William C. Shepard Memorial Award.
Also presented: Philosophy Forum, University of Montana, Missoula (March 1987).
Local:
"Native American Perspectives on the Environment" for Blue Earth County Environmental Day Camp (elementary school children), Mankato, MN (May and September 1998).
"Native American Religious Beliefs: Violations of Sacred Grounds in the Name of Progress," Early Bird Lions Club, Sun City, AZ (October 1994).
Chair/Discussant (at Conferences):
Moderator, American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (January, February, March, April, September, October, November 2005; November 2006; November 2007).
Session Chair: "The Poetics of Space and the Deconstruction of the Notion of Community," Identity, Ethnicity, Origins: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures -- Tenth Annual Conference, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY (Mar. 1999).
Session Chair: James Welch, Western Literature Association, 29th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City (Oct. 1994).
Session Chair: Images in Film, Far West Popular and American Culture Association, Annual Meeting , Las Vegas, NV (February 1994).
Session Chair: Silko's Ceremony, Western Literature Association, 28th Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS (Oct. 1993).
Moderator: "The Western Landscape: Sacred Geography," 16th Annual Montana History Conference, Helena, MT (October 1989).
Moderator: "Native Americans and Wilderness," 30th Montana Wilderness Association Convention, Kalispell, MT (Dec. 1988).
Moderator: "The Battle for Native American Sacred Landscapes," 3rd Annual Northern Rockies Rendezvous, University of Montana, Missoula (Oct.1988).
Moderator, "The Crazy Mountains: Traditional Crow Sacred Geography," 29th Montana Wilderness Association Convention, Helena, MT (Dec. 1987).
Editorial Review:
Book Manuscript Referee -- American Indian literature -- Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press (Dec. 1995).
Journal Referee – American Indian Culture and Research Journal – (March 2006).
Journal Referee -- International Journal of the Humanities -- (Fall 2004).
Journal Referee -- Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies -- (Spring 2004).
Journal Referee -- American Indian Quarterly -- (Oct. 1999; Jun. 1999; Jan. 1998; Feb. 1997; Jan. 1996; Aug. 1994; Nov. 1993).
Editorial Advisor -- The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy -- Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada: Lightstar Press (1988-1996).
Consultations:
Co-Chairman – Native American Historical Committee – Tennessee Native Tribes-Political Action Committee, on behalf of the Yuchi Nation, Kingsport, Tennessee (2007 – present).
Chairman -- Southeastern Indian Studies Conference -- annual conference in collaboration with the American Indian Studies Department, University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Fall 2004-2007).
Chairman -- American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (Spring 2005 - present).
Consultant – Federal recognition strategies for the Monacan Indian Nation, Amherst, Virginia (Spring 2006).
Consultant -- Lolo Peak and Salish Sacred Geography, with the Cultural Director for the Salish-Kootenai Tribe, (Winter 2005 - present).
Consultant -- Pikuni-Blackfeet Sacred Geography, with the National Parks and Conservation Association and the Blackfeet Indian Nation, (Spring 2004 - present).
Consultant -- Washington Committee for a Quinncentennial Sourcebook. Washington Center, Olympia, Washington (1991-1992).
Consultant, integrating Native American studies into curriculum, State University of New York, Albany (1991).
Consultant, Blackfoot Confederacy pre-history/culture project, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1988-1996).
Consultant -- Film Advisor: "The Scientist and the Sacred Bear," Missoula, MT: Bitterroot Films (1988-1996).
Consultant -- Film Judge -- 11th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival, Environmental Studies Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (1988).
Faculty Development Grant, University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Spring 2005).
Faculty Grant-In-Aid Program Grant, Arizona State University West, Phoenix (Su. 1994).
Matthew Hansen Endowment Grant, Wilderness Institute, University of Montana, (June 1987).
EDITORIAL REVIEW/RESEARCH GRANT ACTIVITIES:
Editorial Review:
Book Manuscript Referee -- American Indian literature -- Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press (Dec. 1995).
Journal Referee – American Indian Culture and Research Journal – (March 2006).
Journal Referee -- International Journal of the Humanities -- (Fall 2004).
Journal Referee -- Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies -- (Spring 2004).
Journal Referee -- American Indian Quarterly -- (Oct. 1999; Jun. 1999; Jan. 1998; Feb. 1997; Jan. 1996; Aug. 1994; Nov. 1993).
Editorial Advisor -- The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy -- Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada: Lightstar Press (1988-1996).
Consultations:
Co-Chairman – Native American Historical Committee – Tennessee Native Tribes-Political Action Committee, on behalf of the Yuchi Nation, Kingsport, Tennessee (2007 – present).
Chairman -- Southeastern Indian Studies Conference -- annual conference in collaboration with the American Indian Studies Department, University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Fall 2004-2007).
Chairman -- American Indian Quarterly Book Review Forum, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (Spring 2005 - present).
Consultant – Federal recognition strategies for the Monacan Indian Nation, Amherst, Virginia (Spring 2006).
Consultant -- Lolo Peak and Salish Sacred Geography, with the Cultural Director for the Salish-Kootenai Tribe, (Winter 2005 - present).
Consultant -- Pikuni-Blackfeet Sacred Geography, with the National Parks and Conservation Association and the Blackfeet Indian Nation, (Spring 2004 - present).
Consultant -- Washington Committee for a Quinncentennial Sourcebook. Washington Center, Olympia, Washington (1991-1992).
Consultant, integrating Native American studies into curriculum, State University of New York, Albany (1991).
Consultant, Blackfoot Confederacy pre-history/culture project, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1988-1996).
Consultant -- Film Advisor: "The Scientist and the Sacred Bear," Missoula, MT: Bitterroot Films (1988-1996).
Consultant -- Film Judge -- 11th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival, Environmental Studies Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (1988).
