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Award Selections

TAC Festival 2018

Best Film (by Jury)

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Best Film Category (in order):

Searching for the Lost Future

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)

Just Like Us

(Produced and directed by Hans Dirven and Merel ten Elsen; distributed by Loveland Film and Photography; Netherlands)

On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

 

Best Narration (by Jury)

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Narration (in order):

On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing, Ronin Films; Australia)

Searching for the Lost Future

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

Cervantes: The Search

(Produced and directed by Javier Balaquer Blasco; distributed by Troto Int. S.L.; Spain)

 

Best Animation & Effects (by Jury)

Vikings: Warriors of the North, Giants of the Sea

(Produced and directed by Gustavo Vilchez; distributed by Fundacion de la C.V. MARQ; Spain)

 

Honorable Mention for Animation & Special Effects (in order):

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

Chinese Chariots Revealed

(Produced by Giulia Clark, Bill Locke, and Lion Television for WGBH NOVA; directed by Giulia Clark)

Manohar Ambanagari

(Produced, directed and distributed by Rahul Narwani; India)

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

 

Best Public Education Value (by Jury)

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Public Education Value (in order):

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

Searching for the Lost Future

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)

On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)

The Enigma of the Celtic Tomb

(Produced by Edmée Millot - Eleazar; directed by Alexis de Favitski; distributed by Terra Noa; France)

 

Best Script (by Jury)

Just Like Us

(Produced and directed by Hans Dirven and Merel ten Elsen;

distributed by Loveland Film and Photography; Netherlands)

Honorable Mention for Script (in order):

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

Searching for the Lost Future

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)

Cervantes: The Search

(Produced and directed by Javier Balaquer Blasco; distributed by Troto Int. S.L.; Spain)

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

 

Best Cinematography (by Jury)

Chinese Chariots Revealed

(Produced by Giulia Clark, Bill Locke, and Lion Television for WGBH NOVA; directed by Giulia Clark)

 

Honorable Mention for Cinematography (in order):

Chartres: Light Reborn

(Produced by Kanari Films; directed and distributed by Anne Savalli; France)

A Walk Through Time

(Produced by Brian Brazeal, Leslie Steidl, Greg White, Dino Beltran, John Parker, Darin Beltran, and Drake Beltran; directed by Daniel Bruns; distributed by Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology at CSU, Chico; USA)

Searching for the Lost Future

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)

The Enigma of the Celtic Tomb

(Produced by Edmée Millot - Eleazar; directed by Alexis de Favitski; distributed by Terra Noa; France)

 

Best Music (by Jury)

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Music (in order):

On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)

Vikings: Warriors of the North, Giants of the Sea

(Produced and directed by Gustavo Vilchez; distributed by Fundacion de la C.V. MARQ; Spain)

Of Love and Artistry

(Produced and distributed by Jane Himmeth Singh; directed by Suruchi Sharma; India)

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

 

Most Inspirational (by Jury)

On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman;

distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)

 

Honorable Mention for Inspiration (in order):

Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City

(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)

Just Like Us

(Produced and directed by Hans Dirven and Merel ten Elsen; distributed by Loveland Film and Photography; Netherlands)

Secrets of the Nolichucky River

(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)

Searching for the Lost Future

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)

 

Audience Favorite Competition (by Festival audience)

On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman;

distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)

 

Honorable Mention in Audience Favorite Competition (in order):

Shepherds in the Cave

(Produced, directed, and distributed by Anthony Grieco; Canada)

Chinese Chariots Revealed

(Produced by Giulia Clark, Bill Locke, and Lion Television for WGBH NOVA; directed by Giulia Clark)

United By Water

(Produced and distributed by Sherman Alexie; directed by Derrick LaMere; USA)

Chartres: Light Reborn

(Produced by Kanari Films; directed and distributed by Anne Savalli; France)

 

Special Mention (by Jury)

Still Turning

(Produced and distributed by Shirley Gu; directed by Jesse Pickett; China)

for Awareness of National Heritage

 

United By Water

(Produced and distributed by Sherman Alexie; directed by Derrick LaMere; USA)

for Presentation of Heritage Values

 

Cervantes: The Search

(Produced and directed by Javier Balaquer Blasco; distributed by Troto Int. S.L.; Spain)

for Innovative Storytelling

 

Vikings: Warriors of the North, Giants of the Sea

(Produced and directed by Gustavo Vilchez; distributed by Fundacion de la C.V. MARQ; Spain)

for Best Short Subject

Festival Food & Beverage Guide 2018

 


