Education:
2008 - Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
2000 - M.A., American Studies, University of Wyoming
1998 - B.A., English Philology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Grants, Fellowships, Honors
2009 - American Philosophical Society, Phillips Fund for Native American Research, Philadelphia, PA
2008 - Jacobs Research Fund Grant, Whatcom Museum Society, Bellingham, WA
2007 - American Philosophical Society Library Residential Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
2007 – Graduate Student Research and Creativity Endeavors/Poster Session, Social Science, Fine Arts and Humanities, 1st place winner, University of Oklahoma
2006 - Altrusa International, Inc. Scholarship for International Graduate Women
2005 - Fieldtrip Grant, SOAS, University of London
2003 - Dissertation Research Stipend,Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
2003 - Corinne Price Scholarship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma
2003 - Cleo Cross International Student Scholarship, University of Oklahoma
2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 - Morris E. Opler Award for Graduate Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001 - Graduate Student Senate Academic Grant, University of Oklahoma
2001 - Global Supplementary Grant, Open Society Institute
1999 - Lithuanian Foundation Award
1998-1999 - Fulbright Fellowship
Current projects:
2006 - to the present - Editor, Song Re-recording Project, "Preservation of Lakota Language: Translation of Songs and Speeches", Phase II. Sinte Gleska University, Mission, SD.
2006 - to the present - Consulting anthropologist, Update of Ethnographic Overview of Devils Tower National Monument, National Park Service/University of Wyoming
2005 - 2006 - PI, "Preservation of Lakota Language: Translation of Songs and Speeches". The Hans Rausing Endangered Language Documentation Project, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, FTG0031.
2004 - 2006 - Consulting anthropologist, Camp Guernsey Training Area Ethnographic Study, Wyoming Army National Guard/University of Wyoming
Publications:
Saltanaviciute, Jurgita. 2007. Lithuanian Paganism: A "Native" Perspective. In "Defining Region: Baltic Area Studies from Sociocultural Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Perspectives". Ed. Rimantas Sliuzinskas and Vytis Ciubrinskas. Conference proceedings. Klaipeda, Lithuania: Klaipeda University.
Saltanaviciute, Jurgita, 2000. Battle for Protection: Native American Sacred Sites. M.A. Thesis. University of Wyoming
Saltanaviciute, Jurgita. 1999. Treatment of Native American Religions Throughout History and Contemporary State of Affairs. Lithuanian Journal of North American Studies, 3(1):53-60.
Teaching Experience:
2003 - 2005 - Instructor, University of Oklahoma, Native Peoples of North America (ANTH 2613)
2001 - Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma, Peoples of the World (ANTH 2203); Instructor: Dr. Karl Rambo
2000 - Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma, General Anthropology (ANTH 1113); Instructor: Dr. Ruth Trocolli
1994 - 1998 - Teacher of English, Lithuania
Volunteer Work Experience:
2003 - to the present - Volunteer Advocate, White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc., Women's Shelter, Mission, SD
2003; 2004 - Staff Assistant, University of Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK
2001-2004 - Technical Assistant, Intertribal Wordpath Society, Norman, OK
Conference Presentations:
May 19-21, 2005 - "Lithuanian Paganism: A 'Native' Perspective", International Scientific Conference
"Defining Region: Baltic Area Studies from Sociocultural Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Perspectives", Klaipeda University, Lithuania
June 11-12, 2004 - "Revitalization of the Lakota Language: Women, Health and Intergenerational Transmission", 24th Annual Siouan-Caddoan Conference, Wayne, NE
October 10-12, 2003 - "Revival of Traditional Religions in Native American Communities," 1st Conference on Indo-Romuva Cultures, International Center for Cultural Studies and World Congress of Ethnic Religions, Atlantic City, NJ
February 12-16, 2001 - "Protection of Cultural Resources: A Native American Sacred Sites Example," 9th Annual Conference of the National Association of Native American Studies, Houston, TX
March 7-10, 2001 - "Death Metal Music Culture: A Socio-cultural Perspective," 22nd Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM
March 15-17, 2000 - "Globalization and Preservation: Struggle for Native American Sacred Sites in the United States," International Conference "Globalization and Search for Cultural Identities," Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala
February 22-26, 2000 - "The Images of Native Women in N. Scott Momaday's Novel The Ancient Child," 8th Annual Conference of the National Association of Native American Studies, Houston, TX
March 15-19, 2000 - "Native American Sacred Sites: Interpretation and Litigation," 21st Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM
September 9-11, 1999 - "American Indians: Academia, Law, and Reality," 47th Congress of the Santara-Sviesa Federation, Lemont, IL
March 26-28, 1998 - "Plains Indian Wars, 1862-1890," Joint Annual Conference of the Lithuanian Association for North American Studies and the Lithuanian English Language Teachers Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
April 25-27, 1997 - "The Role of the Circle in N. S. Momaday's Novel The Ancient Child," Annual Conference of the Lithuanian Association for North American Studies, Kaunas, Lithuania
Other Projects:
1998 - American Indian gaming project, researcher (Director: Dr. Brian Hosmer)
1999 - Native American Women Bibliography project, researcher (Director: Dr. Judith Antell)
1999 - Native American Women Reader, editorial assistant (Editor: Dr. Judith Antell)
2000- Medicine Mountain Nomination for the National Register of Historic Places, researcher (Coordinator: Fred Chapman). Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, Native American Program, Cheyenne, WY
2004-2006 – Consulting anthropologist, Camp Guernsey Training Area Ethnographic Study, Wyoming Army National Guard/E2M/University of Wyoming, Guernsey, WY (Supervisor: Fred Chapman)
2006-2008 – Consulting anthropologist, Update of Ethnographic Overview of Devils Tower National Monument, National Park Service/University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Harkin)
Other Professional Activities
2007 – “Viena tarp lakotu” (Alone among the Lakota), featured article by Ruta Duobaite, Ieva magazine, Vilnius, Lithuania, August
2007 – Kiowa Voices radio show, featured guest, Anadarko, OK
2007 – “Histories”, LNK TV, Vilnius, Lithuania, May
2005 – “Indeniskos vasaros” (Indian Summers), featured article by Ruta Duobaite, Laima magazine, Vinius, Lithuania, September
2005 – “Stebetojas”, Lithuanian National Radio II, Vilnius, Lithuania, August
Interests: Sociocultural anthropology; linguistics; language and culture; anthropology of music; anthropology of religion; gender; Native North America; Northern Plains; Baltic Studies
