Join us for this free virtual workshop and learn how diverse communities embrace stewardship of their heritage sites. We will hear from communities of varied ethnic, cultural, and historical backgrounds, as well as from those who are engaging young people in stewardship. Program coordinators, community leaders, and volunteer site stewards will speak about their projects and experiences, their successes and challenges, their goals and accomplishments.
For people who work in site stewardship as volunteers or program coordinators or archaeologists, this workshop will provide new, and perhaps provocative, ideas from site stewardship in other States, ideas which could help you increase diversity and participation in your programs. For those not yet involved with stewardship, this workshop will introduce you to archaeological sites across the country and to the people who are helping to preserve them. You also will learn how to become involved with site stewardship.
November 2 at 6:00 pm (Pacific Time) presentation of “Saving the Sacred,” a film about protecting heritage resources on Tribal lands around Clear Lake, California. Introduction from Dino Beltran, Koi Nation.
November 3 Presentations from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm (Pacific Time):
• Opening Remarks, Dr. Susan Bender, “Where Site Stewardship Has Been and What Site Stewardship Is Today,” former Research Director of South Park Archaeological Research Project and Professor Emerita at Skidmore College.
• “Memories of a Colorado Cowboy,” Lori Kennedy, South Park site steward.
• “Archival Research and Survey of 42+ Antebellum Plantations on the Texas Coastal Plain,” Johnney Pollan, site steward with the Texas Archaeological Site Stewardship.
• “Engaging the Present by Uncovering the Past – Community Archaeology and the Legacy of Enslavement, Resistance, and Emancipation, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands,” Dr. Meredith Hardy, National Park Service - Southeast Archeological Center.
• “Doing Archaeology the Right Way: Transcontinental Railroad with the Chinese Community,” Chris Merritt, Utah State Historic Preservation Officer.
• “Tribal Monitoring Update,” LeRoy Shingoitea, WestLand Group Manager, Hopi; Dawn Rocha, WestLand and Tribal Monitor/Botanist, Yavapai-Apache Nation/Hualapi Tribe.
• “Site Stewardship in The Archaeological Conservancy's Southeast Region,” Jessica Crawford, Southeast Regional Director for the Archaeological Conservancy.
November 3 Panel Discussion from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Pacific Time):
• John McHugh: Teacher at Blessed Sacrament School, Sandy, Utah, archaeology for 7th and 8th graders.
• Pat Downing: Site Stewardship Coordinator, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
• Pam Stranahan: former Executive Director of the Texas Archaeological Society.
• Diane McBride: Associate Director, Cultural Site Steward Program Manager, Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance.
• Ian Wright: Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Coordinator, Department of Cultural and Community Engagement.
• Moderated by Beth Padon: Executive Director, Partners for Archaeological Site Stewardship, and Wanda Raschkow: Site Stewardship Coordinator, Friends of Cedar Mesa.