 

 

dinerBarry’s Espresso & Bakery

Location:

804 East 12th Street

Hours of Operation:

Mon - Sat 6:30 am - Late

Sun 10 am - 6 pm

Type: Deli

Website: http://www.davisrestaurant.com/

dinerMcMenamins High Street Brewery & Café

Location:

1243 High Street

Hours of Operation:

Mon - Thurs: 11 am - 12 am

Fri - Sat : 11 am - 1 am

Sun: noon - 12 am

Type: American, Breweries

Website: http://www.mcmenamins.com/

dinerThe Bier Stein

Location:

1591 Willamette Street

Hours of Operation:

Monday-Saturday: 11 am - midnight

Sun: noon - 10 pm

Type: Pub

Website: http://www.thebierstein.com

dinerOff the Waffle

Location:

840 Willamette Street

Hours of Operation:

Sun - Sat: 8 am - 2 pm

Type: Breakfast

Website: http://offthewaffle.com/

dinerCafe Yumm!

Location:

1801 Willamette St.

Hours of Operation:

Mon-Fri 10am to 8pm

Sat 11am to 8pm

Sun 11am to 7pm

Type: Healthy, Vegetarian

Website: https://www.cafeyumm.com/the-meridian

dinerPoppi's Anatolia

Location:

992 Willamette Street

Hours of Operation:

Mon-Thu: 11:30am - 9:00pm

Friday: 11:30am - 10:00pm

Saturday: 11:30am - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Type: Indian, Greek

Website: http://www.poppisanatolia.com

dinerFalling Sky Brewing

 

Location:

1334 Oak Alley

Hours of Operation:

Monday - Thurs: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

Saturday: 10:00 am - 12:00 am

Sunday: 10:00 am - 11:00 pm

Type: Pub, Pizza, Deli

Website: http://fallingskybrewing.com/

dinerNinkasi Brewing Company

 

Location:

272 Van Buren Street

Hours of Operation:

Sun - Wed: 12 pm - 9 pm

Thur - Sat: 12 pm - 10 pm

Type: Breweries

Website: http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/

dinerOakshire Brewing

 

Location:

207 Madison Street

Hours of Operation:

Open 11am to 10pm daily

Type: Breweries, Pubs

Website: http://oakbrew.com/

 

 

 

TAC Festival Banquet

Wednesday, May 2, 6 - 9 pm ($60 per plate)

Location: Hilton Eugene, 66 E. 6th Ave., Eugene, OR

Who Can Come: Everybody who is interested, up to the capacity of the room

Description: The Festival banquet kicks off our event formally with a tasty feast at the Hilton, complete with Keynote Address by Dr. Fredrik Hiebert of the National Geographic Society.  Reserve your place early, as the room can hold only 64 people!

Meal options include top sirloin, Northwest salmon and chicken.  Vegetarian and gluten-free by special request.

Registration:

PDF icon or Word Doc icon

Call us at 541-345-5538 or email form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Payment can be made:

by check (made out to ALI or Archaeological Legacy Institute and sent to PO Box 5302, Eugene, OR 97405)

credit card (call 541-345-5538 with the number)

or by PayPal.

Deadline for Registration: Monday, May 1

The Festival banquet kicks off our event formally with a tasty feast at the Hilton, complete with Keynote Address by Dr. Fredrik Hiebert of the National Geographic Society.  Reserve your place early, as the room can hold only 64 people!

The Search for Amelia Earhart:

Covering the 2017 Nikumaroro Expedition

 

A Component of The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Media at Hilton Eugene and Conference Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA May 3 - 5, 2018

 

Introduction

The 2017 expedition to Nikumaroro Island organized by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery and led by Dr. Tom King was part of a long-term research project to solve the Amelia Earhart mystery. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in the Pacific on July 2, 1937, during her attempt to become the first to pilot an aircraft on an equatorial route around the globe. This expedition afforded an opportunity to capture the story of the search for Earhart in media. Both National Geographic and Archaeological Legacy Institute organized officially sanctioned media undertakings for this purpose. Most of the individual participants shot video and still pictures as well. This symposium is a venue for media organizations and individual participants to share their approaches for capturing images and sound on this expedition as well as for conducting the scientific research that was the focus of the media work.

 

This is the first Amelia Earhart-Fred Noonan Symposium. The deadline for submitting Symposium abstracts as Midnight Jan. 31, 2018. The Symposium is a component of The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Media and International Film Festival.

