Social Life & Customs

Article contributes to a comprehensive, literature review of Māori economies and of Māori well-being and extends understanding of “economies of well-being" to include relational dimensions derived from Māori worldviews and knowledge systems.

Author explores some of the issues surrounding and roadblocks to creating a successful legal case for ensuring the court protection of a sacred site.

Overview of factors causing conflict in a Prairie Potawatomi Band over the past one hundred and thirty years.

Describes a community-based, participatory research project in which six urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health organizations in northern California partnered to adapt the Canadian-developed Cultural Connectedness Scale for use in California. Reviews the process and provides information for localized adaptations.

Existing effects and disturbances analysis prepared for a regulatory hearing for Shell Canada's Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine proposals on Fort McMurray First Nation traditional lands.

Collection of beliefs observed from 1886 to 1931 about sickness, magic, signs and other topics.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1985.

Anthropology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2011.

Looks at the use of pictographs as a way of recording one outstanding event effecting the whole tribe or a personal incident.

Performance Studies Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1999.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Saskatchewan, 2005. Includes analysis of works by Susan Power, Drew Taylor, Joy Harjo, Beth Cuthand, Louise Halfe, Patricia Monture-Angus, and Annharte.

Artist discusses the social, cultural, spiritual, and economic well-being of the hula kahiko (ancient dance).

Presents findings from a culturally centered study using photovoice to create a decolonized perception of health and wellness.

Photo-essay draws on the author’s previous work at a 2018 studio residency in the Hòa Binh Province in northwest Vietnam. Explores the “mismatches that occur in encounters with people, landscapes, and customs different from one's own.”

Book review of: A Death Feast in Dimla-Hamid by Terry Glavin.

Examines the conflicting viewpoints in communities in Jharkhand between the British colonial system and Indigenous people regarding the definition of custom and tradition . To access this article, scroll down to page 44.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1971.

Examines the interest in Aboriginal cultural tourism products and experiences among visitors to the Yukon.

Differences in marriage customs with the Iglulik, Netsilik and Copper Inuit tribes due to environmental and historical factors.

Book review of: The Queen's People: A Study of Hegemony, Coercion and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canada by Peter Carstens.

Describes the Wicozani Instrument as a 9-item self-report measure that which assesses health and well-being using a holistic, Indigenous world view. Describes two studies in which the validity and reliability of the instrument is verified.

Looks at organizations in North Kordofan, Sudan to show how Indigenous approaches to economic and human development have been successful.

Based on interviews in two northern communities and looks at traditional wage economy, leadership role and impacts of Land Claim Agreement. Chapter three in book: Proceedings of the CRIAW-ICREFF Conference 1995 edited by Deborah Poff and Toni Fletcher.

Looks at historical and archaeological evidence to study three types of watercrafts: the kin boat, the dugout canoe, and the bark canoe.

Looks at the disintegration of a collective society and how Aboriginal women were brought into a male dominant class society during the fur trade.

Outlines the search for the origins of this system of social organization.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 11, (pp291-296).

Authors describes the Diné system of clans and kinship, and suggest that rooted as it is in an ethic of universal relatedness, it might hold solutions for dealing with environmental and political instability.

Discussion on the domestic relationships of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal men who worked in the sealing industry. The article also discusses how the women were able to maintain traditional activities and practices, and how the teaching of native languages ensured the cultural and physical survival of the Aboriginal community.

Arts Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2009.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

A reflection on the articles discussing Navajo mortuary practices and beliefs.

Overview of various interpretations of the Kwakiutl ceremony and comparison to practices of Alaskan groups.

Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.

Transcripts of interviews conducted between 1967 and 1972 with individuals from every tribe in Oklahoma. Can be searched by Interviewee, interviewer, tape number, or keyword.

Editorial article discusses the need to for non-Indigenous legal systems to engage with and normalize the legal traditions of the First Nations in the Yukon.

Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Examines the role of dreams and dreaming in Indigenous Plains cultures and compares it to the Euro-American dreams studies.

Historical overview of customs regarding clothing, tattooing, face painting, headdresses and general ornamentation.

Overview of projects, "Pipona Oskana Ka-asteki, Winter in Wascana", "Stories About Us", "Aboriginal Eye View", and "Our Future Looks Bright" by students of a pre-certification teacher fine arts education course at the First Nations University of Canada.