Social Life & Customs

Overview of the disc system and "Project Surname" introduced in 1970 by the Northwest Territories Government to end the practice.

Book review of: Eskimo Kinsmen by Ernest S. Burch.

Compares family structure in the past and present; and social values, attitudes and practices.

Looks at game songs, songs-within-stories, dance songs and ceremonial dance songs.

Author argues that Indigenous ethics education in Solomon Islands focuses on shaping and sustaining the character of people as members of a family and clan; suggests that character embedded ethics include a strong sense of clan-based citizenship, temperance, and spiritual existence.

Geography and Politics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide,1991.

Article examines the formation of pan-Indigenous or pan-Indian identity while considering the factors of political, economic, and ethnic marginalization. Considers different 20th Century pan-Indigenous organizations in the context of ethnic process theories.

Gives overview and description of objects collected by George Dorsey.

Begins with at an expedition to the Torres Trait where recording equipment and a Lumiére camera were used by Alfred Cort Haddon, a zoologist from England.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 36, (pp301-352).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 8, (pp29-68).

Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 33, (pp233-350).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp67-210).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 28, (pp83-278).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2009.

Brief early 20th century survey of customs regarding children, marriage, death, medicines, hunting, fishing and preparation of food.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp335-414).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 10, (21-37).

Book review of: Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory by Lucien M. Turner.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 42, no. 1 (pp. 1-176).

Looks at the feasability of gathering data on changes in fertility by looking at genealogical data.

Author examines how Welch’s novel reveals different elements of Indigenous identity, how those elements are negotiated by individuals, and the range of reactions demonstrated by society in response to Native American identities.

Examines the importance of the tobacco trade in both social and ceremonial contexts.

Andrews interviews Midge about her poem “The Woman Who Married a Bear.” Discussion covers symbolism, identity, and Midge’s writing process.

Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Guelph, 2016.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Regina, 2012.

Discusses writers like Mourning Dove, Charles Eastman and Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) who all wrote about traditional Native American culture.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2015.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2014.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 (p. [3]-24, [6] plates).

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 (p. [3]-24, [6] plates).

Looks at the missionary and their expectations of the Aboriginals to adopt a sedentary lifestyle living at the stations.

Compares past Christmas traditions between the Wood Land Creek and Plains Cree to present Christmas traditions.

Explores the Ghost Dance social and religious movement and its prophet Wovoka. The Ghost Dance was created during times of hardships for the American Indigenous people in hopes of a return to happier times.

Describes a mixed-methods evaluation of a culturally grounded program for urban Indigenous (American Indian) youth. Results demonstrate that the project was feasible, and the team makes recommendations for future project based on what was learned.

Discusses mourning feast customs in the novel and how the author changes several of them. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 50.

Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.

Examines female circumcision in ethnic groups in Kenya and gives an overview of attempts to eradicate the practice. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.

Description of a summer healing chant performed to cure illness.

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2005. Volume One.

Findings from interviews with goat herders, veterinarians and students reveals medical problems of Rwandan goats. Looks at using modern approaches combined with traditional knowledge to manage herds.

Discusses court case and Justice Allan McEachern's rejection of expert testimony showing Aboriginal land ownership through oral histories.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States by Prof. Cyrus Thomas The Cherokee Nation of Indians by Charles C. Royce The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony by Dr. Washington Matthews The Seminole Indians of Florida by Clay MacCauley The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child by Mrs. Tilly E. Stevenson