 

The Archaeology Channel Media Coverage & Search Assistance on Niku

Presenter: Rick Pettigrew

Presenter Affiliation: President, The Archaeology Channel

 

Abstract:

The Nikumaroro expedition of 2017 was a unique opportunity for Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) to pursue its nonprofit mission and demonstrate its media capabilities in a high-profile project. As ALI Executive Director and with support from National Geographic, I sailed with the research team to Nikumaroro as a media professional to shoot footage of the proceedings for a pending documentary production. At the same time, as an archaeologist I found it impossible to ignore the intriguing archaeological challenges of the project. As a result, the media coverage and research fieldwork became comingled in my daily activities on the boat and on the island. I came away with a treasure trove of images as well as unanticipated insights into the many avenues of research in the effort to test the proposition that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan landed and perished on Nikumaroro.

 

National Geographic Coverage of the 2017 Nikumaroro Expedition

Presenter: Fred Hiebert

Presenter Affiliation: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.

 

Abstract:

National Geographic provided significant support for the 2017 Nikumaroro Expedition because it presented a fascinating and important opportunity to produce compelling TV content. A Nat Geo team of four embedded within the field personnel generated daily news reports for public consumption and shot footage for a potential documentary TV production. At the same time, I participated with the archaeological field crew headed by Tom King of TIGHAR in exploring the Seven Site. This report describes the media and archaeological work from the perspective of National Geographic.

 

If the Shoe Doesn't Fit, Must One Quit?

Presenter: Joe Cerniglia

Presenter Affiliation: TIGHAR member since 2010; author of TIGHAR reports on Freckle Ointment Jar, Foil Artifact, Lotion Bottle, Capacitor, Turtle Bones, the Pharmacy Vial and others.

Presenter Biography:

Joe Cerniglia was a member of the 2015 and 2017 Betchart expeditions to Nikumaroro. A focus of his Earhart research is the analysis of land-based artifacts from the island. He has authored several Earhart Project research papers and bulletins for TIGHAR. His most recent paper about a small amber medicinal vial found on Nikumaroro was featured in Dr. Thomas King's Amelia Earhart Archaeology website. Joe is a member of TIGHAR's Earhart Project Advisory Council.

Abstract:

The remains of five ancient shoes on Nikumaroro found between 1940 and 2017 tell a story of someone having footwear on the island. Did Amelia Earhart or Fred Noonan (or both) wear/share any of them? What are the arguments for and against? What are the shoes' archaeological contexts? Did colonists have them? I will discuss: shoe prints in forensic work; professional shoe fitting; why it matters; limits of shoe-height extrapolations; difficulties judging size; how shoes shaped public perception of the hypothesis; and what we know and don't know about the shoes worn by Amelia and Fred on the world flight. I'll touch on Michael Cassidy's landmark book, Footwear Identification, and the later work of Eugene Giles and Paul Vallandigham. Finally, we will ask what is to be made of the brass-grommeted shoe found in the old village during the 2017 expedition. This shoe will be available for brief viewing afterward.

 

Utilizing Specially Trained Canines in the Search for Amelia The Challenges and Solutions

Presenter: Lynne Engelbert

Presenter Affiliation: Institute for Canine Forensics

Presenter Biography:

Lynne Englebert has 25+ years of detection dog training and handling experience and is a member of the Institute for Canine Forensics. Lynne and Piper, her border collie, are currently certified as a Historical Human Remains Detection (HRD) team. Lynne is an instructor for HRD, disaster search and canine decontamination. She has worked with law enforcement agencies in doing maintenance training with narcotics, explosives and arson detection dogs. Lynne and Piper were on Nikumaroro Island in 2017.

Abstract:

The Institute for Canine Forensics (ICF) was invited on an expedition to a remote island in the South Pacific in the summer of 2017. Their unique technology, historical human remains detection dogs, was used to search for the remains of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. ICF joined a large team of archeologists, scientists and volunteers dedicated to this objective on a three-week journey, by air and ship, organized by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) and National Geographic Society. Getting the dogs to the remote South Pacific Islands and working them in the tropical heat and humidity became challenges.

This presentation will discuss the solutions used to resolve these challenging conditions, including: training the dogs to work in the extreme heat and humidity of a tropical environment; complying with import and veterinary requirements to bring the dogs onto two South Pacific islands; flying the dogs on international flights and accommodating their needs on the cruise ship; and assuring that the dogs did not harm, or were harmed by, the exotic and endangered wildlife on the destination island.

