Images & Stereotypes

Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication Thesis (M.A.)--James Madison University, 2017. Analyzes lyrics from AbOriginal by Frank Waln.

Examines writings by Eden Robinson, Monique Mojica, Beatrice Culleton, Marilyn Dumont and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm. Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.

Looks at possible stereotypical representations of Native Americans in two video games. American Studies Honors--Tufts University, 2011-2012.

Uses jokes and stories to illustrate common stereotypes the Southwest Indian artisans have about the non-Indian tourist.

Poem from the collection The Summer of the Black Widows.

Analyzes how the press responded to humanitarians' criticism of the treatment of Indigenous people during the war in New Zealand and upheld the notion that white British settler society was entitled to take possession of Maori land.

Discusses Jim Northrup's Rez Road Follies, Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, and Paul Chaat Smith's Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong in terms of the techniques used to critique government actions in their respective countries.

Discusses how the works of Shelley Niro, Chris Bose, Dana Claxton, Arthur Renwick, and Terence Houle challenge mainstream society's perceptions of Aboriginals.

Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of Vienna, 2010.

Discusses the element of chaos, in nature and individual lives, as a common theme in both the novel and the film.

Demonstrates how the process of homogeneity imposed on Indian communities by the US government has created individuals possessing Indian roots but heavily influenced by American pop-culture. Uses two short stories by Sherman Alexie (Assimilation and Class) in his analysis. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 124.

Explores the origin of the term as a positive reflection of relations between Native Americans and whites and not as a disparagement.

Introduction to groups performing at the Inuit Village which included Inuit,Yup'ik, Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Tlingit (Chilkat, Hoonah, and Taku).

Guide book contains information about Native Americans.

Discuss Waln’s use of hip hop as a venue to resist colonially imposed tropes of toxic/hyper masculinity and the indian, and to reestablish authentic Indigenous masculinities and collaboration with Indigenous feminists.

Seeks to understand the lack of academic attention Strete’s work has received and examines his short stories using several different critical Indigenous perspectives on speculative fiction by Aboriginal or Native American writers.

Looks at historical, ideological and cultural principles in the movie The Last of his tribe.

The author contends that Black Hawk (Ma-ka-tai-me-shekia-kia, Black Sparrow Hawk) and Parker both used writing in order to be heard but withheld information, which becomes significant to each narrative.

Looks at "Indian Love Songs" in popular music of the the late 19th century, the work of Aquinnah Wampanoag composer Wamsutta Frank James, film scores and songs from musicals, and Indigenous responses in the form of reworking What Makes the Red Man Red by Lakota hip-hop artist Frank Waln, and I'm an Indian Too by the comedy troupe The 1491s. Music Honors Thesis (B.A.?)-- Wellesley College, 2021.

Looks at the stereotypes constructed in movies, television and other popular American media and allows the reader to question identity, history, popular culture and humour. Literature Senior Paper (B.A.)--University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2013.

Analyzes two YouTube videos by the popular sketch comedy troupe; Indian Store and I'm an Indian Too. Group focuses on stereotypes about what constitutes a "real Indian".

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2016.

Discusses how individual identities are used to invoke and then destabilize stereotypes in the film Dead Man.

Argues that, contrary to popular belief, veterans did not directly influence the formation of new political organizations in the province.

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1998.

Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, 1998.

Comments on hobbyist gatherings in Germany where locals dress up as Native Americans.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1973.

Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories (M.A.)--OCAD University, 2015.

[Art History] Thesis (M.A.[?])--Masaryk University, [2021]

Examines the use of language in the identification of Native American artifacts and the stereotypes that are perpetuated by their usage.

Media, Communication and Development Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of London, 2014.

Discussion of textbook bias and being poorly represented in the history books.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 1991.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--York University, 2005. Explores violence perpetrated against Helen Betty Osborne, Neil Stonechild and the Lovelace case in the negative legal context created in Canada in relation to First Nations peoples.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1984.

Modern Language and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1974.

Examines the different perspectives archivists and Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal users have in terms of photogragh use.

Overview of stereotypes and images which developed in literature written about Native Americans up until 1925, and analysis of six works by the two Siouan authors which present a counter-narrative.

Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wayne State University, 2004.

Exhibit divided into four sections: Landscape, Removal, and Native American Homelands, Revisiting the "Indian Princess", Repositioning Native Bodies, and Representing Indigenous People on a National Stage.

Looks at textbooks published before the mid-twentieth century, the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s and the 1990s to the present. To access article scroll to p. 47.

Discussion of the photographic record of the Hechenu village in the first decade of the twentieth century.

History Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1988.

Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alberta, 1980.

Teaching and Teacher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1988.