[Grovenet] "Kalapuya Homes" Program this coming week

[Bonnie Combs]

David,

I am thrilled to hear of this presentation, and will
make every effort to be there.  

Do you think it remotely possible that we could
delay/prevent further development (west of the Rau
property) using some of Ms. Darby's information??

Regards,

Bonnie Combs
--- David Morelli <jo.david at verizon.net> wrote:

>   Kalapuya Homes
> 
> Friends of Historic Forest Grove will host a free
> program on  
> Thursday, January 10 in the UCC Chapel at 7:00 p.m.
> 
> Ih this program, "Kalapuya Homes",  Anthropologist
> Melissa Darby will  
> show a 100-year-old photo and sketches of “Old
> John’s House” along  
> with other Native American homes in the region. Her
> presentation will  
> be based on Kalapuya recollections in addition to
> early accounts of  
> the houses from pioneers and early anthropologists. 
> Early Euro- 
> American accounts of Kalapuya life are rare and Ms.
> Darby hopes that  
> this recent 'find' will fill a historical gap.
> 
> The Kalapuya lived in seasonal dwellings, some of
> which were long  
> structures with several chambers where related
> family members lived.  
> Darby says the walls and
> roofs, which were usually made from bark, could
> easily expand when  
> new family members arrived or be disassembled when
> the band moved.
> 
> Melissa Darby received her master’s degree in
> anthropology from  
> Portland State University. She specializes in
> applying historical  
> records to ethnographic information,
> especially as it relates to Native Americans.  She
> has worked with  
> Friends of Historic Forest Grove on the Alvin Smith
> House project. 
>   
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