 

And Now for Something Completely Different

Presenter: Nancy Farrell

Presenter Affiliation: Cultural Resource Management Services, Paso Robles, CA

Presenter Biography:

Nancy Farrell has been working as an archaeologist, historian and cultural resource manager since the 1960s, following studies at UCLA. After a career with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, California DOT, and private engineering firms, she co-founded Cultural Resource Management Services in 1985. She became president in 1992. She has participated in projects in the southwestern U.S. California, Hawaii, Guam, the Marianas, Palau, Micronesia, and the Solomon Islands.

Abstract:

During the last day of the 2015 Earhart Nikumaroro Island expedition, a rock cairn was observed in the Nutiran region. During the 2017 expedition a Fijian machete-crew cut a trail into the area thought to contain the cairn, which was not found. However, the Fijian crew noticed upright coral slabs suggesting head and foot stones. One was a small, upright coral slab on the newly cleared trail; another was an area that the Fijians indicated might contain burials marked in the traditional way. The Institute for Canine Forensics team, with forensic canines, treked to Nutiran. The canines alerted in the same locations among the upright coral slabs. The following day I examined the area, which is the highest on the atoll. Half-buried blackened rounded coral slabs were upright at several locations. Although no traditional or historic artifacts were seen, this appears to be a pre-colonial cemetery. Research continues…

 

A Possible Previously Unpublished Source of Sextant Box Information

Presenter: Lew Toulmin, Ph.D., F.R.G.S.

Presenter Affiliation: TIGHAR; Missing Aircraft Search Team (MAST)

Presenter Biography:

Dr. Llewellyn "Lew" Toulmin is a co-founder of the Missing Aircraft Search Team. He has searched for missing aircraft, persons, plantations, towns, caves and battlefields in Vanuatu, Malaysia, Thailand, Kiribati, Canada and seven US states. In his professional capacity as a consultant in telecommunications policy and e-government, he has advised 20 US Federal agencies and 30 developing countries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of The Explorers Club.

Abstract:

One of the only objects with identifying numbers ever found on Nikumaroro that was possibly related to the Earhart/Noonan disappearance, was the sextant box found in 1940, marked with the numbers 3500/1542. Previous TIGHAR research has shown that these numbers are likely a US Naval Observatory (USNO) calibration number and a manufacturer’s number. TIGHAR researchers have examined over 500 sextant boxes (many from e-bay), and found 100+ with similar double numbers -- including a box belonging to Fred Noonan, with the triple numbers of 3547/116/173. No information has ever been found regarding the history of the Niku/3500/1542 box. Previous researchers have apparently attempted to locate a body of relevant records (e.g., ship’s logs, manufacturer’s records, USNO files), but no such source has been published. In this paper, a possible new source of information will be described, and preliminary results presented.

 

Buzzards or Boosters? Fiction Writers and the Amelia Mystery

Presenter: Marjorie Smith

Presenter Affiliation: Writer; owner/publisher Yokoi Books; Member of TIGHAR, TwoTime Visitor/Researcher on Nikumaroro (2015 & 2017)

Presenter Biography:

In 1967 Marjorie Smith was a staff writer for a Guam newspaper in the Mariana Islands which include Saipan. She wrote a review of Fred Goerner’s book: The Search for Amelia Earhart and became fascinated by her disappearance. Over the next three decades she worked in the Mariana Islands, Japan and Thailand. Her 2012 novel, Making Up Amelia, examines the effect of AE’s disappearance on fictional characters based on people Marjorie knew in the Mariana Islands.

Abstract:

In the 80 years since her aborted attempt to fly around the world, Amelia Earhart has been the subject of hundreds of books – with new ones emerging every year. The perfect storm mystery of her disappearance has also inspired fiction writers through the decades. Marjorie Smith, who in 2012 published her contribution to the Amelia genre, Making Up Amelia, has surveyed a number of these works with a view to assessing whether they are tributes to an American heroine, efforts to profit from another person’s tragedy, or simply efforts to explore what drives a person to do what Amelia Earhart attempted to do. In tribute to the TAC film festival, Smith will also summarize some of the fiction films that have been made about Earhart’s disappearance.

 

Reassessment of Acute Environment Impacts on Earhart's Final Flight

Presenter: Greg George

Presenter Affiliation: Environmental Scientist, TIGHAR Advisory Chemist

Presenter Biography:

Greg George has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois. His work includes a 29-year career as an environmental scientist laboratory manager and as a consultant for chemical forensics cases. Greg is currently the Master Chemist and a stakeholder for the Persedo Spirits distillery technology company in Alvin, TX. He holds a patent for an exotic physiochemical process to improve the quality of distilled spirits on which the company is based.

