Lab hours week of 3/3-3/10

This week I can say I put in some work for this class and I finally have a clear understanding of what is going on. On Thursday I met with my group and we discussed what we wanted to do. We are dealing with NAGPRA and it is really helpful that 3 of us took Dr. Yu's CRM class last semester and we have a lot of info already. All together I think we were together for about 3 hours in the library. On Sunday Catherine and I went to the State Indian Museum I have never been, it was amazing there was so much to look at. Al the docent was great he gave us a lot of info. He explained to us that some of the baskets were warped or bending, loosing their form because their cases were not hydrated I had no idea that could affect them so much. There was another basket that wasn't finished and it was interesting to see the material that way. I liked the mini baskets the most and I also enjoyed seeing other Pomo and Hupa baskets because my baskets are from those tribes. We were there for about an hour. Our group met with Dr. C today in the museum to submit our ideas for her approval I was late and I think the meeting was 30-45 minutes long. We found out we wanted to do too much and now we have a clearer idea of what is expected of us. I really like my group we work well together, we all know our part and I know no one will be a slacker. My portion will be answering the question "What is consultation?" and giving a example using Petras' widow cap and a work cap going through the process. I will also explain the differences between federally recognized tribes and non federally recognized tribes. I am excited for the exhibit and to hear on Wednesday what the other groups have come up with. On Sunday I spent and hour on the reading I will get caught up tonight or tomorrow. I also spent about 30 minutes this week reading everyone's blogs.