Indigenous and Minoritized Groups

Zapotec family describing herbal remedies, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca. Photo: Lynn Stephen (2006)

encompasses issues facing indigenous and minoritized groups such as globalization, health care, school curricula, and management of archaeological sites and cultural heritage. We foster indigenous scholarship (both undergraduate and graduate), and promote collaborative relationships such as those between the academy and tribal and local community stakeholders.

Research, Projects, and Organizations

• Acculturation and psychosocial stress among Latino immigrants in Oregon. (Drs. Snodgrass, McClure, and Stephen)
• Community Archaeology at Coffman Cove, Alaska. (Dr.Moss)
• Gender, Race, and Family: Issues of Education and Sexuality among Balkan Romani Migrants in New York City. (Dr.Silverman)
• Health Consequences of Economic Development Among Indigenous Siberians. (Dr.Snodgrass)
• Herring Synthesis: Documenting and Modeling Herring Spawning Areas and Human and Environmental Impacts over Time in the Southeast Gulf of Alaska. (Dr.Moss)
• Latino Roots in Lane County. (Dr.Stephen)
• Making Rights a Reality: The Oaxaca Social Movement, 2006 to the Present.(Dr.Stephen)
• Performing Diaspora: Cultural Politics of Balkan Romani Music. (Dr.Silverman)
• Shuar Health and Life History Project. (Drs. Sugiyama and Snodgrass)
• Southwest Oregon Research Project. (Dr. Erlandson)
• Mining and Indigenous Activism in Papua New Guinea. (Dr.Biersack)

Courses