Richard W Stoffle

Interests

Teaching

American Indian ethnographyCaribbean culture from slavery to todaySocial Impact Assessment

Research

Relationship between federal agencies and traditional peoples, especially American Indian peoples and the National Park Service units.Development of agency among African men and women held in Caribbean slave plantations.Post colonial identity debates in the Caribbean.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Stoffle, R. W., Van Vlack, K., Arnold, R., & Bulletts-Benson, G. (2017). Cant of Reconquest and the Struggle for Restoring Sustainability of the Southern Paiutes. In Going Beyond: Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2.(pp 231- 246). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007\978-3-319-57165-2
• Stoffle, R. W., Arnold, R., & Bulletts, A. (2016). Talking With Nature: Southern Paiute Epistemology and the Double Hermeneutic with A Living Planet. In Collaborative Heritage Management(pp 75-100). NJ, USA: Gorgias Press.
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  The chapter manuscript was presented in the summer of 2012 in at the Critical Heritage Association conference,Sweden.;Please specify if you select "Other collaborative" : Other co-authors are Paiute people who worked with our research team to lay the foundation for this paper;Full Citation: Talking With Nature: Southern Paiute Epistemology and the Double Hermeneutic with A Living Planet. Collaborative Heritage Discourse. Mal Ridges and Gemma Tully book editors. With to be named Paiute co-authors who are doing their review of the final draft of the submitted manuscript.;
• Stoffle, R. W., Arnold, R., Frank, M., Cornelius, B., Miller, L., Charles, J., Kane, G., Ruuska, A., & van Vlack, K. (2015). Ethnology of Volcanoes: Quali Signs and the Cultural Centrality of Self Voiced Places. In Engineering Mountain Landscapes: An Anthropology of Social Investment(pp 99-115). University of Utah Press.
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  This chapter is based on three large technical reports prepared under contract with Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and with the participation of 18 tribes who are culturally affiliated with the volcano under study. It is the produce of four years of field work. The chapter has been reviewed and approved by the editors of the book and is now under review by the press.;Other collaborative: Yes;Please specify if you select "Other collaborative" : Other authors are either members of my research team or members of a committee of Indian tribal representative who shared cultural information that formed the foundation of the chapter.;Full Citation: Ethnology of Volcanoes: Quali- Signs and the Cultural Centrality of Self-voiced Places. Engineering Mountain Landscapes (edited by Laura L. Scheiber and Maria Nieves Zedeño). By R. Stoffle, R. Arnold, M. Frank, B. Cornelius, L. Miller, J. Kane, K. Carroll, and K. Van Vlack.;Status: Submitted But Not Yet Accepted;
• Stoffle, R. W., Stoffle, B. W., & Sjölander-Lindqvist, A. (2013). Contested Time Horizons. In Sustainability Assessment Pluralism, Practice and Progress(pp 51-67). London: Routledge.
• Stoffle, R. W., Stoffle, B., & Sjölander-Lindqvist, A. (2011). Chapter 4 Contested time horizons,. In A chapter in Sustainability Assessment: pluralism, practice and progress Edited by Bond,Morrison-Saunders, and Howitt(pp 51-67). London: Routledge.
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  Been working for 2 years on this chapter.;Your Role: Was initially asked to write chapter and added the two co-authors who each provide a case study.;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: by son Brent is a fishery anthropologist for NOAA Miami and Annelie is a cultural anthropologist in Sweden;
• Stoffle, R. W., Arnold, R., & Van Vlack, K. (2011). Yucca Mountain. In Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, Volume I(pp 1423-1424). New York, NY: Facts on File.
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  Collaborative with graduate student: YesOther collaborative: YesSpecify other collaborative: Richard Arnold is the chair of the Pahrump Paiute Tribe and Kathleen is a PHD graduate student in AIS;
• Stoffle, R. W., Arnold, R., Vlack, K. V., Eddy, L., & Cornelius, B. (2009). Nuvagantu, â€. University of Alabama Press.
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  ;Your Role: I was PI for the projects that inspired this chapter and I was lead author.;Full Citation: Stoffle, Richard, Richard Arnold, Kathleen Van Vlack, Larry Eddy, Betty Cornelius2009 Nuvagantu, â€;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Three of the co-authors are Southern Paiute cultural specialists who were actively involved in writing the chapter and the research.;

