RSS 1.0Richard Stoffle Collection
This collection is composed of 58 funded research projects that were either directed by or co-directed by Richard Stoffle while his research team was based in one of three universities (1) University of Wisconsin-Parkside, (2) University of Michigan, and (3) University of Arizona. These projects occurred over the past 40 years and at some level represent the growth and evolution of applied anthropology research over this time. The collection includes the seminal 1978 study report entitled Persistence and Power, which was the first American Indian social impact assessment conducted in the United States (Stoffle was a contributing author). Naturally many other applied research topics emerged during this period; still the projects in this collection do provide a perspective on the substance and style of funded assessments occurring in the United States and the Caribbean.
Many of the projects were funded or regulated under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [Public Law, P.L. 91-190; Stat 83 Stat. 852 (1969)] and are thus considered Social Impact Assessments, a field of research practice that was greatly expanded, elaborated, and formalized during this period (The Interorganizational Committee on Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment 2003). Today, these and many other studies have further led to the state of the art in impact assessment that is called Sustainability Assessment (Bond, Morrison-Saunders and Howitt 2012).
Each project in this Collection (which is called A Collection in this and listed below) is introduced with a brief summary and contains the technical report that finalized the work. Some projects lasted for more than a decade and thus had additional research tasks, which resulted in multiple technical reports. Most projects also have one or more power points which were prepared to convey findings to the funding agency, participating people, and members of professional societies. For most collections the photos from the study have been organized by the major topics in the technical report to better illustrate the study process and its results. When peer-reviewed publications occurred after the study was completed these articles, book chapters, and books are listed together just below the project summary.
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Recent Submissions
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Richard Stoffle Interview2014-05-01
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Paiute Cowboy2014-05-01
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Federal Acknowledgement2014-05-01
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Final Determination2014-05-01
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Itus, Auv, Te'ek (Past, Present, Future)This report concludes the first four years (1992 -1995) of Southern Paiute involvement in the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies (GCES), a program initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in 1982. Southern Paiutes have conducted ethnographic research and participated in the Congressionally mandated Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of Glen Canyon Dam water release policies on natural and human-made resources found in the Colorado River Corridor. These ethnographic studies have taken place in what is called the Colorado River Corridor which extends 255 miles down stream from Glen Canyon Dam to the end of the free flowing river at Separation Canyon within the Grand Canyon National Park. They have concentrated on investigating the impacts of the Dam's water releases to Southern Paiute cultural resources. Since the Final EIS was published in March 1995, emphasis has been placed on what is called the Adaptive Management Program of the GCES and attention has shifted to monitoring the water release impacts.
