Social Organization

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2017.

Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2003.

Article draws on Collier’s autobiography and other writings to explore perceptions of his ideals and and actions as an Indian Affairs agent in the USA during the New Deal era (early 1900s).

Relations between Afro-Americans and Aboriginal peoples depends on the time period and the tribe.

Author’s autobiographic account of her family’s history and experiences as mixed race people.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1994.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2001.

Examines colonial documents and the Indian Act to illustrate efforts to force First Nations societies away from sexual diversity and make heterosexuality the only acceptable option.

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

Study discusses reasons why youth are resisting use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in their communities.

Author discusses the ways that settler colonialism intersects with Christianity to create a framework that allows colonists in New England and New France to view Indigenous peoples as less civilized and therefore less human.

Describes the questionnaires used by archival and folklore societies in Saskatchewan to gather information on settler histories; discusses how they both showcase settler-Indigenous relationships in some cases and obscure them in others, creating a segregated history of the province. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 32.

Study analyzes 24 years of US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data (1991-2015) from eight states to examine the degree to which Indigenous people are overrepresented in the lower paying, less desirable, non-managerial, public sector positions in local and state government bureaucracies and underrepresented in the more desirable, better paying, managerial positions.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017. Discusses the Cree Nation of Chisasibi's Land Based Healing Program.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Tennessee, 1999.

Explores the political, social, and cultural significance the Chief raising ceremony had on the identity of the Oneida in 1925, as seen through the eyes of media.

Discussion on the first step in the engagement process to obtain input on how Aboriginal economic development programs may be renovated to better meet the needs of Aboriginal Canadians.

Looks at the National Association of Friendship Centres and the Friendship Centre Movement perspective on urban Aboriginal economic development and the basic systemic, socio-economic and educational barriers facing urban Aboriginal women.

Author offers a critical analysis of the political and ideological narratives that make up the foundations of ethnology and anthropology.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Brunswick, 1998.

Lack of data concerning the welfare of Indian and Inuit populations in Canada prompted this study of social and economic characteristics .

Discusses recent academic discourse about colonialism, reserve establishment and policy and suggest that writers create a utopian perspective, disregarding the severe problems faced by on-reserve residents.

Argues for using the resilience theory to interpret the past in interesting ways that are relevant to contemporary issues.

Chronicles the varied levels of acceptance of the Catholic Church and the Durieu system of village organization by the Shuswap communities.

Compares and contrasts the socio-economic organization of Inuit from coastal north Alaska and the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1999.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1965.

Author clarifies the reasoning behind the focus of her 2003 paper. To access article scroll to p. 244.

Discussion of Anishinaabe clan stories, colonial ideas about clan relationships and restorative justice.

[Legal Studies] Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D)--McGill University, 1987.

Contends that before Australian sociology expands its engagement with Indigenous issues and knowledges, there needs to be reconsideration and reconciliation with past beliefs and practices.

An analysis of Indigenous women's activists role into the creation of an inquiry into the well beings of Indigenous women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and in exposes the flaws in the inquiry and the impact to changes they achieved. A chapter from Creating Spaces of Engagement: Policy Justice and the Practical Craft of Deliberative Democracy edited by Leah R. E. Levac and Sarah Marie Wiebe. To access chapter scroll down to page 25.

Author reviews, in essay format, numerous books dealing with Aboriginal subject matter. Entire review section on one pdf. To access review, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book reviews of: Mat Hekid O Ju/When It Rains edited by Ofelia Zepeda. The Navajo Nation by Peter Iverson. Historic Hope Ceramics: The Thomas V. Keam Collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaelogy and Ethnology, Harvard University by Edwin L. Wade and Lea S. McChesney. The George Rogers Clark Adventure in the Illinois, and Selected Documents of the American Revolution at the Frontier Posts by Katherine Wagner Seineke. Life Is With People: Household Organization of the Contemporary Southern Paiute Indians by Martha C.

Book reviews of: Indian Water Policy In a Changing Environment: A Symposium on Indian Water Policy edited by Patricia Zell. Languages and Their Roles in Educating Native Children by Barbara Burnaby. Changing Economic Roles for Micmac Men and Women by Ellice B. Gonzalez. Native American Art at Philbrook by N. P. Paper. The Upward Moving and Emergence Way by Father Berard Haile. People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879; with an epilogue, 1964-1974 by Father Peter John Powell.

Book reviews of: American Indians and National Parks by Robert H. Keller and Michael F. Turek. Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archeology of the Unknown Past edited by Richard F.

Examines how precolonial principles ensured gender equity, highlights obstacles to Aboriginal women exercising their rights, and provides recommendations to restore women's traditional role in society.

Film highlights play put on by high school Aboriginal students from Winnipeg's North End and Francophone students from Saint-Boniface. Discussion follows. Accompanying material: Riel Country: [Study Guide]. Duration: 49:05.

Guide to accompany film, Riel Country. Target audience is high school.

Book review of: Rifles, Blankets, and Beads by William E. Simeone.

American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 1998.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2010.

Author describes the process of gaining and using ritual knowledge in a Hopi context; examines some of the misunderstandings created by anthropologists about those who hold ritual knowledge.

Looks at the Territory of New France and the building of relationships with the various Indian allies.

Comments on the Riversdale area of Saskatoon and Quint Development Corporation efforts to improve housing and affordability.

Robert Mahood is a medical doctor who worked in the Neestow Student Partnership Project in 1965.

Looks at the role that culture, particularily acculturation to Canadian Aboriginal heritage culture, plays in emerging adulthood.