LAURIE LEE WEINSTEIN

Department of Social Science

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, CT 06810

Tel. (203) 837-8453

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 1983.

Areas of Expertise: Native North American, esp. Northeast & Southwest;

women’s studies, women and the military; ethnohistory; prehistory material

culture, museology; physical anthropology.

M.A. Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 1980.

B.A. cum laude, The Colorado College, with Distinction in Anthropology, 1976.

Bennington College, 1972-73.

EMPLOYMENT

Visiting Professor, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, 2002-2003

Professor of Anthropology, Western Connecticut State University, 2001-present; Academic Leave,

2002-2003

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Western Connecticut State University, 1995-present

Visiting Scholar, Arizona State Museum, Spring 1997; Summer 1998

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Western Connecticut State University, 1990-1995

Adjunct (full time) University of Rhode Island, 1987-1989

Lecturer in Sociology/Anthropology, Northeastern University, 1984-1986

Editorial Assistant, Papers of Nathaniel Greene, Rhode Island Historical Society, 1983-1986

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Rhode Island College, 1984-1985

Instructor of Anthropology, Bridgewater State College, 1984

Visiting Scholar, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1980-1983

CONSULTANT

Paugusett Indian Land Suit, 1994

Mohegan Federal Recognition Petition to U.S. Government, 1989-1990

National Public Radio, Program on the Wampanoag, 1988-1990

MUSEUM

Featured Lecturer: Institute for American Indian Studies, 1997-Present

On-going collaboration to research and develop exhibits based on summer field school in archaeology

Guest Curator: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, 1984-1986

Guest curator and research associate to develop exhibit on New England Indians

Exhibit Developer: Lowell Heritage State Park, 1984

Developed exhibit on Abenaki Indians

Researcher: Boston Children’s Museum, 1983

Researched and typed lithic New England collections

GRANTS & AWARDS

Phillips Fund, American Philosophical Society, ethnohistory of the Weantinock Indians, 2002-2003.

Harcourt Foundation Award for archaeological research and education, 2001.

Conversations in the Discipline. Monies to support Northeastern Anthropological Conference, 2001.

Curriculum Development Grant, Summer 1999.

Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Grants, archaeology & ethnohistory, 1993-2002, 2003.

Outstanding Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, awarded by the Student Government

Association, Western Connecticut State University, 1998.

Connecticut State University Grant for archaeology field school, 1994-1998, 2000-2002,2004

Institute for American Indian Studies Grant for archaeology program, 1998.

Summer Curriculum Grant to develop Archaeology Field School, 1994.

Phillips Fund, American Philosophical Society, Principal Investigator for the ethnohistory of the

Mohegan Indians, 1989.

Principal Investigator, Rhode Island Historic and Preservation Commission Grant, “An Interpretive

Model of Late Woodland and Early Contract Period Sites in Narragansett Bay and Eastern Rhode

Island,” 1981.

RESEARCH IN PROCESS

Interpreting Weantinock Indian Land Deeds, under review for Northeast Anthropology

Guest Editor, Interpreting Native Land Deeds in New England, collection of articles under review by Northeast Anthropology

Doing Ethnohistory on the New England Frontier: The Weantinock Indians (under review for Wadsworth Thompson Publishers for series on Archaeology)

PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS

General Editor, Native Peoples of the Americas. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 2002-Present; Bergin and Garvey, 1994-2002.

Native People of the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Edited by Alan R. Standstrom and E. Hugo Garcia

Valencia. Native Peoples of the Americas. Gen. Ed. Laurie Weinstein. Tucson: University of Arizona

Press. 2005.

Lifeways in the Lowlands: New Approaches to Maya Archaeology. Edited by Jennifer Mathews and

Beth Morrison, Native Peoples of the Americas. Gen. Ed. Laurie Weinstein. Tucson: University of

Arizona Press. 2005

A Lasting Impression: Coastal, Lithic and Ceramic Research in New England Archaeology. Edited by

Jordan Kerber. Native Peoples of the Americas. Gen. Ed. Laurie Weinstein. Westport, CT: Bergin &

Garvey, 2002.

Living On the Edge : Native Peoples of Pampas, Patagonia, and Tierra Del Fuego. Edited by Claudia

Briones and Jose Luis Lanata. Native Peoples of the Americas. 2 vols. Gen. Ed. Laurie Weinstein

Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Native Peoples of the Southwest. Negotiating Land, Water and Ethnicities. Edited by Laurie Weinstein.

Native Peoples of the Americas. Gen. Ed. Laurie Weinstein. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2001,

Paperback, 2002.

The Archaeological Northeast edited by Mary Ann Levine, Kenneth E. Sassaman, and Michael S.

Nassaney. Native Peoples of the Americas. Gen. Ed. Laurie Weinstein. Westport, CT: Bergin &

Garvey, 1999.

Peoples of the Gran Chaco. Edited by Elmer S. Miller. Native Peoples of the Americas. Gen. Ed. Laurie

Weinstein. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1999.

Enduring Traditions: The Native Peoples of New England. Ed. By Laurie Weinstein. Westport, CT:

Bergin & Garvey, 1994.

