Bandelier National Monument: Ethnographic literature search and consultation

Levine, Frances; Merlan, Thomas

Nontechnical Summary: The following summary is to be used for general interpretive and planning purposes and is also intended to facilitate use by the communities that participated in the research. Purpose: the originally stated objectives of the project were to research ethnographic literature and consult with Pueblo communities potentially affiliated with Bandelier National Monument to document traditional uses of the cultural and natural resources within the Monument The research was intended to describe the traditional historical basis for relationships between potentially affiliated Pueblo communities and park resources and an evaluation of the traditional cultural and natural resources that continue to be used and valued. The main body of the final report was intended as a discussion of the traditional resource uses of Bandelier National Monument and the role it plays in contemporary Puebloan societies. Scope of Work: the scope of work of the project called for (1) a search of the ethnographic literature pertaining to traditional uses of Bandelier National Monument by Pueblo groups including but not limited to the Keres, Tewa, Jemez, Sandia, Zuni, and Hopi tribes, (2) review of legislation, cooperative agreements, and documentation of previous consultations between the National Park Service and associated communities, (3) initial contact and preliminary consultation with all traditionally as~ociated tribes and tribal representatives as identified through the literature search, (4) interviews with Bandelier National Monument staff, in particular anthropologists, botanists, and other resource specialists having knowledge of Pueblo traditional uses of the monument, and (5) a final report synthesizing the results .?f the literature search, interviews, and field visits. Several significant changes in this scope were subsequently agreed on by National Park Service representatives and the authors. The project became primarily a literature search. See Changes in Scope of Work in Project Background section below.

Bandelier National Monument: Ethnographic literature search and consultation

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