Journals/Publications

• Stoffle, R. W., Baro, M. A., & Cummins, A. (2019). Warri Warriors: From West Africa to Barbados, Men’s Social Space from Slavery to Post-Colonial Times. Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, 65, 44-68.
• Stoffle, R. W., Naranjo, A., Sittler, C., & Slivka, K. (2018). Grandfather Tree: Ute Horror at the Killing of A Heritage Tree.. International Journal of Intangible Heritage, 13, 36-49.
• Stoffle, R. W., & Baro, M. (2016). The Name of the Game: Oware Men's Social Space During Caribbean Slavery to Post-Colonial Times. International Journal of Intangible Heritage, 11, 75-99.
• Stoffle, R. W., Arnold, R., & Bulletts, A. (2015). Facing the Unimaginable : Hopi and Southern Paiute Response to Massive Risk Events. The Applied Anthropologist, 35(1), 13-22.
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  Based on an original paper prepared for the International Sociology Association at their annual meeting in 2008.
• Stoffle, R. W., Stoffle, B. W., Minnis, J., & Van Vlack, K. (2014). Women’s Power and Community Resilience Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in Barbados and The Bahamas. Caribbean Studies, 42(1), 45-69.
• Stoffle, R. W., Minnis, J., Murphy, A., Vlack, K. V., O'Meara, N., Smith, T., & McDonald, T. (2010). Two-MPA Model for Siting a Marine Protected Area: Bahamian Case. Coastal Managament.
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  ;Your Role: One of two senior authors who wrote most of the paper;Full Citation: Stoffle, Richard, Jessica Minnis, Amanda Murphy, Kathleen Van Vlack, Nathaniel O'Meara, Tavarrie Smith and Tarah McDonald2010 Two-MPA Model for Siting a Marine Protected Area: Bahamian Case. Coastal Management 38(5): 501 - 517 ;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Jessica Minnis is a professor at College of Bahamas;
• Stoffle, R. W., , B. S., , T. P., Vlack, K. V., , K. A., & Minnis), J. (2009). Asu and Meeting Turn: The Resilience of Rotating Saving and Credit in the Bahamas and Barbados.. Ethnology.
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  ;Your Role: I was the PI for the Bahamas project that led to the collection of data on this topic and I wrote the Bahamas portion of the essay.;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Jessica Minnis and Kendra Arnet worked with me on my Bahamas Biocomplexity Project. Brent Stoffle is the cultural anthropologist for NOAA Fisheries and has worked with me on Caribbean issues. The late Trevor Purcell was Brent's PhD advisory at the University of South Florida who worked on rotating credit issues in the Caribbean;
• Stoffle, R. W., Stoffle, B. W., Purcell, T., Vlack, K. V., Arnett, K., & Minnis, J. (2009). Asu and Meeting Turn: Rotating Credit, Identity, and Resilience in the Bahamas and Barbados. Ethnology, 48(1), 71-84.
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  An interesting piece for me because it get at a key issue of Caribbean culture that is poorly understood. Nice to have it in Ethnology which the best journal for such analysis in my opinion.;Your Role: One of two senior authors who wrote most of the Bahamas portion of the paper;Collaborative with undergraduate student: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Jessica Minnis is a professor at College of BahamasTrevel Percess was a professor at Uof South Florida before his death.;
• Stoffle, R. W., & , J. M. (2008). Resilience at Risk, Epistemological and Social Construction Barriers to Risk Communication. Journal of Risk Research.
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  The paper derived from an invited presentation in Sweden on the topic of Risk Communication. It is our third publication on risk society theory. The journal is the best in the world on the topic.;Your Role: Senior author with assistance of the other field team leader from the College of the Bahamas.;Full Citation: Resilience at Risk, Epistemological and Social Construction Barriers to Risk Communication. Journal of Risk Research 11(1&2): 55 - 68 (by R. Stoffle and J. Minnis).;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: J. Minnis is faculty at College of Bahamas who worked with our UofA team;
• Stoffle, R. W., , G. R., , F. G., Bulletts-Benson, G., Vlack, K. V., & Medwied-Savage, J. (2008). Timescapes in Conflict: Cumulative Impacts on a Solar Calendar. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal.
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  A very important piece for our research published in the top journal for such analysis just before an international conference on Cumulative Impacts. It all just came together on this one.;Your Role: Senior author, senior researcher. Published with American Indian people reflecting their role in conducting and evaluating the research.;Full Citation: Timescapes in Conflict: Cumulative Impacts on a Solar Calendar. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 26(3): 209-218.;Collaborative with undergraduate student: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: G. Rogers, F. Grayman, G. Bulletts-Benson are tribal representatives from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and the Kaibab Paiute Tribe.;

