Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Focuses on the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he talks about his childhood and lack of schooling, his development of horsemanship, his membership in holy societies and his alcoholism.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-17
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Looks at a community project to get safe drinking water through source water protection and water management.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
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Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
The first article comments on the cost of land settlements with aboriginals in the United States, with the author's hope that the Canadian government will resolve these claims in the manner the United States government has, no matter the financial cost.