Sustainable Resources 2003 - Presenters - Sacred Spaces and Sacred Points, The Navaho Hogan

Native/Nature	Charles Cambridge
	Thursday October 2, 3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Back To List	Sacred Spaces and Sacred Points, The Navaho Hogan

Charles Cambridge is an American Indian and is an enrolled member of the Navaho Tribe. Dr. Cambridge and received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a founding member of Engineers Without Borders. Having taught at several universities during his career, he is presently an Adjunct faculty member for the Department of Anthropology at Metropolitan State College at Denver.

Dr. Cambridge conceptualized and received international recognition for his experiments in appropriate technology and traditional architectural designs which a part of his "Colorado Solar Hogan Project" at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Both the Project's Architect, Dennis Holloway and Dr. Cambridge received international awards and recognition for the groundbreaking cultural and technological concepts. Media attention was widespread which included National Public Radio (US), Process Architecture (Japan), Beyond 2000 (Australia), "Renewables Are Ready" (Union of Concerned
Scientists), etc. Dr. Cambridge is continuing further research by the establishment of the Institute of Indigenous Technological Research in
New Mexico.

Dr. Cambridge's other research activities are concerned with the study of AIDS and its spread among American Indian populations. Since 1987, Dr. Cambridge has been studying AIDS and its transmission throughout reservation and urban Indian populations. Of major concern with this
research is the impact of AIDS upon the cultural traditions of American Indian Tribes.

Besides academic and research interests, Dr. Cambridge has led teams of American and International volunteers for the past 19 years to projects in the United States including Hawaii and Canada. The summer camps assist native people with physical and traditional chores.

Dr. Cambridge is viewed by the U.S. Federal Court as an expert in Anthropology, Archaeology, American Indian Culture, American Indian Religion and American Indian History. He has offered expert testimony in cases affecting Indian individuals, religion and culture. Dr. Cambridge is a Professional Practicing Archaeologist in the State of Colorado and he has an archaeological firm, Medicine Bow Consultants, Inc.

A compendium of ancient Navaho knowledge and old I
(http://www.bitahnii.com )