Presentations

• Stoffle, R. W. (2018, December). Arches as Native American Cultural Places. Friends of Arches National Park. Moab, Utah.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2018, November). Nellis AFB. Annual Heritage Days.
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  Stoffle invited Presentation at the Annual Heritage Days meeting Between the US Air Force, Involved Federal Agencies and the 17 Consulting tribes
• Stoffle, R. W. (2017, August 26). Tribal Connections to Arches National Park. Special Presentation. Moab, Utah: NPS Southeast Utah Group and Friends of Arches and Canyonlands.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2017, December). Ethnographic Study, Native American Response to LEIS. 2017 Native American Heritage Month Celebration. Las Vegas, Nevada: Nellis Air Force.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2016, October). Two-MPA Model for Siting A Sustainable Marine Protected Area, Bahamian Case. Invited Presentation NOAA/NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami. Miami, Florida: NOAA NMFS Southweast Fisheries Science Center.
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  Invited presentation to a marine science faculty as well as invited guests from the University of Miami.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2013, June). The Sustainability of Small Islands. Bahamas At Forty Conference. Nassau, Bahamas: The Bahamas Government.
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  Invited lecture regarding the future of Bahamas with special reference to the marine ecosystem.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2013, November). American Indian Cultural and Sacred properties: Where Are Things Going?. Public Lecture. Tucson, Arizona: American Indian Studies, University of Arizona.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2013, September). Paper on Bahamas. High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology, Annual Retreat. Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
• Stoffle, R. W., & Van Vlack, K. (2013, March). Tavicha’impimu: To Catch the Sun: Large Scale Solar Energy Development in the Great Basin and the Cultural Implications for Numic-Speaking Peoples. Society for Applied Anthropology. Denver, Colorado.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2012, 2012-03-01). Ethnography in Bits and Pieces:An Alternative Methodology in American Indian Social Impact Assessments. Society for Applied Anthropology. Baltimore, MD.
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  A paper in an organized session.;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2012, 2012-10-01). Talking With Nature. Great Basin Anthropological Association. Lake Tahoe, NV.
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  ;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2012, 2013-02-01). Talking With Nature: Southern Paiute Epistemological and the Double Hermeneutic with A Living Planet. Association of Critical Heritage Studies Meeting. Gothenberg, Sweden.
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  Paper presented at a world heritage conference sponsored by the Association of Critical Heritage Studies.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2011, 2011-03-01). Are TCP Studies Eclipsing Traditional Cultural Studies?. Society for Applied Anthropology. Seattle, Washington.
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  ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2011, 2011-03-01). Two-MPA Model for Siting A Sustainable Marine Protected Area: A Bahamian Case. Society for Applied Anthropology. Seattle, Washington.
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  The presentation reflected our recent published paper with a similar title.Two-MPA Model for Siting a Marine Protected Area: Bahamas Case. Coastal Management 38: 501-517. (by R. Stoffle, J. Minnis, A. Murphy, K. Van Vlack, N. O'Meara, T. Smith, and T. McDonald).;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2011, 2011-09-01). American Indian Cultural Concerns and the Solar PEIS. High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology. Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
