This work was supported by the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

Students were trained in standard survey and excavation techniques, and through direct interaction with Kootenai, Salish, Kalispel, and Blackfoot Indian people, they became aware of diverse Native American perspectives on archaeological and anthropological research. The students' cross-cultural experiences were enhanced by trips to the Flathead and Kalispel Indian reservations in the U.S. and to the Pegan Reserve in Alberta, Canada.

Ethnic diversity among field school students (i.e., Hispanic American, African American, American Indian, Asian, and Anglo American) provided them with further insights about cultural diversity in contemporary societies.

In conjunction with this project, CEA personnel are currently studying site formation processes, land use, ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological research, and collections management.