Utah

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Utah, 2006.

Development of better technology to serve the entire Navajo Nation.

Author draws on different interviews he has conducted with Diné (Navajo) to discuss metaphors used by elders to make traditional values accessible to contemporary youth.

Book review of: On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians and the American Landscape by Jared Farmer.

Contends that student councils add value to the decision making process for better government and leadership at high school. Seminar report towards Educational Administration Thesis (M.Ed.)--Utah State University, 1972.

Investigates young gangs in a society where injury mortality (deaths due to accident, suicide and homicide) is the single most important health problem.

Psychology Thesis (MSc) -- Utah State University, 2020

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp47-288).

Paper argues that the Navajo never had much, if any, input into their image presentation within photography and discusses the implications of this lack of input.

Considers differences in science education between Navajo students and that of the dominate culture.

Discusses the creative aspects of Blackhorse Mitchell’s use of Navajo English in Miracle Hill, as well as Mitchell’s own discussions of what he was attempting to do in the poem The Drifting Lonely Seed.

Provides demographics for cities, towns and states within the Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area. Data source: 2010 Census.

Anthropology and Ethnic Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2006.

Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1999.

Analysis of pre-Columbian towers or isolated structures, including Mesa Verde, McElmo, Hvenweep, Gallina and some in Navajo territory.

Study of behaviour modification in students experiencing trouble during non-school hours by paraprofessionals at Intermountain Inter-Tribal School in Utah.

Study found the prevalence and incidence of disease in the sample population to be higher than those in both the general US population and other Native Americans.

Reviews the history of uranium and discusses efforts for compensation.

Tests validate item's authenticity and suggest it is Anasazi in origin dating back to 14th century.

Challenges in accurate dating of artifacts has implications for researchers who use dating to provide context for interpreting cultural items.

Examines common experiences and uncovers forces at work in the process of capitalist development in both countries.

Discusses the shades of color in Hopi pottery and the different firing techniques that produce various colors.

Discusses how Indigenous people are using screen media in the Navajo language to recuperate their own collective stories and histories.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1984.

Background history about the creation of the Navajo Community College (NCC). The colleges creation represented to people the establishment of a cross-cultural brokerage intended to overcome assimilationist tendencies.

Report includes the following papers: Navaho Houses by Cosmos Mindeleff Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 by Jesse Walter Fewkes

The Seventh Annual Report of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners includes reports of living conditions on reservations; correspondence and transcripts of meetings between government officials and Aboriginal chiefs and officials; and lists of Indian Agencies with names of tribes and agents.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Examines two themes: the violent nature of Great Basin Indian history, and the sacred and cultural landscapes described by the salt songs of the Nuwuvi people.

Website focuses on identifying the locations most suitable for utility-scale solar energy development, and evaluating potential environmental, social, and economic effects.

Examines reading and writing as separate skills; how writing enables communication to travel up the hierarchy and how historically the Southern Paiutes historically used their new writing abilities.

Studies the economic experiences of a energy resource rich Native American community and finds that President Reagan's New Federalism didn't have a positive impact.

Couples identified 5 key points for a strong marriage: (1) maintain communication, (2) nurture your relationship, (3) learn about marriage, (4) be prepared, and (5) have a strong foundation.

Literature relating to United States in general and Utah in particular. This is a bibliography that is broken into areas/topics and then listed alphabetically by the authors last name.

Description and purposes of summer camps with emphasis on the Uintah Youth Camp.

An examination of Utah's experimental reservation-farm system which had the dual goals of confining the Ute population to a prescribed location and relieving settlers of any obligation to supply food.

Book review of: Traces of Fremont by Steven R. Simms. Review located by scrolling to page 235.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2007.

Book review of: Tribal Libraries, Archives, Museums edited by Loriene Roy, Anjali Bhasin, and Sarah K. Arriaga. Review located by scrolling to page 210.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell The Zuñi Indians: Their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities, and Ceremonies by Matilda Coxe Stevenson

Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.

Analysis of the political problems faced by Native American people in United States local government and the lack of consensus attained due to the complexity of some of the issues.

Comparison of the verbal-performance discrepancy on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) and the WISC-R for Navajo children and suggestions for further research.

Book review of: The Washakie Letters of Willie Ottogary: Northwestern Shoshone Journalist and Leader, 1906-1929. edited by Matthew E. Kreitzer.

Explores the extent of the geographical bond with an emphasis on world view, myths and ceremonies.

Describes the destruction of the wolf and argues that with the reintroduction of the wolf to their native habitat, there may be a restored harmony and balance for the Navajo people.

Of several hundred Gosiutes on two reservations in Utah and Nevada, about 20 speak the language.

Delves into the life and literary work of Indigenous author Zitkala Sa by analyzing her struggle to find acceptance from both Indigenous people and mainstream audiences.