Images & Stereotypes

Comments on the use of disrespectful and disparaging Indigenous terms for naming sports teams. Article found by scrolling to page 5.

Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2001.

Article explores the posts and comments from three different Blogs by Indigenous women; examines how intersectional rhetoric is constructed and used in these spaces, and how it serves to defend Indigenous rhetorical sovereignty.

Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.

[[English and American Studies?] Thesis (M.A.)--Masarykova univerzita, 2006].

Describes how King rewrites Euro-American literary classics and biblical stories using Aboriginal worldviews and narrative traditions. Excerpt from National Literatures in a Globalized World edited by Anton Pokrivčák, Simona Hevešiová and Lucia Horňáková . Entire volume on one pdf. To access chapter scroll down to p. 81.

Maori Visual Arts Thesis (MMVA)--Massey University, 2016.

First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2002.

Discusses culture, learning styles and conflict with mainstream teaching styles.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2015.

Discusses problems associated with attempting to eliminate offensive names and stereotypical images due to cultural blindness.

The author analyzes terms and labels used to identify First Nations peoples and discusses how terms can become a powerful means of controlling and manipulating identities.

Analyzed coverage from eight major daily newspapers and concluded that there is a persistent pattern of under-representation, gaps and distortions when dealing with Aboriginal issues.

Looks at the culture of celebrity in the early nineteenth century focusing on Black Hawk, a Sauk Indian war chief.

Authors use discourse analysis to engage with the online response to an essay they had coauthored previously; and provide criticism of social narratives that have erased the history of Indigenous peoples prior to the founding of Australia.

Looks at several trademark laws and their application to companies using Native American names to sell non-Native products.

Looks at Buffalo Bills "Wild West" show which travelled across England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Holland and Belgium between 1886 and 1906.

Argues that the way women are framed in mainstream news suggests that they are to blame for the violence against them because they indulge in "high-risk" lifestyles and discusses how initiatives like #MMIWG are combating stereotypical representations and raising awareness. Paper from Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century edited by Joseph McQuade, Tiffany Kwok, and James Cho. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 19.

Looks at myth-based "history" associated with genocide, and the response of Native Americans to the violence and brutality perpetuated by such history.

Looks at the inaccurate renderings of Pueblo history and culture.

Book review of: When the Other is Me by Emma LaRocque.

This file contains two posters with poems about Batoche. Both poems romanticize the Metis and their customs and their battles with government forces.

Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2012

Discussion of the validity and accuracy of a 1989 film written by a non-Aboriginal person about experiences of Indigenous peoples.

Book review of: Where the Tall Grass Grows by Bobby Bridger.

Looks at the ways place-naming and storytelling work together to create a sense of place.

Photo of illustration made from photograph of White Cap, Sioux Chief, pledging friendship to his white brother, taken from Illustrated War News, 25 April 1885.

Author examines stereotypes about the Apache people and how these narratives affect the way that the Apache people are perceived and engaged with by the United States government in land disputes generally, and specifically in relation to the Mt. Graham Observatory case.

Explores the concept "playing Indian" as exemplified by Grey Owl and society's reaction to his deception.

Book review of, White Lies About the Inuit by John L. Steckly.

Author explores the contested historical memory of violent engagement between the Unites States government and Indigenous peoples in the mid to late 1800s, and how those narratives have contributed to the idea of American innocence in relation to the displacement genocide of Indigenous peoples.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1999.

Note: The title, description and image of this item uses wording and imagery that was common in mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. Two separate images of a woman, one white, one Aboriginal, in a waterfall. The white woman has wings and appears to represent Niagara's Maid of the Mist legend.

Looks at the way Native Americans are portrayed, represented and thought about. Duration: 26:00.

Discusses critical reception and competing interpretations of the film, and puts forth an alternate theory by examining the character of Chingachgook. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Excerpt from a dissertation entitled The Attitudes of Selected Educational Groups in Arizona Toward Indians..

Analyzes the relationship between Fenimore Cooper's novel, The Last of the Mochicans and Vanderlyn's painting.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of California Riverside, 2018.

Arts and Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 2010.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Toronto, 1999.

Comments on aspects of literary ethnic/cultural shape-shifting in Canadian and American literature since the Millennium. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 187.