Austin Research Associates 10125 Colesville Road, #385 Silver Spring, Maryland  20901-2457

Contact: Steven L. Austin, Ph.D. Social Anthropologist Telephone: 240-460-8509 E-mail: kaxhlan@gmail.com

Working with Native American Indian Tribes for 30 Years Experienced Anthropologist and Ethno-historian Specializing in Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment or Federal Recognition of Indian Tribes by the United States Government Land-into-Trust Applications Consulting on Membership Criteria and Disputes Reservation Rights-of-Way Ethnographic Interviewing Participant Observation Statistical Analysis

I have worked on petitions for Federal acknowledgment for the following tribal clients: Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, Connecticut                  Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, Massachusetts Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, Connecticut                                       Cañoncito Band of Navajo, New Mexico Point aux Chien Indian Tribe, Louisiana                                        Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee Indians, Louisiana Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, Michigan                     Shinnecock Indian Tribe, New York Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, California                                Duwamish Indian Tribe, Washington  Nanticoke Indian Tribe, Delaware                                                  Haliwa-Saponi Indians, North Carolina Nipmuck Indians, Massachusetts I have also worked for the following tribes: Yakima Indian Nation, Oregon  -- ethno-historical research on rights of way across the Tribe's Reservation Viejas Band of Mission Indians, California -- expert witness concerning tribal membership Coquille Indian Tribe, Washington -- ethno-historical research supporting land-into-trust application Lytton Rancheria, California -- ethno-historical research supporting land-into-trust application Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, Massachusetts -- ethno-historical research concerning the extent of the Tribe's traditional territory and aboriginal rights such as hunting and fishing