"They Need to Get Over It ..." The Dismissal of Native American Social Issues
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Tomer
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Maine, 2017.
Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.
Reports results of interviews conducted with 61 individuals who attended boarding schools or were in the urban boarding home program from the late 1940s through the early 1980s, as well as one individual whose parents were boarding school graduates.
Uses photovoice research method and interviews to find out what knowledge and understanding of body image young First Nations women have about themselves.