Cross-Cultural Relations

Book review of: We Stopped Forgetting by Ellen Marie Jensen.

[American Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2009.

Using talking circles, study explored the experiences of people living in a highly-researched inner-city neighbourhood of the Downtown Eastside. Participants expressed distrust towards researchers, noted a lack of transparency in research and believed that research holds little benefit for their community. Authors advocate for increased support for Indigenous-led approaches which stress community concerns and meaningful community engagement.

Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the first of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Thunder Bay. In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities. Duration: 53:59

Film about the Canadian government's residential school system as experienced by two children, their stories and the lasting after-effects. WARNING: Contains disturbing content. Duration: 83:05. Accompanying Facilitators Guide.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2010.

Study shows that the Salish and Kootenai tribal members have the perception that termination still exists despite its demise.

Discussion on union strategies to engage with Aboriginal peoples by drawing connections between their present-day relationships to work and their prior occupancy of, and dispossession from, lands and resources.

Sociology and Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Article explores the phenomena of cultural resilience and resistance to assimilation on the Grand Ronde reservation, additionally considers those settler practices that were adopted and the cultural hybridity that came of that space.

Book review of: We Won the Victory by Ian Crawford. Review located by scrolling to page 265.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Article focuses on the similarities between Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller and Almanac of the Dead, examining the recurrence of Yellow Woman.

Book review of: Weaving Alliances with Other Women by Daniel H. Usner. Scroll down to page 233 in REVIEWS section to read.

Author argues that the colonization of Peru by the Spanish created a radical shift in gender identities and roles in Indigenous societies, and that the shift has been made invisible by Eurocentric definitions of gender and gender roles.

Discusses the evolution of Yup'ik Eskimo objects into cultural and political icons in Alaskan society.

Artist discusses his use of natural plants, minerals and insects to preserve Zapotec culture and weaving traditions.

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.

Book review of: Weaving Ourselves into the Land by Thomas C. Parkhill

Examines the link between environmental injustice, racism and cultural genocide; and discusses the importance of creating a nature based culture that is both environmentally sustainable and socially just.

Provides a series of inquiry questions and guiding information organized around four themes: cultures of belonging, instructional design, pedagogy, and sharing through stories.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2006.

Educational Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.

English Literature Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2010.

Reviews the historical validity of the 2014 reenactment of the storied wedding held in Williamsburg April 5. Scroll down to page 59 to read article.

Stephen Augustine speaks about history, culture, traditions and ceremonies. Lecture begins at 18:39. Duration: 2:19:02.

Stephen Augustine presents explanation of the treaty process for different treaties and negotiation for survival. Duration: 2:33:38.

Guest speaker Clifford Paul discusses using a two-eyed seeing approach to moose management. Question and answer period about the land. Lecture begins at 22:03. Duration: 2:45:21.

Focuses on several facts in the inquest into the death of Lawrence Wegner.

Discusses the implications of the signing of the Nisga'a Final Agreement in August of 1998.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.

Opinion piece in which the author discusses their concerns about “Welcome to Country Speeches” or “Land Acknowledgements.” Offers suggestions as to how the recently adopted practice of acknowledging Indigenous peoples and their territories can be approached as an exchange and an opportunity to educate event attendees.

Discusses in detail the health of urban Native American elders, arguing that with family support, community involvement, and cultural events the perception of overall health and well-being is enhanced.

Provides a definition of genocide and argues that the vast majority of Native Americans died of diseases.

Book review of: The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region edited by Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna.

Looks at how Canada's child welfare system, as part of a colonial ideology, reflects mainstream perspectives which are in conflict with Aboriginal values and traditions.

Examines the many facets of colonialism in relation to teacher education programs in Canada.

Examines evidence, from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, on how the involvement in the fur trade altered the social and economic lives of the Western James Bay Cree.

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.

An assessment of the impact of the Métis resistance on areas not directly involved but which were in the process of being settled.

Studies the outcomes of patients treated by both western and Indigenous forms of medicine.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2015.

Book review of: Whaling and Eskimos: Hudson Bay 1860-1951> by Gillies Ross.

Looks at concept of well-being and health and creation of a community based partnership model for health care.

Article reports on the results of two studies into family wellbeing and the differences in understanding of the term whānau ora (family wellbeing).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waikato, 2001.