Review, The Voice of the Dawn, by Frederick Wiseman in American Indian Culture and Research

Journal, Vo. 25, No. 3. 2001.

“The Southwest” Local History Encyclopedia. American Association for State & Local History & Alta

Mira Press, 2000.

Review, Citizen Soldiers & Manly Warriors, by Claire Snyder, in New Political Science, Vol. 22,

No. 3. 2000.

Gender Camouflage: Women And The U.S. Military, Ed. by Francine D’Amico and Laurie Weinstein.

New York University Press, 1999.

Review, Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land & Identity in Natic, Massachusetts, 1650-1790, by Jean

O’Brien, in Social Anthropology. Fall 1998.

Review, Indians in the U.S. & Canada: A Comparative History, by Roger Nichols. In Ethnic Conflict

Research Digest, Vol. 2, pp. 32. February 1998.

Review, Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650, by Kathleen Bragdon, in Ethnohistory,

44:3. 1997.

Wives and Warriors in the U.S. and Canada. Ed. By L. Weinstein and C. White. Westport, CT: Bergin &

Garvey, 1997.

“Blue Navy Blue: Submarine Officers and the Two Person Career,” by L. Weinstein and H. Mederer in

Wives and Warriors in the U.S. and Canada. Ed. By L. Weinstein and C. White, pp. 7-18. Westport,

CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1997.

Review, The Mohican of Stockbridge, by Patrick Frazier, in American Indian Culture and Research

Journal, 19:1. 1994.

“The Mission of Samson Occum,” in Enduring Traditions, Laurie Weinstein, Ed. Westport, CT:

Greenwood Press, 1994.

“Featherworking in New England”, with Delinda Passas and Anabela Marques, in Enduring Traditions,

Laurie Weinstein, Ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.

“Wampanoag,” in Encyclopedia of Native Americans in the 20^th Century. Mary Davis, Gen.Ed., NY:

Garland Press, 1994.

“Mohegan,” in Encyclopedia of Native Americans in the 20^th Century. Mary Davis, Gen.Ed., NY:

Garland Press, 1994.

“Choices and Constraints in a Two Person Career: Ideology Division of Labor and Well-Being Among

Submarine Officers’ Wives,” with Dr. Helen Mederer. Journal of Family Issues. 13:313-332. 1992.

The Wampanoag Indians. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.

“We’re Still on Our Traditional Homelands: The Wampanoag Since the 17^th Century,” in Survival

Strategies. Frank Porter, Ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.

“17^th Century Southern New England Indian Agriculture.” Bulletin of the Massaschusetts Archaeological

Society. 46:19-34. 1986.

“Land, Politics and Power: The Mohegan Indians in the 17^th & 18^th Centuries.” Man in the Northeast.

Vol. 42:9-16. 1985.

“Native Peoples of Southern New England.” Exhibit on New England Indians, Haffenreffer Museum of

Anthropology, Brown University, 1986.

“Indian Exhibit.” Exhibit on Abenaki Indians. Lowell Heritage State Park, Mack Building,

Interpretive Exhibits, Lowell, MA, 1984.

“Survival Strategies: The Wampanoag and the Plymouth Colony Courts.” Man in the Northeast

26:81-86. 1983.

“Indian vs. Colonist: Competition for Land in 17^th Century Plymouth Colony.” Ph.D. Dissertation,

Southern Methodist University, 1983.

“An Interpretative Model of Late Woodland and Early Contact Period Sites in Narragansett Bay and

Eastern Rhode Island,” Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission, 1981.

“Land Use and Tenure: The Effects of Cash-Cropping Upon the Nasioi of the Solomon Islands.” Honors

Thesis, The Colorado College, 1976.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Archaeology

Principal Archaeologist, organizer for Field School in archaeology. Field School serves as a center for on-going year-round archaeological and ethnohistorical research for undergraduates. 1993-present. Putting together an undergraduate degree in CRM that would include course work, internships and field experience.

Took field school to Colorado to work with Dr. Mark Stiger on Folsom Indian site, summer 2005.

CRM work in Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 1978-1984

Organized and chaired "Housatonic Gathering" for archeologists doing research in western Connecticut. Ongoing meetings, 2000-present.

Creating an internship/research/Planning program in arhaeological preservation with City of Danbury, the Historical Commission, the State Archaeologist and Western Connecticut State University. Part of the new Cultural Resource Minor at WestConn, 2002-present.

LECTURES & CONFERENCE PAPERS

Session Organizer and Chair: “Interpreting Indian Land Deeds,” American Society for Ethnohistory Meetings, 2004.

“Interpreting Weantinock Indian Land Deeds,” American Society for Ethnohistory Meetings, 2004.

"The Weantinock Indians and their Neighbors: Understanding Intercultural Dynamics in the 18^th Century,” Third Mashantucket Pequot History Conference, September 2002.

Chair/Organizer: "Negotiating Land, Water and Ethnicities in the American Southwest,"

American Society for Ethnohistory meetings, October 2001.

Conference Chair: Northeastern Anthropological Association meetings, Hartford, CT March 2001.

