Archaeology

History Thesis (MA) -- University of Victoria, 2002

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D)--McMaster University, 1981.

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

Suggests that the findings presented in the article should caution against using mobility as a blanket explanation for the shift to "expedient" technologies.

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) used to help reidentify what was once thought to be an "elephant" bone, as the cranium and antler section of a modern moose.

Experimentation making modern Folsom points and what this teaches us about ancient technology.

Examines the stratigraphy and radiocarbon date problems of a shelter that humans began to use around 8,500 B.C.

Argues that post-Pleistocene ancestors were in North America before 8000 B.C.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2003.

Looks at the ethnographic study which evaluated impact of construction of pipeline to move water from Lake Powell to Utah communities. Towards Anthropology Thesis (B.A.)--University of Arizona, 2011.

Uses a response justice framework to discuss research done in collaboration with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria which provides a more culturally relevant understanding of history that can also be used to speak about modern issues.

Evidence suggests that Paleoindian groups were very mobile.

Study compared archaeological structures in northeastern Nuuk with other regions; found variability in hunting methods, group size, and mobility.

Book review of : Reindeer and Caribou Hunters by Arthur E. Spiess.

Article examines 36 new carbon dates used to reassess the Pita (KcFr-5) and Ohituk (KcFr-3A) sites and the timeline of their occupation.

Using the conceptual framework developed by La Donna Harris and Jaqueline Wasilewski and the site of Réaume’s Leaf River Post, the author looks at foodways to show the relationships between the Ojibwe and the fur traders. This work was in response to traditional archaeology that validates colonialism.

Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1977.

Article re-examines the colonial narrative surrounding the Pacific Northwest costal region of British Columbia; the author situates the Village of Yuquot as a strategic portal on the Pacific and as a site of arrival for Europeans, Chinese labourers, Hawaiians and others.

Brief description of some strategies used for finding artifacts at Whiteshell Forest Reserve.

Looks at zooarchaeological remains from two missions that demonstrate the contribution made to support colonial economic expansion.

The author, a historian, Pawnee man, and activist discusses his experience and perspective in dealing with the archaeological and museum communities while advocating for the repatriation of human remains and burial offerings.

Discusses the development of NAGPRA and the lingering problems associated with its implementation in the United States.

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

Discusses the underlying meanings conveyed by the way objects are displayed in exhibits. In this case there was poor lighting, little effort made to provide context, use of the word Eskimo, and no discussion of contemporary issues.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, 1999.

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

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

Shows how the use of archaeological data can help with understanding past practices.

Book reviews of: Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo by Joe Santo. Noon Neemepoo by Allen P. Slickpo Sr. and Deward E. Walker Jr. Our Home Forever: A Hupa Tribal History by Bryan Nelson. Walker River Paiutes: A Tribal History by Edward C. Johnston. The Southern Utes: A Tribal History by James Jefferson. Ogaxpa by Joy Reed.

Book review of: The Material Culture of the Chumash Interaction Sphere by Travis Hudson and Thomas C. Blackburn.

Book reviews of: Emil W. Haury's Prehistory of the American Southwest. by J. Jefferson Reid and David E. Doyel, editors. by Paul E. Minnis. Prehistoric Adaptation in the American Southwest by Rosalind Hunter-Anderson.

Reviews and summarizes the physical attributes of dwelling structures.

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: As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram. Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark. Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon. The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore. Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson. Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.

Book reviews of: Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast edited by Peter Wood. Navajo Textiles: The William Randolph Hearst Collection by Nancy J. Blomberg. Utmost Good Faith: Patterns of Apache-Mexican Hostilities in Northern Chihuahua Border Warfare, 1821-1848 by William B. Griffen. The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles by W.

Book reviews of: A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark. Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell. American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman. New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac. Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.

Book reviews of: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. American Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature by Paulette F. Molin. Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family by Claudio Saunt. Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society by Brian Fagan. Cherokee Medicine Man: The Life and Work of a Modern-Day Healer by Robert J. Conley. The Cherokee Nation: A History by Robert J.

Book review of: Becoming Two-Spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country Brian Joseph Gilley. Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes. Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest edited by V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow. The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War by Clarissa W. Confer. Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P.

Book reviews of: America Is Indian Country: Opinions and Perspectives from Indian Country Today edited by José Barreiro and Tim Johnson. Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast by Paige Raibmon. Bibliography of Native American Bibliographies compiled by Phillip M. White. The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers Along the Frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750–1850 edited by Daniel P.

Book reviews of: All My Sins Are Relatives by William S. Penn. Aniyunwiya/Real Human Beings: An Anthology of Contemporary Cherokee Prose edited by Joseph Bruchac. Becoming and Remaining a People: Native American Religions on the Northern Plains by Howard L.

Book reviews of: An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson. The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr. Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows. Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye. Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.

Book reviews of: The Allegany Senecas and Kinzua Dam: Forced Relocation Through Two Generations by Joy A.

Book reviews on: Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles. Phoenix Indian School by Robert Trennert. The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln with Al Logan Slagle. The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography by Michael L. Tate. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Fremont. Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience as an Indian Agent, 1869-70 by D. C. Poole. Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian-White Conflict at Ganeinkeh by Gail H.

Presents an analysis of the faunal material excavated from the site of a house to determine how the residents interacted with animals.

Looks at the harvesting practices of bilhaa (sea Mollusks) in Gitxaala territory on Laxyuup Gitzaala located on Dolphin Island.

Book review of: A Pueblo Social History: Kinship, Sodality, and Community in the Northern Southwest by John A. Ware.

Book review of Rewriting Marpole by Terence N. Clark. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 218.

Book review of: The Riches of Ancient Australia: A Journey Into Prehistory by Josephine Flood. Review located by scrolling to page 137.