Trails, Trees, and Transmission Lines – A Holistic Cultural Resource Study Involving the Jocko Wilderness Area

Summary

The Jocko Wilderness Area is located in the southest corner of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. In 2015 a cultural resource study involving the Jocko Wilderness Area was initiated to assess the past, current, and future effects of an existing NorthWestern Energy electrical transmission line that was constructed in 1964. This study, undertaken by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Preservation Office, integrated multiple avenues of research including historical records review, ethnographic interviews, and archaeological field surveys to identify a number of historic properties that are of immense importance to the CSKT. This holistic approach also helped in the development of effective management strategies to help protect and preserve a dynamic area with living cultural resources during the future operation and maintenance of the transmission line.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20102