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  ;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2010, 2008-09-01). Facing the Unimaginable: The Limits of Resilience and The Risk Society.. First International Sociology Association. Spain, Barcelona.
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  Facing the Unimaginable: The Limits of Resilience and The Risk Society. Paper presented in Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty at the First International Sociology Association, Barcelona, Spain.;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Stoffle, R. W., , R. T., & Vlack, K. V. (2010, 2008-02-01). The Cant of Reconquest: Incorporating local perspectives into governing processes: The role of the social scientist. Nurturing Culture, Conserving Nature: Heritage Governance and Local Participation in Kenya, South Africa and Sweden.. Sweden.
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  The Cant of Reconquest: Incorporating local perspectives into governing processes: The role of the social scientist. Paper read in a workshop on the theme: Nurturing Culture, Conserving Nature: Heritage Governance and Local Participation in Kenya, South Africa and Sweden. Held in Göteborg Thursday 7 - Friday 8 February 2008 CEFOS, Göteborg University.;Your Role: I drafted most of the paper and presented it in Sweden;Invited: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2009, 2009-03-01). Old Spanish Trail and the Rise of Frontier Hispanic Community in Northern New Mexico. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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  ;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Stoffle, R. W., & Minnis, J. (2009, 2009-03-01). Resilience at Risk: Epistemological and Social Construction Barriers to Risk Communication. 10th Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic StudiesConference. University of the West Indians, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
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  ;Your Role: I took the lead in writing and preparing the presentation.;Submitted: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Jessica Minnis has worked with me on my Bahamas Biocomplexity Project. She is a sociologist from the College of the Bahamas.;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Stoffle, R. W., Stoffle, B., Minnis, J., & Vlack, K. V. (2009, 2009-03-01). Women's Power and Community Resilience. 10th Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic StudiesConference. University of the West Indians, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
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  ;Your Role: I wrote and presented on the Bahamas portion of this essay.;Submitted: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Brent Stoffle is one of cultural anthropologists at NOAA. He oversees the Gulf and Caribbean region. Jessica Minnis was my College of the Bahamas partner on my Bahamas Biocomplexity Project.;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2008, 2008-09-01). Facing the Unimaginable: The Limits of Resilience and The Risk Society.. First International Sociology Association. Spain, Barcelona.
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  Facing the Unimaginable: The Limits of Resilience and The Risk Society. Paper presented in Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty at the First International Sociology Association, Barcelona, Spain.;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Stoffle, R. W., , R. T., & Vlack, K. V. (2008, 2008-02-01). The Cant of Reconquest: Incorporating local perspectives into governing processes: The role of the social scientist. Nurturing Culture, Conserving Nature: Heritage Governance and Local Participation in Kenya, South Africa and Sweden.. Sweden.
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  The Cant of Reconquest: Incorporating local perspectives into governing processes: The role of the social scientist. Paper read in a workshop on the theme: Nurturing Culture, Conserving Nature: Heritage Governance and Local Participation in Kenya, South Africa and Sweden. Held in Göteborg Thursday 7 - Friday 8 February 2008 CEFOS, Göteborg University.;Your Role: I drafted most of the paper and presented it in Sweden;Invited: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;

