The Great Basin Project was originally developed in conjunction with my course, Humanities 2D, "Indigenous People of the Western United States," at Harvey Mudd College. The materials were created both to act as course notes and to present a model. As course notes, the materials went beyond the Great Basin itself in developing some general information about indigenous societies. As a model, the materials were to illustrate the form and general content of an adequate overview/introduction to the people of a study region. Students in the course were divided into three groups and each group was assigned to a study region. The four study regions defined by the Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians were used for this purpose.
The student reports were placed on a WWW server which is open to browsing on the Claremont Colleges computing network only. The Great Basin materials are now available through a standard WWW server available to all browsers. These materials are offered as a resource for study of the Great Basin and it's indigenous people. They will be modified, updated, and extended throughout the coming year. All rights for reproduction in any form are strictly reserved.
References throughout the text are to works cited in the bibliography and are identified by the author's name(s) and publication date (if necessary). Please note that HNAI stands for Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 11. William C. Sturtevant is the General Editor; and Warren L. d'Azevedo is the Volume Editor. It is published by The Smithsonian Institution (1986). References here are made to the author(s) of the particular article and page(s) within the volume.
For information please contact me through my HomePage. I would especially appreciate receiving your comments on these materials!
Previous Section||Next Section