Images & Stereotypes

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Tech University, 2012.

Examining films and the overabundant false images of Aboriginal peoples in film.

Argues that negative, stereotypical depictions are significant because they both reflect and influence public opinion and that artistic interpretation failed to evolve at the same pace as historical literature.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Waikato, 2007.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New York at Buffalo, 2002

Discusses the historic phenomena of staged photographs and how archivists should deal with this genre of photographs.

Discusses the photo-documentation of Native American Indians of mixed-race and the politics associated with cultural identity in American society.

Book review of: Imagic Moments by Lee Schweinger.

Book review of: Imagic Moments by Lee Schweninger.

Book review of: The Imaginary Indian by Daniel Francis. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 172.

2nd edition.

Commentary on interview with artist Tammy Rahr. Chapter one from: "Our Indian Princess": Subverting the Stereotype by Nancy Marie Mithlo.

Discusses the Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary), the ceremonies held and review of the extensive related archival records.

Using photographs from the Carlisle Indian boarding school to examine the historical value of photographs as both visual artifacts and constructed ideals the same as the written word.

Looks at the reminders of military brute force on the people of the Great Plains and the brainwashing of boarding school students.

Looks at a program that brings together university students with homeless youth to share information and experiences in a safe, supportive environment.

Communication and Media Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2004.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.

Compares depictions of First Nations peoples on paper monies from three time periods.

Discusses The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Dickason.

Looks at the "Indian Story" genre by focusing on two movies Strongheart (1914) and The Business of Fancydancing (2002). Chapter sixteen from Performing Identities and Utopias of Belonging edited by Teresa Botelho and Iolanda Ramos.

Article discusses the influence of state ideology on social thought as it applies to the coverage of American Indian topics in the Soviet press and in Indian Studies.

Kristof Haavik contends that the article Ward Churchill wrote, about the film Black Robe, criticizing historical inaccuracies of Indigenous life is not correct and that the film, in fact, does do a good job of depicting the Algonquins, Iroquois, and Hurons.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Dakota, 2005.

An analysis on colonial social structures that led to Indigenous women's over-representation in Canadian prisons.

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2015.

Fine Arts and Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

[History Thesis] (Ph.D.)-- Australian National University, 2007.

Discusses the misrepresentation of Native Americans in the entertainment industry.

Looks at Edward S. Curtis' 1914 silent film In the Land of the Head Hunters as a primary source despite the director's intentions.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University, 2004.

A collection of stories about the North-West Rebellion of 1885 written by grade 8 students of St. Vital School, Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1923. The stories pertain to the Mann family's escape to Fort Pitt, the capture of Thomas Dewan by Stony Indians, the effect of the rebellion on settlers, the escape of two dispatch riders Philip Atkinson of Battleford and William Diehl of Prince Albert, and John Pritchard's rescue of Mrs. Delaney and Mrs. Gowanlock from the Cree.

Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.

Duration: 1h, 29 min.

Environmental Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Thompson Rivers University, 2018.

[English?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Arlington, 2012.

Paper presented at the 1972 annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association in Detroit.

File containing series of newspaper articles regarding the Indian Act and revisions thereof, issues regarding reserve land, anger among the Six Nations, research into indigenous living conditions and discrimination, control of mineral rights, integration into the public school system and society at large, the "Indian Council of Canada", the Indian Claims Commission, community development, the National Indian Council of Canada, Indigenous press,law enforcement on reserves, citizenship rights and treaty rights, band mergers, the Inuit, education, services (and provincial control thereof) represe

File contains 11 negatives from a Race Relations Conference held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre on October 3, 1983. The images show various conference participants engaged in discussion.

This study is the result of a questionnaire given to 8th and 12th grade Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students living in Montana who were from reserves or lived close to a reserve. It focused on the occupational, financial and educational goals. The questionnaire also asked about situations in which respondents would be willing to associate with members of the opposite race.

Book review of: Indian and White: Self-Image and Interaction in a Canadian Plains Community by Niels Winther Braroe.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2005.

Investigates the deconstruction of Native American identity, bloodlines, racism, and stereotypes by examining the works of Native American visual artists and authors.

Explores the development of the the "captivity" genre and changing images in the American experience.

Pattern of abduction, detention/adoption, and return in this genre compared to the tradition of the hero's quest.

An artist's impression of Sitting Bull. His head and shoulders portrait is surrounded by drawings of a axe, spears and a peace pipe.

Book review of: Indian Country by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.