Reviews

• Stoffle, R. W. (2014. Mallow, F. (ed) Decolonizing Native Historeis: collaboration, Knowledge and Language in the Americas. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
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  book review
• Stoffle, R. W. (2013. Canaparo, C. Geo-Epistemology: Latin America and the Location of Knowledge(pp 128-130). Bulletin of Latin American Research.
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  ;Your Role: I reviewed the book, Geo-Epistemology: Latin America and the Location of Knowledge for the Bulletin of Latin American Research.;Full Citation: Stoffle, Richard W.2013 Geo-Epistemology: Latin America and the Location of Knowledge - by Canaparo, Claudio Bulletin of Latin American Research 32(1): 128-130*published online December 11, 2012;
• Stoffle, R. W. (2013. Yavanovich. G. and A. Huras (eds) Latin American Identities After 1980.. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
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  ;Your Role: I reviewed this book for the Bulletin of Latin American Research;Full Citation: Stoffle, Richard W.2013 Latin American Identities After 1980 - edited by Yovanovich, Gordana and Huras, Amy - Bulletin of Latin American Research 31 (2): 248-250*published online March 1, 2012;

Others

• Stoffle, R. W. (2019, December). Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Natural Bridges National Monument.
• Stoffle, R. W., & Southern Paiute Advisory Committee, . (2019, April). Official Southern Paiute Statement for the Lake Powell Pipeline EIS.
• Stoffle, R. W., Carroll, C., Sittler, C., Albertie, M., Lim, H., & Pickering, E. (2019, September). Ethnobotany and Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Buffalo National.
• Stoffle, R. W., Sittler, C., Albertie, M., Lim, H., Johnson, C., Kays, C., Perry, G., & Pleshet, N. (2019, December). Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Hovenweep National Monument..
• Stoffle, R. W. (2018, December). Ethnographic Analysis for Area 3a. Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Legislative Environmental Impact Statement..
• Stoffle, R. W. (2018, December). Ethnographic Analysis for Area 3b. Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Legislative Environmental Impact Statement.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2018, December). Ethnographic Overview and Assessment Natural Bridges National Monument.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2018, December). Integrated Ethnographic Analysis. Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Legislative Environmental Impact Statement.
• Stoffle, R. W., & Van Vlack, K. (2018, December). Lake Powell Pipeline, Ethnographic Assessment of State of Utah Technical Report #23.
• Stoffle, R. W., Sittler, C., & Johnson, C. (2018, December). Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Legislative Environmental Impact Statement.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2017, September). Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Legislative Environmental Impact Statement Native American Ethnographic Study.
• Stoffle, R. W., Lim, H., Pickering, E., Sittler, C., Brooks, K., Van Vlack, K., Forer, C., & Albertie, M. (2017, December). Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Canyonlands National Park. Final. Prepared by R. Stoffle, E. Pickering, C. Sittler, H. Lim, K. Brooks, K. Van Vlack, C. Forer, and M. Albertie..
• Stoffle, R. W., Pickering, E., Brooks, K., Sittler, C., & Van Vlack, K. (2016, December). Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Arches National Park. Final Report.
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  The study was conducted for Arches National Park and involved Hopi, Zuni, 2 Ute tribes, and 2 Paiute tribes. Ethnographic Overviews and Assessments are a type of anthropology study conducted by the National Park Service focused on the meaning of natural resources, places, and objects in the park.
• Stoffle, R. W., Sittler, C., Pickering, E., & Brooks, K. (2015, October 2015). Effigy Mounds SNational Monument Traditional Cultural Property Nomination.
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  Effigy Mounds requested a study regarding the cultural significance of the monument to a number of American Indian tribes. Once this was established then a draft nomination of the park to the National Register of Historic Places was prepared and distributed to the tribes. After the tribes supported a NRHP nomination a full formal nomination was prepared.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2011, December). 2008 -2009 American Indian Studies Related to Greater Than Class C Radioactive Waste Disposal. EIS C.
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  2008 -2009 American Indian Studies Related to Greater Than Class C Radioactive Waste Disposal. EIS Consulting with Argonne National Lab for the Department of Energy. One of two persons to facilitate the addition of American Indian cultural responses to this national EIS. Expect to facilitate at Hanford, Washington; Nevada Test Site, Nevada; and Los Alamos, New Mexico. Have already attended a DOE sponsored meeting of potentially involved tribes in Las Vegas. No funds are expected to come to UofA directly from this project, but the effort itself derives from successful past EIS work on the Nevada Test Site (see funded research). A large EIS on the NTS is now planned and UofA is expected to play a major role in the American Indian portion of that one.
• Stoffle, R. W. (2011, December). 2008 -2011 American Indian and Hispanic Cultural Impacts for Abo Canyon Railroad Line Expansion EIS..
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  2008 -2011 American Indian and Hispanic Cultural Impacts for Abo Canyon Railroad Line Expansion EIS. Consulting with Parametrix Inc, New Mexico. Assisting with study design for both American Indian and Hispanic data collection. Have made four trip to New Mexico to work on this project. At this time it is not clear whether or not funds will come to support UofA research, however, the relationship with the Parametrix study team resulted in a joint effort to bid on a potentially large EIS study involving the up-grading of roads on the Navajo Indian reservation. That bid was won by Parametrix and funds to support UofA research team is expected in 2009.
• Stoffle, R. W., Van Vlack, K., Pickering, E., Brooks, K., & Delfs, J. (2013, November). Unav-Nuquaint: Little Springs Lava Flow Ethnographic Investigation.
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  An ethnographic study of a volcano in northern Arizona where Southern Paiutes and other ethnic groups interacted with an active volcano about AD 1066.