Images & Stereotypes

Media Culture and the Arts Thesis (PHD) -- Curtin University, 2015

[Global Indigenous Nations Studies] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas.

Reviews the large scale northern tour of an award winning First Nations play, fareWel by Ian Ross, which looks at issues such as identity, poverty, substance abuse, and racism.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1998.

Explores filmmakers' treatment of ethnic minorities, with reference to Dances with Wolves, Posse, and Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.

Looks at vicarious trauma, intergenerational trauma and some of the causes.

Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design (MFA)--OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) University, 2013.

Argues that while Indigenous authors are determined to express their unique perspectives while doing so in a hostile environment..

Author describes that Native Americans write to set the record straight and change their stereotypical image.

Comments on representation, appropriation and profit from Native American art and design.

Wilfred Tootoosis in war paint and feathers at Cut Knife Battlefield.

Historical note:

Taken for the Western Producer magazine, July 21, 1960.

Looks at responsibilities of Native American filmmakers. Chapter from Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.

Two Book reviews: Will the Circle be Unbroken? by J. Dickson-Gilmore and C. La Prairie. First and Other Nations edited by M. Shackleton and V. Supinen.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2010.

Journalism Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.

An investigation of how the author's fictional works use Native American characters to accentuate the relationships between races in the American South.

Discusses racism and sexism at the 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW/ICREF) November 1992, Toronto. Duration: 18:43

Study revealed the public's persistent "blind spot" when it comes to recognizing this form of racism.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2017.

Argues the worldwide absence of erotic writing in Indigenous cultures is in part a function of the general repression of Indigenous peoples.

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Diego.

Video review of: Without Reservations from Montana Public Television.

Describes the media's strategic use of hockey images to reinforce a more positive narrative of residential schools in Canada.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2001.

Author examines oral storytelling and the ways that meaning is made in and by the act. Discusses issues of context, timing, cross-cultural engagement, and resistance to colonialism and neocolonialism.

Discusses how Aboriginal characters have been depicted in mainstream comics generally written and illustrated by non-Aboriginals.

Celebration of Native women reclaiming their own identifies in the world through film and video. Duration: 29:59.

Lessons for social studies, language arts, math, and visual arts classes. Suggested audience is Grade 5.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--Carleton University, 2000.

American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2011.

Author was founder of the Woodcraft Indians, a youth movement which appropriated Aboriginal culture.

Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.

Author summarizes, reviews, and compares several children’s literature books with Indigenous content, highlighting the elements of each book that contribute to a faithful or an inaccurate portrayal of the Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Discusses the tactical choices made by Indians in order to capitalize upon white expectations of Indian authenticity, and reap financial gain.

Examines how the works of Blackfeet author James Welch can be used to overcome Native American stereotypes and be used to explore themes of identity, family and love.

Sketch of wounded men from the Battle of Fish Creek being treated; some on stretchers, one man sitting on the ground, and one man standing with two medical personnel being treated. Men on horseback in background.

Discusses the struggles of six women who were survivors of multiple forms of trauma.

Looks at a few of the problems that writers have created, surveys some of the ways Native Americans have been portrayed and comments on some modern and postmodern fiction.

Examines how Aboriginal authors are challenging stereotypical, mainstream representations of the "Other".

Review essay of Medicine River by Thomas King.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1998.

Discusses the success of a Mental Health Day. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lv.

Analysis of photographs shows how the project's intent changed over time from stylistic and thematic unity to changes in aesthetic and political attitude.

Discusses the authentic representations of Indigenous peoples and cultures in the film The Revenant and contrasts them to common cinematic stereotypes.

Article examines media depictions of the so-called gang of young men who were blamed for hundreds of crimes and depicted as violent and lawless by mainstream Australian news starting in late 2007.

In speech, the noted author discusses stereotypes such as the noble savage and vanishing Indian as portrayed in the photographs of Thomas Curtis, and contemporary concepts of what constitutes an "authentic" identity. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 2. Duration: 54:22.

Comments on the differences between ethnographic films and visual anthropology, and looks at how documentaries have changed over the years.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfred Laurier University, 2016.