Cross-Cultural Relations

Lists examples from various sources in original orthography.

Explains why political power has eluded Native Americans and what chance they have in becoming a participating and policymaking force in mainstream American society.

American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2008.

Illustrates the persistent stereotyping and prejudices that have been directed towards Native Americans.

Looks at American Indians beliefs, attitudes and experiences in mainstream post-secondary institutions.

Focuses on the language used by academic inquiry concerning the nature and intent of Native American Studies.

Looks at reasons why the discipline complements the study of Palestine.

Discusses how American Indian academic programs have survived and continue to grow.

This presentation text examines different sites and incidents of neocolonial violence and Aboriginal activism as defiance in response; asserts the basis of Native Studies is “indigenousness and sovereignty” and examines the implications of these concepts for activism and resistance movements.

Reflects on the first 40 years of years of ethnic studies at UCLA.

Looks at the history of American Indian Studies programs in the United States; information about the activism among Indian communities; the activism efforts of American Indian college students; the presence of American Indian teachers in United States colleges and universities; and other factors contributing to the growing field of American Indian Studies.

Education and Human Service Professions Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Minnesota-Duluth, 2002.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California Los Angeles, 1998.

Looks at the challenges present for American Indian (AI) veterans to access all available health care services.

Survey findings indicate while violence is rare, daily harassment and verbal assaults are relatively common.

Compares American Indian traditions and practice of leadership to western scientific approaches and perspectives.

Look at links between gender and racio-ethnicity, historical and cultural patterns and switching techniques strategies. Concludes with recommendations for further research.

Discusses the collective identity shared by American Indian women writers.

Discusses how neither the portraits of Mrs. Penobscot nor King Hendrick were representative of an American Indian that travelled to England.

Findings reveal that the rate of violent crime from self reported victimizations for Native Americans and Alaska Natives is more than twice the national average.

Discusses relationships during day-to-day frontier activities and reactions to certain situations.

Explores Indian higher education beginning with early colonial efforts to the federal control focused on assimilation efforts and finally the move to self controlled Tribal colleges.

Describes Native American involvement in World War I, which deepened the political integration of Native communities into mainstream American life.

Discusses how an inclusive and participatory leadership can play an essential role in improving tribal governance with federal, state and local governments in the United States. Access article through table of contents.

History Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Texas Tech University, 1994.

Author explores the different meanings and uses of the word “empowerment,” and how it is embraced by and/or applied to Indigenous peoples.

Material is dated. Published in 1973.

Book review of: American Pentimento by Patricia Seed. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2003.

Discusses the way in which some members of the Society of American Indians (SAI) advocated for a model of “Americanization” of Indigenous people that allows for the “performance of both American and Native allegiances,” and enfranchised Indigenous peoples as full citizens.

Author attempts to imagine the ways that the Navajo people would have viewed others by considering Diné stories, historical events in which the Navajo expressed ideas about or initiated actions towards other peoples, and the words of Navajo spokespersons.

Virtual exhibition links to four topics: The Invention of Thanksgiving, Queen of America (Pocahontas), The Removal Act, and The Indians Win (Battle of Little Bighorn).

Uses contemporary French accounts which report views that they were unattractive, physically, mentally and morally inferior, did not practice personal hygiene, consumed unhealthy food, etc.

Discusses the impact of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) on Micmac in relation to the two European rivals.

Traces the attitudes of French-Canadian society toward Aboriginals as expressed in past and present literature. Text in French.

Excerpt from The Century Magazinedescribing encounters with Tlingit in Alaska in 1877.

Book review of: Amskapi Pikuni by Clark Wissler and Alice Beck Kehoe.

Environment Thesis (Ph.D)--Michigan State University, 2007.

Looks at the Commission's focus, the process though which it came into being, and the lack of public knowledge.