PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-09-0005)
Park: Zion National Park
Project Title: Southern Paiute Basketry – A Video Documentary, Year 3
Funding Amount: $4767.00
CPCESU Partner Institution: Board of Regents, University of Arizona, Tucson (Bureau of
Applied Research in Anthropology)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Diane Austin, Research Associate, BARA, Department of
Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85712. Phone: (520) 626-3879;
Fax (520) 621-9608; email: daustin@email.arizona.edu
NPS Key Official: Jack Burns, Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah 84767
Phone: (435) 772-0145; Fax: (435) 772-3426; Email: jack_burns@nps.gov
Start Date: August 18, 2009
End Date: July 1, 2010
Abstract: The overall project was intended to document Southern Paiute basket making
traditions. Interviews with tribal members and the production of a documentary DVD has
already been accomplished by University of Arizona. This phase of the collaboration between
Zion National Park and the University of Arizona, Bureau of Applied Anthropology, is intended
to result in final, refined production of the Southern Paiute Basketry documentary DVD for Zion
National Park, Pipe Spring National Monument, and the Southern Paiute tribes involved in the
project. Master copies of more extensive, original filmed interviews with tribal members will
also be produced and distributed to ZION and PISP for future use and preservation in park
archives. This modification will also allow for an additional meeting between University of
Arizona, the NPS, and tribal members to review project accomplishments and discuss related,
future partnerships.
Keywords:
Cultural Resources – Native American, Reference Materials, Management; Vegetation – Social
and Economic Issues, Miscellaneous;
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