Abstract:

Amelia Earhart's reputation as a flyer was compromised by sexist tropes of her era and was further damaged by her disappearance. Stereotypes of the woman have persisted to this day to taint the historical record, and have been challenged largely by judging them historical artifacts. Still, questions remain about whether Earhart's problems were self-inflicted and driven by her risk-taking, or if there were circumstances beyond her control. The Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, brought on, as revealed by Professor Feynman, by the inflexibility of a critical o-ring due to weather conditions, reminds us that the best planners ignore environmental factors at their peril in risky, high technology endeavors. Scientists have an obligation not just to engage the present but to correct the historical record. Because of the unique geochemistry of volcanic ash, prop-driven aircraft are subject to significant electrical and mechanical damage from the material. An investigation of the Rabual, Papua New Guinea volcanic eruption preceding the loss of Earhart's Lockheed Electra by approximately 1 month strongly suggests ash, persisting for long periods as floating pumice islands and circulating in the upper atmosphere, may have played a role in the loss of the Electra and in communication problems. The impact of geomagnetic storms (sunspots), peaking around the time of her disappearance, is also discussed. A recommendation is made for further investigation of these environmental phenomenon as they relate to Earhart's disappearance.

 

Did Gerald Gallagher Unearth the Bones of a Norwich City Castaway?

Presenter: Kenton Spading

Presenter Affiliation: TIGHAR member; Co-Author of “Amelia Earhart’s Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved?” Participated in Two Trips to Nikumaroro (1997 & 2017)

Presenter Biography:

Dr. Llewellyn "Lew" Toulmin is a co-founder of the Missing Aircraft Search Team. He has searched for missing aircraft, persons, plantations, towns, caves and battlefields in Vanuatu, Malaysia, Thailand, Kiribati, Canada and seven US states. In his professional capacity as a consultant in telecommunications policy and e-government, he has advised 20 US Federal agencies and 30 developing countries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of The Explorers Club.

Abstract:

Information will be presented on how human bones, and associated artifacts, unearthed by Gerald Gallagher on Nikumaroro Island in 1940, could be associated with lost sailors from the 1929 Norwich City shipwreck.
Seaman’s records from the British National Archives in Kew, England and will be discussed. The data includes the heights of selected lost sailors which will be compared to Dr. Hoodless’, and later researcher’s, estimates of the heights of the 1940 skeleton. Norwich City related sources for the shoe parts and sextant box Gallagher found will be outlined. Data collected, at Kew and elsewhere, on other castaways in this region of the Pacific will be displayed. Learn why research into the Norwich Cities’ sailors, culture and equipment is a critical component to understanding the context of the bones and artifacts recovered by Gallagher. Future avenues of research will be discussed including archives in the UK and Newfoundland, Canada.

 

Lessons from the 2017 Nikumaroro Expedition

Presenter: Thomas F. King, Phd

Presenter Affiliation: TIGHAR Board Member and Lead Archaeologist

Presenter Biography:

Tom King is TIGHAR Senior Archaeologist and a member of its Board of Directors. He has taken part in multiple research visits to Nikumaroro in search of Earhart-related evidence spanning 1989 and most recently in 2017. He has also done Earhart-related research in Fiji, on Tinian, on Kanton Island and elsewhere. In 2001, 2007, 2010 and 2017 he supervised archaeological work at the "Seven Site," suspected to be where Earhart last camped and died. He is a co-author of Amelia Earhart's Shoes (2004) and author of the novel Thirteen Bones (2011). He has also recently written a prequel to Thirteen Bones that imagines Earhart's last days on the island.

Abstract:

The 2017 expedition to Nikumaroro had several somewhat disparate objectives, and achieved them with varying degrees of success. I took away several lessons that I think are worth considering for future projects on the island.

  1. Don’t over-control. The fact that I was somewhat disabled and thus couldn’t exercise all the directorial control I might have otherwise, and that authority was distributed among several leaders, was on balance a good thing; it gave people freedom to pursue their own hunches and directions, with – I think – useful results.
  2. But do organize. We could have organized our work far better, with a more clearly understood “organization chart” and delegation of responsibility/authority.
  3. Enjoy the reef, respect the reef, but don’t expect to find much on the reef.
  4. Give more organized attention to the colonial village.
  5. Clarify what’s going-on on the North Cape.
  6. At the Seven Site, find a way to deploy forensic dogs over a much broader area, and excavate where they alert. Combine this with serious attention to the architectural and food-storage practices of Coconut Crabs and Hermit Crabs.

