Social Organization

Reports on the Native Women's Association of Canada launch of Sisters in Spirit campaign to fight violence against women.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1980.

Looks at historical aboriginal property relations between two Tsimshian villages, pre-contact use of land and resources and Tsimshian social structure.

Describes how the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations was formed.

Book review of: A History & Ethnography of the Boethuk by Ingeborg Marshall.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Massey University, 2015.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2004.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1985.

Anthropology Thesis, (M.A.)--McGill University, 2001.

Studies the homeless in Montreal, Quebec where according to recent figures, it is estimated that more than 90 of 800 Inuit that live there are homeless.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2015.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Outlines a model of the household in mixed, subsistence-based economies; model is based factors including measurements of hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2005.

Case study of four community-university engagement initiatives; documents the policy development used to engage children youth and their families in community development programs aimed at reducing family violence by increasing graduation from secondary and post-secondary education programs.

Examines the complexity of identity and community belonging in the context of the Indian Act, colonial influence, Indigenous kinship systems, contemporary spaces, and the 2016 revision of Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership regarding adoption.

The authors consider the ways that contemporary Indigenous games are related to those that have be traditionally played on Turtle Island (like Sla’hal or the Bone Game), and how those games convey values, culture, and survivance.

Describes the minimum blood quantum requirement for tribal membership, the history of its implementation, and how it originated with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI); argues that blood quantum is a bureaucratic tool rather than a genuine measure of Indigeneity.

Human Ecology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

File contains document entitled "Slavery" stating that French explorers accepted the practice of Canadian Indigenous people who were held as slaves, men and women captured in tribal warfare (from Encyclopedia Canadiana, page 327 (n.d.). Document stating that there is a quiet revolution happening with examples like Native Claims and Women's Liberation at centre stage.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Brunswick, 1999.

Analyzes how the press responded to humanitarians' criticism of the treatment of Indigenous people during the war in New Zealand and upheld the notion that white British settler society was entitled to take possession of Maori land.

Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fourth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Saskatoon. 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. In this Lecture Talaga focuses specifically on healthcare and the disparity in the quality of care available to Indigenous peoples. Duration: 53:59

Book review of: I Have Lived Here Since the World Began by Arthur J. Ray.

Literary criticism article in which the author examines the ways that Hopkins uses liminality and liminal identity as a means of social critique and of subversion, as well as an intersection of creativity.

Uses the novel to discuss whiteness in an Australian colonial context from an Aboriginal perspective. Aboriginal Studies and English Honours Thesis (B.A.)--University of Tasmania, 2004.

Graduate Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1998.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2007.

Reviews research literature on Inuit concept of kinship and the importance of naming systems which present new emerging perspectives and understandings.

Examines the nuances of adoption into Aboriginal communities within the frameworks of Nêhiyaw (Cree) law, and wahkotowin (laws of kinship). Discusses how a lack of knowledge on the part of the adoptee can lead to appropriation and extraction of Indigenous knowledge.

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, considers the authority and role federal, provincial and Treaty orders play in Canada and these three orders must work together for positive change to occur. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004.

Discusses the rapid social change and long-term effects that undermined traditional self-sufficient Alaskan lifestyle including factors such as welfare dependence; and stresses strategies about education and community development are essential.

Describes the annual retreat of a culturally relevant leadership program that empowers young leaders to inspire positive development in their communities.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1998.

Teacher resource guide includes classroom unit plans, grade-appropriate story books and authentic First People resources.

Compares principles of good governance to traditional Aboriginal governance prior to contact. Uses the principles to move forward the reconciliation process.

Discusses the role of a mainstream science fiction film, Mad Max: Fury Road, in maintaining “totem transfer” and “settler replacement” narratives. Contrasts this with two Indigenous works: William Sanders's "When This World Is All on Fire" and Danis Goulet's short film Wakening which challenge these narratives.

Fine Arts and Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Examines how cultural ethnocentrism has influenced the interpretation of law and the maintenance of colonial control over Indigenous North Americans.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.

Uses data from the 2012 Aboriginal peoples survey to assess several socio-demographic characteristics of Indigenous people living off-reserve and receiving income assistance (IA). Findings indicate that 12% of Indigenous people living off-reserve receive IA, and that receipt of IA is highly associated with precarity of work, being female, having less than a high school education, and having significantly poorer mental and physical health.

Argues that the 1985 Bill C-31 amendments have failed to meet the intended objectives and do not adequately deal with the needs of the First Nations.

Using the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin as a case study the author offers criticism of current Tribal government operations and details a step-by-step plan to non-violently seize political power.

Presents three positions papers: Reflections on Contemporary Indian Education by Vine Deloria. An Historical Overview of Indian Education with Evaluations and Recommendations by Lehman L. Brightman. Eastern American Indian Communities by Robert K. Thomas.

Argues that the fighting in Louisiana between the French and the Natchez peoples in 1729 has been examined but not the mutual adjustments and changes that had to be made in dealing with one another.