Daniel Lee Henry

America's long debate about land use fascinates me. Since childhood, words like "river," "forest," "mountain," and "wild" moved me to explore their physical, intellectual, and spiritual meanings. Along the way, I filled crates with journals built by more words: wilderness, rhetorical, multiple use, apologia, Gaia, ethos, carrying capacity, mitigation, limits. Boxes grew into stacks; words accumulated subtle meanings based on long strings of stories.

By the time graduate school drew me to University of Oregon in 1979, my primary goal was to write a rhetorical history of land use. When it came to development of natural lands, I wondered almost daily, to what extent does persuasive language make a difference? A major in rhetoric and communication lent more structure to my understanding of language and land. Coaching a competitive debate program drove my interest to obsession. Writing mired it in context. More...

Dancing at Deer Rock:
200 Years of Native-White Relations in the Chilkat Valley

Read discussion drafts at sheldonmuseum.org

• Deer Rock Overview (10.9.09).pdf
• Prologue - Becoming Deer (10.9.09).pdf
• Ch1.Prophet at Yandeistackye (10.9.09).pdf
• Ch2.Trampling the Shaman (10.9.09).pdf
• Route to Riches (01.10.10).pdf
• Reawakening at Beachhead (3.16.10).pdf