Invited paper for session, "The Military Community in the 21^st Century," American Sociological Association meetings, August 2000.

Keynote Speaker for Connecticut Women's Club. “Women and the Military,” Spring 2000.

Chair/organizer for session, “The View From The Housatonic: Several Centuries of Settlement,” American Society for Ethnohistory meetings, October 1999.

“Weantinocks, Pootatucks & The Story of Lover’s Leap,” with Deseree Heme, American Society for Ethnohistory meetings, October 1999.

Chair and Organizer for session, “Indians, Industrialists & Treasure Hunters: Archaeology in Western Connecticut,” Northeastern Anthropology Association meetings, March 1999.

“Whiskey Bottles & Bullets: Archaeology at Lover’s Leap,” with Deseree Heme, Northeastern Anthropological Association meetings, March 1999.

Keynote speaker on Women & the Military. Southern Connecticut State University. Women’s History Month, 1998.

“Gender and Power in the U.S. Military,” for Gender Issues in Current Scholarship, Conference, Central Connecticut State University, April 1998.

“Windows to the Past: Archaeology in Paugusett State Forest,” Northeastern Anthropological meetings, March 1995.

“The Interpretation of the Archaeological Record from Paugusett State Forest,” for the Conference on New England Archaeology meetings, April 1995.

Chair/Organizer for two sessions on “Women and the Military,” Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Society meetings, Montreal, June 1995.

“Blue Navy Blues: Submarine Officers’ Wives,” paper for Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Society meetings, Montreal, 1995.

Program Chair for Northeastern Anthropological Association meetings, Western Connecticut State University, March 1993.

“Samson Occum: A Charismatic 18^th Century Mohegan Leader.” Northeastern Anthropological Association meetings, March 1992.

“Featherworking in Native New England,” American Anthropological Association meetings,

November 1991.

"The Promised Land, The Interplay Between Land Rights and Christianity in 18^th Century Mohegan." Northeastern Anthropological Association meetings, March 1990.

“Early Land Records in Mohegan,” American Society for Ethnohistory meetings, October 1990.

“Women and Work: Two Person Careers in the U.S. Navy,” American Anthropological Association meetings, November 1989.

Chairperson and Organizer for session on “Enigmatic Tribes,” American Society for Ethnohistory meetings, October 1989.

“Land, Politics and Power: The Mohegan Indians in the 17^th and 18^th Centuries,” American Society for Ethnohistory meetings, October 1989.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Anthropological Association (elected “Fellow,” 1993)

American Society for Ethnohistory

Institute for American Indian Studies (elected “Trustee” 1995-2000)

The Northeastern Anthropological Association (elected Treasurer 1997; Program Chair 1993, Conference Chair, 2000, President-Elect 2000-2001, President 2002, [left Presidency to serve as a visiting Scholar at Western State] Past-President 2003-2005)

Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists

Minerva (Study of women in the military)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE – Western CT State University

Women’s Studies, organized and co-directed program, 1994-2002.

CSU Anthropology Collaboration Committee, worked with faculty at all 4 schools to organize and advertise events, programs and classes. Received a "Conversations in the Discipline" grant to host meeting at WCSU, spring 2000. Co-organized the NEAA annual meetings in Hartford, Spring 2001 with CSU and Fairfield University, 1999-2002.

Elected and served as President of University Senate. 1995-1997.

Senator, University Senate, 1994-2000.

Senator, Student Government Organization 1994-Winter 1998/99.

University Planning and Budget Committee, 1995-1997.

President’s Cabinet, 1995‑1997.

Student Life Committee, 1995-1997.

Advisor to Anthropology Club, 1990-present.

Department Evaluation Committees:

Social Sciences 1995-1997, 2001-2004. Chair, December 2003-20045

Social Work 1997-1998.

Philosophy 1997-1999.

Jane Goodall Research Institute Committee, 1994- present. Active member of Roots and Shoots environmental program

Program Review for Arts & Sciences, 1991-1995.

Future Growth, Arts & Sciences, 1991-1995.

Research & Development Committee, 1990-1996, 2000-2002.

Organized and moderated “Faculty Brown Bag Lunch Seminars” twice a month

Department Hiring Committees

Social Science 1994, 1999, 2000-2002.

Health Sciences 1999.

Elected Councilor, AAUP, Western Connecticut State University, 2005-2007

Western State College 2002-2003 (On Accademic leave)

Organized Roots & Shoots, Jane Goodall, Program. Two intro. classes did on-campus and

community action work in connection with water conservation and responsible pet ownership.

Started a Roots & Shoots Club. Attended a Colorado-wide conference at the Denver Museum of

Science, March, 2003

Organized and received funding for an Anthropology Lecture Series that brought a variety of

speakers to campus.

Received funding to purchase more fossil hominids for anthropology collection.

VOLUNTEER and MISCELLANEOUS

Learning wildlife rehabilitation at Earthplace, Spring 1998-2002 and 2003-present.

Working to create Roots and Shoots program at Earthplace, 2005-present.

Veterinary Assistant, Mill Plain Veterinary Hospital, Saturday mornings 2001-2002 and 2003-04.