United States

Reprinted from Trahant Reports, March 23, 2017.

Critical analysis of This Bridge Called My Back, relating classroom experience and sense of responsibility held by a lone Indigenous woman student in a mainstream classroom.

A re-evaluation of Jimmie Durham's work, taking into account the artist's fraudulent claims to Cherokee ancestry and discussion of the implications for scholars, art critics, collectors, and viewers of his works.

Looks at the culture of celebrity in the early nineteenth century focusing on Black Hawk, a Sauk Indian war chief.

Looks at Apess's historical address given in 1836 in which he uses the power of the role as a Christian minister and the rhetoric of the abolitionist movement to argue for Native rights.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.

Comments on the connections between Indigenous groups and the environment not only through direct resource use but also through sacred beliefs and practices.

Excerpt from Unlimited Boundaries: Dichotomy of Place in Contemporary Native American Art exhibition organized by The Albuquerque Museum in collaboration with the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, January 28-April 15, 2007.

Looks at impact of cultural and historical misunderstandings and the effect on Native students. Provides recommendations.

Article presents the results of a study conducted among Indigenous Academics relating to the ethnic/racial labels they preferred to use when describing their Indigeneity.

Author urges expansion of missionary activities, including schools, in the interest of "civilizing" and assimilating the "inferior race". Reflects the attitudes and policies of the time.

Contends that the work of Sioux writer Alexander Eastman reflects not only an assimilationist perspective but also examines Native Americans within the oppressive socio-cultural context of 19th and 20th century. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 105.

Looks at several trademark laws and their application to companies using Native American names to sell non-Native products.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2002.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2000.

Comments on the strategies in place to address suicide and other forms of violence.

Discusses a class in which each lecturer took a different approach to the novel; one from the perspective of Native American literature as unique, the other from the perspective of similarities to any work of great literature. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book review of: When Did Indians Become Straight? by Mark Rifkin. Scroll to page 111 to read article.

Book review of: When Did Indians Become Straight? by Mark Rifkin.

Poem which recalls the authors experience of their childhood home and community.

Explores sites of conflict between environmentalists and Indigenous peoples that are created by the United States government’s designation of wilderness protection areas in areas that interfere with the treaty-protected harvesting rights of Indigenous peoples.

Examines the impact of the law in deeming Aboriginal children disadvantaged or handicapped upon entering school.

Looks at the campaign to assimilate Native Americans in 1889 in order to eliminate the characteristics which set them apart.

Essay arguing for a way of reading responsibly that takes into account socioeconomic realities. The essay further argues that the roles of reader and critic must also become that of active teacher and citizen to become agents for change.

Overview of project which explored practices across Canada and the United States in order to support scholars in ways which would also benefit Indigenous communities. Eleven studies were undertaken by academic libraries with direction from Indigenous scholars and librarians. Provides details on how initiative was developed, designed, and fielded, and highlights key themes which emerged.

Author offers an in-depth critical analysis of American Indian Law Deskbook, asserts that the text fails to offer any Indigenous content and only acts to summarize Anglo-American precedence.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1996.

Three separate accounts of visionary foreshadowing during tumultuous times in Cherokee life.

Outlines the history of Indian law at the University of New Mexico and the decision to include Indian law on the state bar exam. The article is the perspective of a professor and a research librarian, and includes impacts on the inclusion and insights gained.

Comments on two authors' use of the trickster to tackle contemporary problems within hegemonic racist and colonizing contexts.

Analyzes past policies and practices in American Indian Education by looking at what was meant to provide equatable education through standardization has marginalized Naive American people.

Looks at the American federal governments "new" reservation policy designed with the goal of creating order on the Great Plains.

Creative piece that examines the relationship between Indigenous people and liberal Americans during the protests following the election of Donald Trump in the United States.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2000.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2000.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2006.

Chronicles the reasons why there appears to be a collection deficit and offers constructive solutions to address it.

Reviews data from 10 states to examine possible contributing factors which would explain why male enrollment is less than half of that of female.

Presents the short story, Where Are We Going by Brian Sloan, that discusses the viewpoint that each generation seems to be moving further away from nature.

Book review of: Where Clouds Are Formed by Ofelia Zepeda.

Author explores the United States Government’s termination movement and the resulting resistance from the Menominee people situating the response within the context of the American Indian Movement (AIM), the Red Power Movement, and the social upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Presents examples with detailed descriptions of Northeastern pincushions made of moosehair with embroidered designs. Includes photographs.

Reports the results or research into the sources of economic development.

Book review of: Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together by Deni J. Seymour. Review located by scrolling to page 266.

Focuses on the United States stance and what it conveys about the colonial present in North America.

Book review of: Where the Pavement Ends by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discussion of the validity and accuracy of a 1989 film written by a non-Aboriginal person about experiences of Indigenous peoples.

Overview of three eras in post-secondary education: colonial, federal and self-determination.