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Robert David


Anthropology - Liberal Arts & Sciences

Office
CH 51
Phone
(503) 956-7961

My name is Dr. Robert David. I earned my Doctorate at the University of California Berkeley and am also a Portland State University Alum. As a Klamath Tribal member, my research centers on North American rock art, with an emphasis on the Klamath Basin. I have taught courses in Anthropology and Native American Studies at UC Berkeley and currently teach Anthropology courses at Portland State University. My background includes doing Cultural Resource Management as a federal employee and as an independent contractor. I have had an ongoing Klamath Basin field project for the past 20 years that involves finding and documenting forgotten rock art sites. In this way, I work to reacquaint the tribes with their rock art heritage and create programs that focus on (re)understanding their symbology. My plans for the future include continued research in the Klamath Basin, continued teaching in the university system, and developing curriculums that centralize Native epistemologies.

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