David Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, OSU
Dr. Lewis has done extensive research on tribal histories. As a specialist in the history of Kalapuyans and other western Oregon tribes, he has studied the momentous changes to the Willamette Valley with the arrival of European settlers. He has tracked the changes and will share in particular how the loss of water and fire in the environment has created challenges to the tribes and others as they devise projects to restore landscapes today.
Dr. Lewis is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde and author of the recently released Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley.