Social Organization

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2003.

Discusses customary rights and responsibilities with respect to three areas: private advice-/knowledge, inherited ritual/ceremonial property (rituals, songs, stories, etc.) and House property (hereditary names, songs, stories).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 1996.

Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2002.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2004.

Looks at using a theoretical and methodological approach that incorporates the Native viewpoint for the reconstruction of past Indigenous societies.

Authors examine disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies and agreements which include Indigenous peoples and communities in their planning processes. Article advocates for respecting Indigenous approaches, knowledges, and land use practices; accurate, appropriate, and ethical data collection.

Geography Thesis (MPL)--Queen's University, 2018.

Authors review research methodologies used by post-graduate researchers of Caribbean-related subjects in the past 10 years; discusses the absence of culturally-specific research approaches. Author calls for research methods that are more respectful of Caribbean worldviews and practices.

Authors compare the different points of view offered by different knowledge systems and ways of knowing.

School of Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2004.

Discussion of the 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a tribal court may not assert criminal jurisdiction over a non member Native American. Provides historical context for extending law over those within their "community."

Author and West discuss the ideas and practices that the NMAI is founded on and is responding to: survivance vs genocide, diversity, and perspective.

Author explores the relationships, communities, and peoples that grew out of the interactions between Black or African American communities and Indigenous communities in the southern United States; highlights cultural hybridity and colonial resistance.

Introductory article on theme issue devoted to gender issues.

Overview of articles in the themed issue.

Introduces this issue of the journal; stresses the issue’s focus on settler colonial discourses which racialize, regulate and dismiss Indigenous cultures, ontologies, social/spiritual practices, and bodies. Notes the resulting effect of dispossession and depoliticization of Indigenous peoples.

Introduces the top research articles in volume 2 which are intended for those seeking to improve health outcomes of Indigenous populations.

Illustrates the linkage between Inuit lifelong learning and community well-being and how it can be used as a framework for measuring lifelong learning success.

Response to "Notes from the ‘Culture Wars:’ More Annotations on the Debate Regarding the Iroquois and the Origins of Democracy,” published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, volume 23, number 1 at pages 165 to 175.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, 2013.

Article explores the liminal position of mixed race Indigenous/non-Indigenous people in the Canadian context, discusses the polarity of Identity and the ways in which identity can be and is used to surveil and police Indigenous people in a settler society.

Discussion of the animal rights campaign especially the anti-sealing and anti-whaling movements.

Study of 19 participants notes a bias in research: normally being focused on alcohol misuse rather than on non-problematic use; works to focus on its use in the context of whanaungatanga (maintaining relationships). Findings highlight the importance of whanaungatanga among Māori; suggest events and activities that support whanaungatanga, rather than alcohol use, to enhance the well-being of older Māori.

Comments on a study conducted in the early 1990s which concluded that schooling has changed Inuit social patterns.

Looks at the plight of Aboriginal peoples and their increasing unwillingness to suffer in silence; as shown through the creation and subsequent impact of the Expo 1967 Indian Pavilion.

Article explores the perspective of and possible motivations for the internalized racism present in Emmy Valandry’s interviews about the Lakota people and the Hunka ceremony.

Discusses issues relevant to Dewey’s educational philosophy and elements of a traditional worldview.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brock University, 2017.

Examines the treatment of Indigenous peoples and women's issues in novels by both authors; includes biographical information.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1989.

Describes the Métis customs of adoption (Ka Oopikihtamashook) which are rooted in the wahkootowin (Indigenous frameworks of kinship). Examines the adoptions of several historical figures in the Métis community to further contextualize these practices of creating and maintaining familial and community relationships.

Attempts to interpret how women view work, both paid labour and household labour.

Poem which explores themes of history, place, and movement.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1975.

Introduction to a themed issue, section Preface, on the roles of women in building and sustaining Aboriginal communities in urban centres.

Author uses experiences with the Benally clan as an example to show changes in the Navajo culture from a community focus to an individual focus.

Author reports findings of a study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks which articulates issues of professor-student relationship as a significant factor in the success of students.

Notes for the "Removing Barriers: A Listening Circle" conference put on by the City of Calgary Community and Social Development Department, Calgary, Alberta, November 16, 1999.

Argues that adding Aboriginal perspectives to histories of political economy will result in prevention of the true and separate histories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Almería, 2017.

Compares the same anonymous First Nation community during the 1960s and 1990s; and explores the effectiveness of current culture ethnicity theories.

Focuses on the social structure of Sami society in the high mountains of northern Sweden by examining stallo settlements.

Uses social network approach to analyze data from 330 interviews. Argues that past emphasis on traditional vs. store-bought items misses importance of reciprocal vs. one-way giving.

Reconsiders the colonial narrative surrounding Pocahontas and Wahunsenaca (Powhatan) created by John Smith in Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles (1624) as a “mode of storytelling that destroys and moves to supplant traditional Indigenous kinship structures and obligations.” Argues that Smith depicts colonization as a war between British patriarchal structures and Indigenous systems of kinship.