Cross-Cultural Relations

Reviews the literature of 36 international research studies; discusses research methods involving artistic practices. Identifies areas in which arts based methods may offer benefits to an Indigenous research agenda: (a) participant engagement, (b) relationship building, (c) Indigenous knowledge creation, (d) capacity building, and (e) community action.

Presentations on collaborative research: Part 1: Research in Museums and it’s Contribution to Native Communities by Pat Courtney Gold. Part 2: Remembering Heritage Through the Arts in Alaska's Communities by Nadia Jackinsky Sethi. Part 3: G̱a̱lg̱a̱poła (Working Together) – A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas by Kathryn Bunn Marcuse, Kaleb Child, Coreen Child and Tom Child. Duration: 2:02:05

Peace and Conflict Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2014.

Looks at the journal by Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed recounting colonial contact between whites and Indigenous people in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908–09.

Uses portraits and poem by Mohawk writer, Janet Marie Rogers, to look at Aboriginal stereotypes in the workplace. Duration: 4.03.

Short story about a young girl placed in a mission school. Chapter from The Moccasin Maker by E. Pauline Johnson.

Discusses how Native Americans’ active participation with cultural forms can create a fictional space in which students can comment on political and social issues.

Looks at the charismatic leader who urged his people to adopt Christianity and European civilization in order to secure their future.

Examines how figurative and symbolic language provide significant ways to make sense of the world. and are common forms of communication across many cultures.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Unviersity of Toronto, 2010.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.

Curator discusses subject matter of works in the exhibition. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 48.

Using the 2011 evacuation of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation to explore the way that evacuations can utilize existing social and cultural strengths of Indigenous populations.

Describes the use of group efforts to help reduce the impact of historical oppression.

Conflict Analysis and Management (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2006.

Two studies were conducted: one with Newfoundland college students and one on the content of a daily newspaper.

Purpose of study was to design and test research design which would provide a comparison of different types of communities using education, labour force, income, and housing as indicators. Chapter from Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada's Continuing Challenge edited by Jerry P. White, Dan Beavon and Nicholas Spence.

Community Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2001.

Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.

Looks at the history of the Hampton institute and examines opinions towards interracial marriages and the practice of using boarding schools to assimilate Native Americans.

Investigates the degree to which Sámi DNA is carried by the non-Sámi populations of the Scandinavian countries.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 1990.

Looks at the services provided by the Armidale Association for the Assimilation of Aborigines in the late 1950s.

Book review of: The Assiniboine by E. T. Denig and edited by J. N. B. Hewitt.

History of the Qu'Appelle Valley Reserves. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2001.

Looks at the circumstances in which violence and confrontation between the Canadian State and Native communities occurs.

English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2010. Discusses works by Eden Robinson and Shelley Niro.

Advises looking at the patient in their entirety, beyond their immediate health concerns, to better influence a positive outcome.

Book review of: At the Border of Empires by Andrae M. Marak and Laura Tuennerman.

Uses NFB productions to illustrate the changing attitudes toward Aboriginal people, specifically Aboriginal children, in the films, Pied Piper of the Three R's (1953), Kevin Alec (1977), and Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Metis Child (1986).

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991.

Looks at the level of "civilization" the Cherokee nation had acheived compared to that of other native American societies including the Lakota.

Book reviews of: At the Hearth of the Crossed Races by Melinda Marie Jette. Great Lakes Creoles by Lucy Eldersveld Murphy. Scrol down to page 137 ro read reviews.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Studies the role of warriors in Indigenous resistance movements in contemporary Canadian society.

Speaker discusses traditional Indigenous approaches to reconciliation. Duration: 14:18.

Comments on two films which are significant in terms of postcolonial studies. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Discusses the significance of the release of the first Inuit- produced feature film, script by Paul Apak Angilirq and directed by Zacharias Kunuk.

3rd edition

Looks at the fundamental elements of Iroquois society, and the founding constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which provides an efficient institution of democratic governance, social and economic stability, and a moral equation to achieve peace.

Overview of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission which will give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a voice in own their communities.

Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Findings of a study which surveyed residents political and social beliefs on questions specific to Aboriginal issues.

Study examines variables that could effect attitudes towards Aboriginal peoples and Aboriginal self-government.