The Summer Ethnographic Field School involved attending and participating in different events, ceremonies and projects with several American Indian communities, historic forts and archaeological sites of the Southern Plains (Course Programs/Events).  We traveled to and toured different archaeological sites, historic homes, battle sites, natural wonders and museums (Course Tours). 

I.  Course Programs/Events

American Indian Tribal Governments and Events

              Delaware Tribe http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/

                              Delaware Powwow - Memorial Day Weekend

                              Clean Delaware Cemeteries (i.e. Leno)   

                              Delaware Community Center and Community Services

Levi Randall starting fire with traditional Delaware Fire Drill, Delaware Powwow 2006.

Let the games begin, Indian Football at the Delaware Powwow 2006.

Anthony Westby surviving Indian Football, Delaware Powwow 2006.

Fighting for the ball during Indian Football, Delaware Powwow 2006.

             Osage Nation http://www.osagetribe.com/

                            Pawhuska In’lon’schka

                            Curation needs at Osage Tribal Museum

                            Clean/prepare in’lon’schka grounds at Pawhuska                                         Indian Village

              Kaw Nation http://www.kawnation.com/

                            Cultural Preservation Programs

                            Build Earthlodges at Kaw Land in Kansas

                            Map project with Kaw Nation                      

Justin McBride presents the basics of the Kaw language to the field school students at the Kaw Nation Headquarters.

             Comanche Nation http://www.comanchenation.com/

                        Gourd Dance

                        Visit Comanche Nation College                     
                        http://www.cnc.cc.ok.us 

Melissa Bruce, Anthony Westby and Brad Anderson taking a break in the field school van outside the Comanche Nation College in Lawton, Oklahoma.

                        Taos Pueblo http://www.taospueblo.com/

                        Feast Day Dance

Historic Forts and Villages 
              Ft. Gibson                                                                             
              Day-long re-enactment program on removal/civil war/allotment

              Ft. Sill

Towana Spivey lectures on the American Indian warrior tradition at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.

         
              Warrior Tradition Exhibit and the Indian military                   
                        experience                                  

              Ft. Union (Website under construction)

                         Tour of Santa Fe Trail and frontier history

              17th Century Wichita Village (Bryson-Paddock Site)                             http://www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/Bryson-Paddock/fieldschool.

Matthew Clark learning archaelogical excavation techniques while unearthing remains from a 17th century Wichita Village in North Central Oklahoma.

Melissa Bruce helping with soil identification at the excavation of a 17th century Wichita Village in North Central Oklahoma.

Jesse Colson and Jerry Cook screen for artifacts at the 17th century Wichita Village.

II.   Course Tours

Archaeological Sites

              Alibates Flint Quarries                                                                           http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/alibates/

Anthony Ancheta standing in the middle of a prehistoric quarry pit at Alibates National Monument in the Texas Panhandle.

              Spiro Mounds                                                                                  http://www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/counties/leflore.htm

Learning about Spiro Mounds in Eastern Oklahoma.

             
                 Pecos Pueblo http://www.nps.gov/peco/

A rattlesnake cooling off at Pecos Pueblo.

Alia Cruver emerges from a prehistoric kiva at Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico.

Anthony Westby and Nathan LeClear explore a kiva at Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico.

Anthony Westby and Nathan LeClear record the day's experiences at camp.

Matthew Clark, Brad Anderson and Jesse Colson reflect on their experiences at camp in New Mexico.

Jerry Cook cleaning the dishes after the meal.

              Great Bend Council Circles (Late Prehistoric Plains villagers)

              Blackwater Draw, Folsom, NM (Paleo-Indians)

              Picture Canyon, Springfield, CO. (Rock Art)     

              Cooper Bison Kill (Archaic/Woodland Nomadic Foragers)

Historic Homes

              Sequoyah House
                             Cherokee syllabary and accommodation strategy

              Woolaroc Museum

                            Frank Phillips, Osage and Oil Boom

              White Hair Memorial

                            Osage Headrights and Subsurface rights

              Quanah Parker Star House

                            Comanche resistance and leadership

Nathan LeClear buying pottery at the Governor's mansion in Sante Fe's historic plaza.

Battle Sites

              Battle of Honey Springs

                            Civil War/Freedmen/Historically Black Towns

              Washita Battlefield and Black Kettle Museum                                                       http://www.nps.gov/waba/

Anthony Westby, Nathan LeClear, Matthew Clark and Brad Anderson hiking through the Washita Battlefield in Western Oklahoma.

              Black Kettle, Cheyenne-Arapaho and Post Civil War military                           strategies                                          
                             Burnt Earth Policy

              Adobe Walls http://www.panhandlenation.com/adobe_walls.htm

                            Comanche resistance and Bison extermination

Natural Wonders

              Palo Duro Canyon State Park http://www.palodurocanyon.com

              Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge                                    

Brad Anderson, Melissa Bruce, Anthony Ancheta and Jesse Colson take in views from atop Mt. Scott in Wichita Mountains of Soutwestern Oklahoma.

              Santa Fe National Forest and Hermits Peak

              Capulin Volcano National Monument http://www.nps.gov/cavo/

              Tallgrass Prairie Preserve

              Kiowa/Comanche/Cimarron National Grasslands

              Glass Mountain

Museums

              Indian Pueblo Cultural Center                                                               

              National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum