Racism & Discrimination

Public History Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Sacramento, 2009.

Looks at two crises faced by the Kanesatake (Oka) community and the resulting implementation of programs and services to assist the community deal with lasting trauma.

Looks at the lack of integration of aboriginals and non-aboriginals using the community of Punnichy as an example. Article located by scrolling to page 6.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2004.

Book review of: Becoming an Ally by Anne Bishop.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2010.

Examine issues surrounding the practice of attaching names to sports teams during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Photographs of Aboriginal people in prison shows the colonial violence against the Indigenous people at the turn of the century in north western Australia.

Discusses, using the works of Maria Campbell, Beatrice Culleton, and Lee Maracle, how race and culture can become oppressive elements in society.

Questionnaire of 516 young Sami aged 18-28 revealed community connections and perceptions of discrimination or ill treatment.

Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Author comments on the preconceived notions that non-Indigenous Australians have regarding gender roles in the Indigenous community in Australia.

Discussion of the future of the 300 million Indigenous Peoples around the world.

Looks at a woman's life story documented for her family but also for land claiming purposes.

Book review of: Benang by Kim Scott. Review located by scrolling to page 238.

Authors use discourse analysis to interrogate that narrative created by the Miner & News surrounding a six-week standoff between the Ojibway Warrior Society and the municipality of Kenora, ON. Discusses tropes of barbarism and civilization vs savagery, and the paper’s failure to differentiate between the Warrior Society and Indigenous peoples generally.

History of the institution of chattel slavery with a focus on the relationship between the Chocktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Mvskokean Cherokee and African slaves; including the forced relocation known as the "Trail Where We Cried" or the "Trail of Tears".

Chronicles racism and religious intolerance surrounding Native Americans and African Americans and their relationship with each other.

Identifies systemic and individual barriers and presents a cross-section of qualitative and quantitative research conducted by government, academics, and non-profit organizations, as well as those similar in structure to the Coast Guard. Best practices, trends and key strategies for engaging, attracting, hiring and retaining Indigenous peoples are also discussed.

Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.

Interviewees give reasons for enlisting and discuss racism faced during the war.

Discusses the medicalization of women’s in health in Mexico; articulates considerations of separation from traditional healthcare providers and practices, invasive Western practices surround pregnancy and birth, and discrimination against Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant women. Analyzes the way that poor women use the phrase “being cut” to describe “multiple experiences of frustration, mistreatment, and violence during childbirth.”

Comments on the response to the publication of the Bringing Them Home report.

Political and Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--New School For Social Research, 1999.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2002.

Journalism Project (M.A.)--University of Missouri, 2014. Focuses on articles written in the Oregonian and the New York Times between 2005-2012.

Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (8:34 minutes)

CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.

Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name. Duration: 6:54.

Book review of: Beyond Blood by Pamela D. Palmater.

Book review of: Australian Cinema After Mabo by Felicity Collins and Therese Davis.

Authors reproduce an email conversation about race, racialism, and racism in Archaeological practice in the United States that occurred between Indigenous Archaeologists; and further discuss the issues raised in the conversation.

Discusses how war changed Native American lives and taught them to walk successfully in two worlds.

An exploration of Indigenous student mobility away from the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California that reveals both Indigenous agency and neglect on the part of school officials.

See chapter three: "Kill the Indians, Save the Chief": Native American Mascots and Imperial Identities".

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.

Looks at the need for an inclusive and thoughtful policy-making process to address discrimination experienced by Indigenous hockey players.

Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Comments on the development of the movement from its original intention to one which provided legal assistance to Aborigines.

Includes books, journals, research reports and policy documents dealing specifically with the Maori.

"The bill repeals section 67 of the federal human rights statute, which has restricted access to its redress mechanisms with respect to "any provision on the Indian Act or any provision made under or pursuant to that Act."

Examines initiatives in Vancouver and Perth.

Book review of: Bitin' Back by Vivienne Cleven. Review located by scrolling to page 262.

Examines several films that highlight the relationship between whites, Aboriginal people and the road film genre.