The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco invites all current members to its Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, April 20th at 2:00pm. Museum Director Madeline Matson will present a brief update on happenings at CPHM and introduce author Jon D. Daehnke who will present his talk, “Chinook Resilience, Chinook Interventions: History, Heritage, and Collaborations on the Columbia River.”
Over the course of roughly twenty years, Jon Daehnke has conducted archaeological, ethnographic, and heritage-related work along the Lower Columbia River, nearly all of it completed in consultation and collaboration with the Chinook Indian Nation. This has included research on the effects volcanic eruptions have had on the Columbia River and the impact of them on Chinookan towns, the centrality of canoes in Chinookan culture, public interpretation of Columbia River history and Chinook efforts to tell their own stories in their own homelands, the revitalization of Chinookan art, and the Chinook Indian Nation’s continuing efforts to be officially recognized by the federal government of the United States. In this talk he explores what he has observed, learned, and most importantly been taught over the roughly two decades that he has worked in partnership with the Chinook Indian Nation. Finally, he’ll touch on the importance of collaborative research, especially in research fields that have a history of unilateral and proprietary behavior.
Jon Daehnke is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
This event is free thanks to support from Museum Members. Non-members are welcome to attend and membership information will be provided at the event.