Genealogy

Examines the contact-era epidemics among the Salish as an expression of globalism.

Looks at different marriage categories, tracing the matrilines and patrilines, and the relation to land ownership and inheritance.

Looks at historical fiction novel which follows one family over the course of the twentieth century.

Examines the challenges for authenticity of Indigenous identity claims in the United States.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 2007.

Author’s autobiographic account of her family’s history and experiences as mixed race people.

Site contains detailed information on how to research your Aboriginal ancestry.

Although aimed at people applying for citizenship in the Métis Nation of Ontario, contains some useful general information about genealogical research.

Book review of Becoming Indian by Circe Sturm.

Book reviews of: A Study of Pueblo Architecture in Tusayan and Cibola by Victor Mindeleff. The Faithful Hunter: Abnaki Stories by Joseph Bruchac. Navajo Coyote Tales by William Morgan. Secrets From the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom. Kickapoo Vocabulary by Paul H. Voorhis. An Ojibwe Text Anthology edited by John D. Nichols. "Statement Made by the Indians": A Bilingual Petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864 edited by John D. Nichols. Pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik/Talking Animals told by L. Beardy.

The author describes how her father, Robert Leslie Evans, became the model used for the main character, Tayo, and how she is related to Leslie Marmon Silko.

Discussion of the connection between people of the Orkney Islands, Scotland and native people of the Red River area. No indexed terms. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

Describes how the two First Nations view their connection to the land as going back lifetime before lifetime, which has motivated their challenges in the Canadian legal system.

Chronicles efforts of author to discover the identity of his ancestor.

Explains why Census records and church registers, two of the most common sources of information, are not always reliable or are difficult to identify. Also discusses the impact of access restrictions and privacy laws for records created within the past hundred years.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 2000.

Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.

Explains that the National Archives contains regional archives, in cities across the United States, in an attempt to preserve original records created by field offices of federal agencies and microfilm copies of records kept in Washington.

Project studied available literature and documentation on the culture and history of the Aborigines in the the south western region.

Author responds to William W. Quinn, Jr.’s article "The Southeast Syndrome: Notes on Indian Descendant Recruitment Organizations and Their Perceptions of Native American Culture” published in AIQ 14:2. Discusses identity, identity policing, and settler self-indigenization.

Describes the use of genealogy and kinship records to create a new approach to study the Metis people and culture.

Provides links to the Mi'kmaq of St. George's Bay history, photos, news and other related links.

Book review of: Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond by Mario Blaser.

Examines important aspects of social organization.

Recorded oral histories of Fort Resolution.

Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church. Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.

Report includes the following paper: Ethnology of the Kwakiutl [continued] by Franz Boas

Describes how elements from these novels serve as a mirror of hybridity theory with an emphasis on stories and the idea of journeys for true cultural unity.

Examines a group of mixed-descent people that lived in the Nipawin, Saskatchewan area and then delves into Plains Métis history.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke, 2012.

Documentary looks at two Inuit communities on Baffin Island and Northwest Greenland and how they are connected and adapting to social and environmental changes. Includes English sub-titles. Duration: 82:23.

Highlights the Europeans role change, exploration, and colonization of New France. Includes links to genealogy, explorers, First Nations, and daily life.

Artist James Luna discusses what it means to be accepted as an American Indian by examining the criteria for tribal enrollment and critiques the work of self-declared Cherokee artist Jimmie Durham.

Book review of: We are all Treaty People by Roger Epp.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 2000.

Book review of: The Western Métis edited by Patrick C. Douad. Consists of articles originally published between 1978 and 2007 in . Scroll to page 434 to read review.

Author examines settler colonialism through the context of her own history and genealogy.

Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.

Comments on the lack of historical resources, what constitutes legal ownership and problems of access.

Evaluation of Dr. Sebastien Malette and Guilliaume Marcotte's article and testimony regarding Marie-Louise Riel being Louis Riel's aunt. The two were expert witnesses in two courts cases regarding the claim of a historical Métis community in eastern Canada.

Website includes links to history, sacred sites, treaties, lifestyle, language and literature, ancestors, missions, and genealogy.

Examines the ethical, social, and legal issues that genetic research raises for scientists and Indigenous peoples.