Social Organization

Examines concepts of "marginality" and cultural negation as they apply to the figure of the trickster.

Investigates the differences between females from progressive mixed-blood families and those from traditional families, with uneducated backgrounds.

Describes the scientific methods employed by researchers to map ancient trade routes in Alberta.

Discusses expanded understanding of the social life at the Phillip’s Garden Settlement during Dorset occupation of the area.

"Explores this curious cultural phenomenon and concludes that the camp's Indian programming had little to do with honouring or even understanding Aboriginal peoples and more to do with seeking a balm for the non-Native experience of modernity."

Article draws on royal commission reports and Supreme Court decisions to articulate and examine the perceptions, motivations and discourses surrounding reconciliation in Canada. Discusses the disparity between Indigenous and state understandings of the concept and the considers the political and constitutional implications of reconciliation based relationships with Indigenous communities and with Quebec.

Contends that Native American women must reclaim their traditional position in society, which was based on the concepts of matriarchy, androgyny and spiritual unity.

Using the Sami people as an example, argues that political decolonization is important for realizing self-determination, reconnecting with culture, and becoming intellectually self-governing.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.

Peace and Conflict Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.

Investigates traditional Zulu attire, whether it confers status, differentiates between clans, and serves particular purposes. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Biology and Wildlife Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2016.

Public Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

Stories, including transformer legends, recorded from the Salishan First Nations of the Thompson River territory, plus two from the Lillooet people.

Authors stress that there is a need for interdisciplinary and collaborative community-centered approaches to research and healthcare programming in Indigenous communities. Article notes that transdisciplinary research is one of the three core values of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health, and stress the relevance of the social determinants of health.

Urban Studies Thesis (M.Urb)--Simon Fraser University, 2015.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2009.

Describes the signing of Treaty six at Fort Carlton and the adhesion of the Willow Cree on August 28 of 1876, and the relationship between the Crown and the Cree peoples in following years. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3,

Discusses historical background, terms, conditions and implications of Treaty 7; concluded during the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98 for economic reasons when settlers were coming into Lake Athabasca, Great Slave Lake, and parts of the Peace River area.

Discusses tropes or traditions, the organizing devices societies cohere to, by comparing a book and a movie. As key elements of belief systems, tropes act as powerful mediators between the world and how we experience the world’s meaning . By structuring a shared reality cultures are created, however, sometimes tropes can structure incompatible realities across cultures and distort our ability to understand cultures different from our own.

Book review of: The Trouble With Diversity by Walter Benn Michaels.

Article describes the presence and prevalence of discrimination based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental health, and other factors in social work education and in social work practice. Authors also discuss the backlash they experienced for their implementation and/or support of different equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) programs.

Article examines the significance of the Gourd Dance in Kiowa culture from the 1800's on. Discusses the evolution of the dance, the meaning of the regalia used, and how it was used as a method of cultural survivance when the Sundance was outlawed.

Book review of: Trying to Get It Back by Gillian Weiss.

Book review of:The Tsimshian by Margaret Seguin. Scroll down to page 62 to read review.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 45 (pp1-120).

Episode 84: David Hugill and Tyler McCreary, two of the five editors of Settler City Limits: Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence, discuss their work on the book and its relationship to the Academy. Duration: 29:59.

Examines how the Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness in Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba teaches a flexible, community-based process of responsibility-based self-determination discourse; stresses respectful and reciprocal relationships, community well-being, earth guardianship, and cultural resurgence.

Book review of: Twana Narratives by William W. Elmendorf. Scroll down to page 93 to read review.

Includes essays on the Chilcotin, Haida and linguistics.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes The Omaha Tribe by Alice C. Fletcher and Francis La Flesche

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes The Pima Indians by Frank Russell Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Relationship of the Tlingit Indians by John R. Swanton

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2004.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2016.

Law Thesis (MPhil) --Queensland University of Technology, 2018

Commentary, in non-legal terms, explains the case was about an action for declaration, not Aboriginal rights or entitlement of Métis and Non-Status Indians.

Data collected from 1999 to 2004 indicates the risk of violent victimization is four times higher among Aboriginal women than non-Aboriginal women.

Looks at the how the Indian Act has affected Aboriginal women's status by isolating women from political participation within their communities.