Images & Stereotypes

Interview with photographer about her photo series Concrete Indians and documenting Idle No More movement. Includes photographs.

This article contains descriptions of extreme sexual and systemic violence. Author describes the social and institutional discourses that render Aboriginal women disposable in the Canadian consciousness; addresses the stereotypical “Indian squaw” – “Indian princess” dichotomy, and examines RCMP approaches to investigating missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) cases.

Looks at the ethical and moral commitment of introducing critical race theory to primary and junior elementary students.

Education Thesis (M.S.)--Bank Street College of Education, 2013.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis, (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2002.

Art History, Visual Art and Theory Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2001.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, 2011.

Canadian Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Overview of the history of tourism at Banff, Alberta and the Banff Indian Days Festival.

Comments on stereotypical images found in books, toys, games, etc. and the artists who are deconstructing these images by infusing their cultural diversity into their work.

Argues that teaching the works The Owl's Song and Smoke Signals can achieve standards-oriented objectives and inform students of relevant literary, historical, social, and cultural topics.

Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, 2012.

Argues that both past and present Aboriginal art forms have been underrepresented in national museums. Past art because it has been viewed as craft, and modern works because their content makes viewers uncomfortable.

[Psychology] Thesis (M.Sc.)--Arizona State University, 2013.

Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 1995.

Book review of: Contesting Constructed Indian-ness by Michael Taylor.

Reviewer of Native American literature for the journal Hornbook discusses an editor's rejection of one of her reviews and the subsequent study she conducted with librarians and teachers. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book based on presentations given at a colloquium of the same name. Part V contains Aboriginal content. To access chapter, scroll down to appropriate page. Chapter 36: Converging or Diverging Pathways to Aboriginal Self-Determination? Indigenous Peoples, Self-Government, and the Federation by Frances Abele and Michael J. Prince. (p.443) Chapter 37: Keynote Address on Nunavut: Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States by Donat Savoie. ( p.

Comments on e-mails, phone calls and a luncheon meeting that spanned over three years with Native American author David Treuer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.

Sketch of a convoy of Northwest Police on the march.

Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Laval University, 2004.

Copy of Illustration from ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, April 4, 1885 depicting Battle of Duck Lake, March 7, 1885.

Reviews three books: Copying People by Daniel Francis. Proclaiming the Gospel to the Indians and the Metis by Raymond J. A. Huel. The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 by the Treaty 7 Tribal Council in Alberta. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 341.

Comments on the underrepresentation and exclusion of Indigenous voices in scholarly works. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 66.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2000.

An examination of portrayals of Indigenous peoples in fictional writings and how they reflected the prejudices of the time and helped to perpetuate stereotypes.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University of Sudbury, 1998.

Discusses a series of books for children which critics and scholars see as a cultural counterpoint to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2007.

Case study indicates that Native American viewers interpret a western genre film very differently than non-Native viewers.

Article contends that the United States, as the last significant colonial power, still dominates indigenous peoples in external territories without their full consent. The paper argues that images of cowboys and Indians are a part of colonial history that asserts white supremacy and Indigenous inferiority.

Teacher's resource for the children's adaptation of humorous story which retells the story of Christopher Columbus from an Indigenous point of view. 

Suitable for Grades K to 3.

 

Discusses stereotypical portrayals of Aboriginals in the American entertainment industry. Originally published in Fall 1997 issue of Native Peoples.

Looks at a female Native American filmmaker who is reaching Native American youth through film.

Confronts the stereotypes that European culture has created about Native American people and the negotiation of identity.

Argues that negative stereotypes can become self-fulfilling prophecies. In this case, a marketing campaign linked Native American heritage to alcohol use.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1993.

Book review of Creative Subversions by Margot Francis. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 168.

This article details how Aboriginals and Metis were an essential part of the early historic period of Canada, serving as suppliers of furs and as explorers for the Europeans. After the mid-19th century, when the economy changed to industrialization and farming, aboriginals and Metis were no longer necessary. Adams foresees decolonization being achieved by building a power base through political and psychological struggle.

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Comments on how the Cree Nation managed their public relations by promoting a positive stereotype.

Looks at how issues surrounding the request for a national inquiry were represented in The National Post, Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC), The Vancouver Sun and the Canadian Television News (CTV) between 2010 and 2014.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Windsor, 2013.

Features portraits of Indigenous subjects painted by George Catlin, who traveled the United States during the 1830s to capture images of the "vanishing race". Includes biographical information, excerpts from his writings, general historical information and exercises to teach students to think critically about the works and the stereotypes found in them. Compares his portraits to photographs taken by Edward S. Curtis in the early 1900s.

Western films from 1908 to 1916 depict popular attitudes toward interracial romance and government policies of the time in areas such as the military, land use, Indian assimilation and boarding schools.