Social Life & Customs

Consists of an interview where he discusses wife exchange and arranged marriages.

Explains how practices of feeding the spirits and honouring the deceased are vital to understanding different societal customs.

Reports on findings from literature search and key informant interviews to assess feasibility of adopting the model of open air traditional food markets.

[Anthropology?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1997.

Discusses programs which have been implemented at tribal colleges and universities in the United States to help improve health and social ills.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2006.

Discusses the Development Indicators Project, detailing a system that was developed to assist Indian communities with managing their own socio-economic and cultural revitalization.

Ojibwe Traditional Elder briefly discusses the pipe ceremony, language, clan system, legends/stories, code of conduct, beginning of man and womanhood, and the eagle feather.

A discussion about the difficulty in characterizing Navajo mortuary practices due to the heterogeneous makeup of the Navajo Nation.

Author uses the writings of early Euro-American explorers and anthropologists to describe the gender roles of male and female Lenni Lenape people; covers household/familial duties, lineage tracing, ceremony, social/political agency. Discussion queer individuals is not present.

Looks at the community of Inuvik, the infrastructure and factors affecting urban adaptation for "Northerners".

Mouse over images to link to: household life (includes clothing, cooking, preserving food, etc.), village information (homes), resource gathering, spirituality (includes ceremonies, medicine man), stages of life and transportation.

Mouse over images to link to: household life (includes clothing, cooking, preserving food, etc.), village information (homes), resource gathering, society (includes role of elders and chiefs, governance, naming), gatherings (includes dancing and singing, trade), stages of life, and games.

Research review article aims to understand the theoretical utility of and wise practices for conducting land-based cultural-wellness retreats for Indigenous peoples with HIV, HCV, or both. Advocates for land-based programming as a means to address disparities in health outcomes and decolonize healthcare.

First printed in Boston, 1694 under title: A brief narrative of the success which the Gospel hath had, among the Indians, of Martha's-Vineyard (and the places adjacent) in New-England ...

Looks at different hunting patterns of large game in McElmo-Yellow Jacket, Mesa Verde and the Ute Mountains and how social processes have an effect on large game hunting.

Discusses intent of a building to house indigenous spirituality in order to understand limits to environment and the implications socially, subjectively and economically for Indigenous Australians.

Book review of: Contact and Conflict by Robin Fisher.

Author explores the different characteristics and purposes of storytelling, comparing Indigenous and Western traditions, oral vs written storytelling, and the different cultural values that are embedded in the stories.

Article articulates some of the ethical issues that arise in the study in Indigenous spiritual practices; focuses on misinterpretation, appropriation, corruption of different spiritual practices.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2010.

Book review of: Continent of Hunter Gatherers by Harry Lourandos. Review located by scrolling to page 132.

Philosophy Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 1997.

Looks at different characteristics of contrary or clown behavior in the Bluejay Character, of the east central Plateau, the Heyoka of the Dakota and Ponca, the Buffoons of the Plains Cree, Ojibwa and Assiniboin, the dog designation in the Mandan, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, Arapaho and Atsina, and the fire ritualism presented in the Hot Dances of the Hidats, Arikara, and Iowa.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 8 (p. [1]-300).

Film explores historical overivew of the Coppermine community beginning with arrival of the missionaries, the tuberculosis epidemic and Dr. Russel Martin's fight for medical supplies from Ottawa. Duration: 57:07.

Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality. Text in French.

Health worker studying for the Associate Diploma in Health Science talks about the traditional way of counseling.

Authors examine the archaeological evidence of the historic Inuit practice of burying the bones of harvested caribou; describe this as a manifestation of the respect and reverence Inuit communities held for the non-human members of their communities. Research conducted in collaboration with Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) community members.

Forms part of Report of the United States National Museum 1887.

Interviews with five artists connected with Edenshaw. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.

Focus on Aboriginal children from preconception to age six, as well as families and communities both on and off reserve.

Customs relating to death written about in Hudson's Bay Company journals from Île-à-la-Crosse between 1819-1827.

Elders discuss: payment for chiefs; conduct of and assistance at ceremonies; need for respect towards ceremonies and ceremonial locations. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.

Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.

Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.

Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.

Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.

Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.

Series of 15 short videos (approx. 5 min. each) on a variety of topics.

Literary criticism piece which defines enthymemes and uses that definition as a framework that makes meaning from Momaday’s novels House Made of Dawn and The Ancient Child.

Discusses project developed to help students cross the border between their community's Aboriginal culture and the culture of Western science.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1997.

Guide to accompany film, Crude Sacrifice. Target audience ages 13 to 17. Contains questions, fun facts and eleven activities to help students develop a deeper understanding of the issues.

Originally published in: The International Handbook of Science Education edited by B.J. Fraser and K.G. Tobin.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp143-156).

Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1988.

Book review of: A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England by Frank Waabu O'Brien (Moondancer) and Julianne Jennings (Strong Woman)

Contends that key to understanding is to bridge gaps between providers and recipients.