British Columbia

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1999.

Some Aboriginal material included. Lists theses and dissertations published between 2006 and 2012.

Over 700 citations for books, catalogues of exhibitions, and other sources.

Includes citations for 259 books and articles printed before 1893 as well as 61 manuscripts.

Discusses the debate about whether works produced by Aboriginal artists can only be viewed in cultural context, or whether they are autonomous.

Book review of: Bill Reid by Doris Shadbolt. To access this review, scroll to page 113.

Film highlights the artist Bill Reid and his explanations why cedar is the ideal material for making totem poles. Duration: 45:00.

Book review of: Bill Reid and the Haida Canoe edited by Martine J. Reid. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 113.

Website contains links to Virtual Village Project, online exhibits, information on canoes, totem poles, and architecture, and a collection of over 60 pages of images.

Discusses how malnourished Aboriginals in Canada served as unwitting and unprotected subjects in government-sponsored experiments in the 1940s and 1950s.

Essay studies the last Grand Chief and great leader of the British Columiba Fraser Canyon People.

Comments on The SongBird Oratorio and The Unnatural and Accidental Women in which elements from the natural environment are central to the work.

Study looks into rural Aboriginal womens' experiences of birthing and maternity care. To access article, scroll to page 101.

Discussion of how the beating of a black longshoreman by police in Vancouver affected the emerging human rights community in British Columbia.

Brief business case study looks at factors which led to Skeena Resources' acquisition of Sona Resources Corp., the company which managed the mine.

Argues that the land surrender and damage claims entailed by railway construction reduced the Tsimshian to a position of economic dependency and subordination.

Presents four stories of moose pursuits to show that care is always required when talking about food animals.

Author studies the role of the arts in the rebirth of Aboriginal societies.

Historical background and issues involved in Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing regarding 1995 claim that the Crown transferred land to province of British Columbia without notification or compensation. No determination by the ICC as Canada accepted the specific claim for negotiation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Agreement to share the benefits of resource development in Northeastern British Columbia.

Looks at the validity of surrender of reserve land and the nature of the duty of the Crown prior to surrender. Supreme Court Reports at page 344 to 409. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Focuses on the guardian spirit and its importance in winter dances and religion among the Salish.

Contends that some Indigenous children were schooled alongside settler children prior to the passage of legislation that legalized such practices in 1951.

Book review of: Bolt From the Blue by Dick Dekker.

Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.

Book review of: The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essay on Colonialism and Geographical Change by Cole Harris.

Book review of: Traplines by Eden Robinson.

Book review of 6 books: Our Son, A Stranger by Marie Adams. Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900 by Sarah Carter. Trusteeship in Change: Toward Tribal Autonomy in Research Management by R. Clow and I. Sutton (Editors). In the Shadow of Evil by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump by Gordon Reid. Blessing For a Long Time: The Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe by Robin Ridington.

Review of: Maps of Experience: The Anchoring of Land to Story in Secwepemc Discourse by Andie Diane Palmer.

Review of: Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact edited by John Sutton Lutz.

Book review of: The Chilkat Blanket by George T. Emmons, with Notes on the Blanket Designs by Franz Boas.

Looks at differences in Canadian and American education policies between 1930 and 1970. Covers topics on Canadian residential schools in B.C., American boarding schools in Washington State, and the role of churches in Canadian policy.

Describes efforts to identify the plant chewed with lime by the Haida and Tlingit.

Looks at possible sexual health interventions for Aboriginal youth that would include addressing partnership patterns as well as promoting condom use.

Discusses the socio-political history of archaeology, and the emergence of alternative approaches that emphasize community engagement and heritage stewardship.

Book review of Brian Jungen by Daina Augaitis. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 148.

Discusses history and culture of First Nations groups including the Coast Salish, Nlaka’pamux, Ts'ilhqot'in Secwepemc, Okanagan, Stl’atl’imx, Wet’Suwet’en, Sekani, and Dakelh First Nations.

Interdisciplinary (M.Sc.)--University of Victoria, 2003.

Environmental Education and Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010.

Reports on public discussions which took place to gather recommendations with respect to changes in police practices and new police initiatives to protect vulnerable and marginalized women.

Results revealed the remains share an mtDNA type with North American, Central American and South American populations.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.

Consisted of 13 questions which were broad and primarily quantitative in nature; sample was 66 individuals.