NWC Contributors
Name: Kayla Carpenter, CPhil.
Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Institutional Affiliation: University of California - Berkeley
Bio: Kayla is a PhD Candidate in Linguists at UC Berkeley.
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Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Institutional Affiliation: University of California - Berkeley
Bio: Kayla is a PhD Candidate in Linguists at UC Berkeley.
Articles/ Reviews/ Sites:
- ARTICLE -- Buckskin Dress for Northwest Coast Regalia Stories Project (Forthcoming)
Name: Vanessa Esquivido
Tribal Affiliation: Nor Rel Muk Wintu
Institutional Affiliation: University of California - Davis
Bio: Hiestum! (Greetings) Vanessa is enrolled member of the Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation and Chicana. She is a Ph.D. student in Native American Studies at University of California, Davis and received her BA in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Native American Studies at CSUS. Her focus is on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), cultural patrimony, Native Americans in higher education and Native American language revitalization programs concerning Northwestern tribes.
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Tribal Affiliation: Nor Rel Muk Wintu
Institutional Affiliation: University of California - Davis
Bio: Hiestum! (Greetings) Vanessa is enrolled member of the Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation and Chicana. She is a Ph.D. student in Native American Studies at University of California, Davis and received her BA in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Native American Studies at CSUS. Her focus is on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), cultural patrimony, Native Americans in higher education and Native American language revitalization programs concerning Northwestern tribes.
Articles/ Reviews/ Sites:
- ARTICLE -- "Basket Caps" for the Northwest California Regalia Stories Project (2014)
Name: Marlette Grant-Jackson
Tribal Affiliation: Yurok Tribal Member
Institutional Affiliation: Humboldt State University – Native American Center For Academic Excellence (ITEPP)
Bio: Niwho:n je:nis whima:lyo' (Good day my friend/relative in Hupa) skue-yen' ue ke-choyhl nak-new Marlette Grant- Jackson. Hoopa mey'-wue-me-chok (good afternoon, my name is Marlette Grant-Jackson. I am from Hoopa. in Yurok), ITEPP CRC Coordinator, and Student Service Academic Advisor. I work at HSU and have worked for the ITEPP Program for 12 years.
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Tribal Affiliation: Yurok Tribal Member
Institutional Affiliation: Humboldt State University – Native American Center For Academic Excellence (ITEPP)
Bio: Niwho:n je:nis whima:lyo' (Good day my friend/relative in Hupa) skue-yen' ue ke-choyhl nak-new Marlette Grant- Jackson. Hoopa mey'-wue-me-chok (good afternoon, my name is Marlette Grant-Jackson. I am from Hoopa. in Yurok), ITEPP CRC Coordinator, and Student Service Academic Advisor. I work at HSU and have worked for the ITEPP Program for 12 years.
Articles/ Reviews/ Sites:
- SITE -- Artists Page (Native Women's Collective)
- REVIEW -- Yamane, Linda. Weaving a California Tradition: A Native American Basketmaker. Lerner Publications, 1997.
Name: Melissa Leal, Ph.D.
Tribal Affiliation: Esselen-Ohlone
Employer/ Institution Affiliation: Elk Grove Unified School District – American Indian Education Program
Bio: Melissa received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on contemporary forms of cultural and linguistic revitalization and empowerment. Her career has been dedicated to working with youth in the Sacramento region.
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Tribal Affiliation: Esselen-Ohlone
Employer/ Institution Affiliation: Elk Grove Unified School District – American Indian Education Program
Bio: Melissa received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on contemporary forms of cultural and linguistic revitalization and empowerment. Her career has been dedicated to working with youth in the Sacramento region.
Articles/ Reviews/ Sites:
- REVIEW -- Shanks, Ralph C., and Lisa Woo Shanks. Indian baskets of central California: art, culture, and history: Native American basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay north to Mendocino and east to the Sierra Nevada. Vol. 1. Costaño Books, 2006.
Name: Stephanie Lumsden, M.A.
Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Institutional Affiliation: University of California, Davis
Bio: In 2014 Stephanie received her M.A. in Native American Studies at the University of California - Davis. She received her BA in Women’s Studies with a Minor in Native American Studies from Portland State University. Her Master’s thesis research focuses on Native American women and the prison-industrial complex in California.
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Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Institutional Affiliation: University of California, Davis
Bio: In 2014 Stephanie received her M.A. in Native American Studies at the University of California - Davis. She received her BA in Women’s Studies with a Minor in Native American Studies from Portland State University. Her Master’s thesis research focuses on Native American women and the prison-industrial complex in California.
Articles/ Reviews/ Sites:
- SITE -- Personal Website (Blog)
- ARTICLE -- "Dentalia" for the Northwest Coast Regalia Stories Project (2014)
- REVIEW -- Bibby, Brian. Precious cargo: California Indian cradle baskets and childbirth traditions. Heyday, 2004.
Name: Brittani Orona
Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Employer/ Institution Affiliation: California State University, Sacramento-Capital Campus Public History Program
Bio: Brittani Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and is currently completing her Master of Arts in Public History at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Humboldt State University in 2010. She has worked at the California State Indian Museum, the California State Office of Historic Preservation, California State Archives, and the Maidu Museum and Historic Site. She will join the CSUS Center for California Studies: Capital Fellows Program- Executive Fellowship in October 2014. Brittani is interested in repatriation, federal Indian law, cultural resources management, and environmental history as they relate to California Indian tribes.
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Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Employer/ Institution Affiliation: California State University, Sacramento-Capital Campus Public History Program
Bio: Brittani Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and is currently completing her Master of Arts in Public History at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Humboldt State University in 2010. She has worked at the California State Indian Museum, the California State Office of Historic Preservation, California State Archives, and the Maidu Museum and Historic Site. She will join the CSUS Center for California Studies: Capital Fellows Program- Executive Fellowship in October 2014. Brittani is interested in repatriation, federal Indian law, cultural resources management, and environmental history as they relate to California Indian tribes.
Articles/ Reviews/ Sites:
- SITE -- Stories of the RIver, Stories of the People: Hupa, Yurok and Karuk Memories of the Klamath River Basin
- ARTICLE -- Contemporary Jewelry and the “Vanishing Indian” for the Northwest Coast Regalia Stories Project (Forthcoming)
- REVIEW -- Essential Art: Native Basketry from the California Indian Heritage Center by Brian Bibby (2012)
