Images & Stereotypes

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1998

Looks at how Black Indians have produced historical and cultural identities, and how they were portrayed in the HBO series Tremé.

Literary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Quebec at Montreal, 2006.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.

Discusses how the Washington Redskins' name is a reflection of the team's legacy and history and why sports teams should shed Indian nicknames.

Describes American Indian activities in Cincinnati from the time of the first settlers to1900.

Introduction to and commentary on the special issue which features extracts from a conference with the same name and articles which focus on the ways that Indigenous peoples represent European people(s), and vice versa, in art.

Explains the need for films, about indigenous peoples, that are made by indigenous peoples.

Looks at and reviews twelve major myths, statements and questions about alcohol abuse.

Hispanic Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.

Discusses negative stereotypes and the symbolic usage of images of Indigenous Southwestern California women in popular culture.

Exhibition presented February 14 to March 4, 2004 and March 29 to April 25, 2004. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 20.

Authors examines the moral ethics, professional responsibilities, and the potential pitfalls for historians and other academics who are studying and writing about the history of what are now the Americas, and about Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Examines images of Indigenous peoples in the American musical on stage and film, from the past to the present.

English Language and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Masaryk University, 2006.

Author discusses the way that the ethnographic approach to captivity narratives such as Memoirs of Odd Adventures, Strange Deliverances, etc., in the Captivity of John Gyles and A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson promotes several assumptions about Indigenous culture and portrays them as foreign.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983.

Overview of the historical changes and politics in the imagery of the Inuit.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arkansas, 2000.

Looks at underlying reasons for dysfunctional social behaviour and the how it impacts the individual and community.

A photograph of a Euro-Canadian woman in traditional Aboriginal costume. Presumably Plains. Date unknown.

Book review of: Europe's Indians, Indians in Europe by Dagmar Wernitznig.

Arts and Design Thesis (Ph.D.)--Polytechnic South West, 1989.

Discusses criteria for selecting or rejecting each type of material including: content, illustrations, and accompanying sections such as discussion questions, bibliographies, and further activities. Guidelines equally applicable to Canadian context. Rev. ed.

Provides information and suggestions centered around stereotypes, inaccuracies, omissions and biases in potential educational resources. Revised edition.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Illinois University, 2014.

Book review of: Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith.

Book review of: Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith.

Book review of: Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith.

Television, Radio, Film and Theatre Thesis (M.A.)--San José State University, 2013.

Book review of: Reservation Blues by Alexie Sherman. Originally published in the Wicazo Sa Review.

Thesis (MSc.)--Oklahoma State University, 2006.

Looks at the history of Native Americans in Hollywood films and the fight against stereotyping.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2019.

Findings suggest that media coverage perpetuated stereotyping. Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Environment, Sustainability, and Society--Dalhousie University, 2014.

Art and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.

Anthropology Thesis (B.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2009.

Author argues that the film The Exiles is the first in which Indigenous people are able to represent their own urban experience.

Based on these two travelogues, gives a description of Sami from a gendered perspective.

Looks at the need for American Indians to have better mental and behavioral health services for tribal and urban members.

Author reflects on his personal pathway to self-determination.

Computer Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Regina, 2013.

Author argues that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States doctrines contain no legal basis for regulating or eliminating the use of Indigenous symbols, images, or stereotypes as mascots or logos in sports and/or business.

Counseling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--New Mexico State University, 2010.

Argues that controversial film created by Dominic Gagnon reflects his colonialist attitude of white privilege. Film was a mash up of clips found on YouTube, many of which portrayed Inuit in a negative light; he also used material for which he had not gained consent.

Photograph of a Cree man in warrior regalia. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of two RCMP men, Constable Banks and Corporal Harper, in formal uniform examining a skull as two indigenous men, Many Shots and Black Kettle, in traditional costumes look on. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.