Date of birth: October 13, 1942
Website: www.llyndedanaan.com

LLyn De Danaan’s articles on Western Washington ethnography and history include a chapter in University of Washington’s Vashon Island Archaeology, “Katie Gale’s Tombstone: The Work of Researching a Life” in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, winter 2005, and “Tideland Tales: Drama and Death on Late 19th Century Oyster Bay,” Columbia Magazine, fall 2000. She was a research consultant for Washington Indian tribes from 1991 until 2008. She has written social studies curricula in collaboration with Indian educators and the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s office. She was a recipient of the Washington State Historical Society’s Peace and Friendship award in recognition of her role in fostering an understanding of Washington’s cultural diversity. Her field work experience includes ethnographic work with farm laborers in Yakima Valley and long term projects in Sarawak and Kelantan, Malaysia and short term work in Thailand and Rajasthan, India. The Malaysian work focused on the relationship between healing and performance, specifically the main peteri in Kelantan. She helped document Transylvanian winter ceremonials during a Fulbright fellowship in Romania 2006-2007. She recently completed a literary nonfiction book called Katie Gale’s Tombstone: Landscape, Power, and Justice on 19th Century Oyster Bay.

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