Interview with Kathy Wallace   Kathy Wallace is Karuk, Yurok,
Mohawk, and a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. She is an
assistant lecturer for the American Indian Studies Department
and Cultural Liaison for the NAGPRA program at San Francisco
State University  What is your cultural background?   I’m Karuk,
Yurok, on my Mom’s side I’m a little bit of Mohawk and I am a
member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, but by blood I’m not, that is
my government classification.  What is your educational
background?  I have an AA in Museum Studies, Certificate in
Basket Weaving, and I have taken other classes but I don’t have
a BA or MA or PhD.  Do you feel by not having academic
certifications that the learning process is any different in
regards to the validity of the knowledge?  It depends on who is
listening to me, in this department they value Native
Traditional Knowledge so I’m on an equal level, I feel very
comfortable with that. But sometimes you get into a more
academic situation and people may question that, but someti