List of Festival and Conference Activities

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Wednesday, May 2, through Sunday, May 6, 2018

Banquet, Hilton, Wednesday 7 - 9 pm ($60/plate)

Conference presentations, Hilton; Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10 am - 5 pm (ticket prices vary) [PDF] (Conference Page)

Amelia Earhart Symposium

Film Screenings, The Shedd Recital Hall (free)

  • Thursday 7 - 10:30 pm
  • Friday 7 - 10:30 pm
  • Saturday 10 am - 7 pm
  • Sunday 10:30 am - 7 pm

Cascadia Cave tour, Friday 9:30 am - 5 pm (free; $20 contribution encouraged)

Panel Discussion: What Happened to Amelia Earhart?, Friday, 4 May, 4 - 5:40 pm ($20; free for Conference registrants)

Saturday Social, Hospitality Suite (Room #: 1008), Hilton Eugene, 66 East 6th Avenue, Saturday 7 - 10 pm (free)

Public Lecture by Dr. Fredrik Hiebert, Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave., Sunday 2-3pm (free)

Awards Reception, Lane Community College Downtown Campus, 101 West 10th Avenue, Sunday 7-9 pm ($5; free for Conference registrants)

 

Day Trek to Cascadia Cave

Friday, 4 May, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Ages: 12 and up, in good physical condition

Guide: Tony Farque, Archaeologist, Sweet Home Ranger District, Willamette NF

Join us for a special TAC Festival guided tour, hosted by the Willamette National Forest, to one of western Oregon’s most visually impressive archaeological sites. Used by people for at least 8000 years, Cascadia Cave is on significant indigenous travel routes and provided important cultural functions to multiple tribal groups. Here, the largest group of rock art panels in western Oregon remains in excellent condition. View the site, hear excavation conclusions, discuss rock art interpretations, and help plan site restoration, protection, and interpretation.

Registration: Please contact ALI (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 541-345-5538) and register as early as possible.

Fee: No admission fee is required. However, we would appreciate a $20 or more donation(s) to support the program.

Trip Specifics: Bring a lunch to eat in the cave. A van will be provided (8 passengers max.) and the drive is 2 hours each way. Car pooling will be needed for additional participants. Be prepared for a 2 mile round trip hike through the woods along a flat river terrace. Also bring rain gear, boots and a change of warm clothes. We will cross one stream and follow a muddy path. We park at Cascadia State Park and use the rest rooms to change clothes if necessary. Meet at the pullout on 7th Ave. on the south side of the Hilton.

 

Panel Discussion: What happened to Amelia Earhart?

Hilton Eugene and Conference Center

(Mezzanine Level - Studio B & C)

66 East 6th Avenue, Eugene, OR.

Friday, 4 May, 4 - 5:40 pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee: $20 Admission; free for Conference full-package registrants.

Join us for a fascinating presentation—with leading experts, archaeologist Tom King and former federal agent Les Kinney—of the competing hypotheses to account for the disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan They vanished in the south Pacific 80 years ago during their attempted flight around the world. The principal explanations include a landing on Nikumaroro Island, a crash landing in the open Pacific Ocean, and capture by the Japanese military. The panelists will present their positions and answer questions from the audience. National Geographic’s Vice President of Public Experiences, Kathryn Keane, will moderate this lively event.

 

Saturday Social

Hospitality Suite, Hilton Eugene and Conference Center (room # 1008)

66 East 6th Avenue, Eugene, OR.

Saturday, 5 May, 7 - 10 pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee: FREE!  No pre-registration required.

Hobnob with filmmakers, Festival organizers, Conference presenters, and other Festival-goers while enjoying food and drink and grooving to the 70s rock sounds of Deerspirit, featuring Kent Goodman and friends.  At this party, we let our hair down and cultivate an authentic form of American cultural heritage.  This is all free, but we’ll give you a chance to make a contribution if you like!

 

Awards Reception

Lane Community College Downtown Campus

101 West 10th Avenue, Eugene, OR.

Sunday, May 6, 7 - 9 pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee:  $5 general admission; free for Conference full-package registrants.  Tickets at the door.  No pre-registration required.

After all the films have been screened and you have cast your ballots, joins us for some finger food and beverages as we compile the results of the competition. When the jury and audience voting tallies are complete, sit back and watch the announcement of the winners. We will show clips of the top films and open sealed envelopes to reveal the final outcome. The room has limited capacity, so don’t be late!

 

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