Identity

Looks at strategic planning and developing policies by First Nations governments to ensure that they are operating efficiently, effectively, and in ways that are respectful of their culture and vision.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1990.

Discusses how communities can promote their language, the importance of intergenerational transmission, and identifies characteristics of language loss or endangerment.

Article examines the different structures and ways of being expressed by bi-racial or multi-racial communities in 19th century North America, considers some of the mainstream/anglo responses to these peoples and communities.

Book review of: The Strength of Women: Âhkamêyimowak by Priscilla Settee.

Urban Leadership & Policy Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2002.

"This paper explores some of the characteristics of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural practices that contribute to effective family functioning, and how these practices can have positive effects on children and communities."

Discusses how Indigenous theatre can provide a space to learn, examine, remember, and heal.

A father's reflections about real day-to-day cultural struggles.

Book review of: Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival edited by Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence.

Book review of: Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival edited by Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence.

Graduate Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1985.

Article describe different models for understanding the intersecting relationships between the movement/migration of Indigenous youth who trade sex, the sex trade as a whole, and the social and cultural institutions which define, criminalize/prosecute, and intervene in the sex trade. Authors argue that the mobility of Indigenous youth in the sex trade is not always “trafficking” and can often be a response to marginalizing factors, rather than a source of marginality.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1991.

Book review of: The Struggle for Survival: Indian cultures and the Protestant Ethic in British Columbia by Forrest E. LaViolette. Scroll down to page 82 to read review.

Contends that in order to preserve all aboriginal languages in Canada it will take government funding, public awareness, and First Nations communities working together.

[Sociology and Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2010.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2011.

Discusses consequences of loss of culture through eradication of language, destruction of family unit, forced Christianization, and abuse. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Includes description of communities and consultation and analysis reports.

Looks at study involving 2,600 Aboriginals living in 11 cities across Canada.

Discusses idea that failure to consider subsistence economies has caused a crisis in Alaska and talks about lessons learned.

English Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Brunswick, 1996.

Article presents research from a four-year place-based project which investigate the success of Aboriginal communities in addressing the disparity faced by Aboriginal people; participants redefine this disparity as symptom of colonial structures and cultural exclusion and develop trauma informed approaches.

Author argues that it is not necessary to sacrifice identity or give into negative stereotypes in order to be successful.

Qualitative study with mixed methods design; uses in-depth surveys of forty self-identified American Indians living with chronic pain. Paper explores the experience of the participants and the factors of resiliency from which they draw strength.

Examines the need for culturally appropriate mental health services for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide and the importance of positive youth development to foster healthy mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development.

Looks at suicide triggers and prevention on and off the reserves.

English Thesis (Ph.D)--The University of New Mexico, 2001.

Compares culture of the Native North American Indians to the Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Examines the relationship between Aboriginal self-esteem and educational attainment and the connection between the physical, emotional/mental, intellectual and spiritual domain.

Preface and chapter eight from book: Supporting Indigenous Children's Development: Community-University Partnerships.

Author suggests that the stone circles are examples of a vanished Sámi culture that had previously existed in Sweden.

Summarizes responses from interviews conducted with 7,000 Indigenous residents of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Chukotka region of Russia.

Discusses a project to create a state-wide system for site identification and documentation of American Indian sacred sites.

Study examines the potential for using opt-in internet surveys as means to study the political attitudes and behaviors of Indigenous people in the United States.

Book review of: Survival and Regeneration by Edmund Jefferson Danziger.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2014.

Comments on textual criticism on the works of Native American writers, emphasizing the interconnectedness of life, language and survival.

Book review of: Mending Skins by Eric Gansworth.

Contends that the autobiographical work demonstrates a self-determined identity that defies nineteenth century national, social, racial and intellectual categories and successfully integrates his Ojibwe, American and British cultures. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1997.

Matika Wilbur explores contemporary Native identity through her photographs and stories from Project 562 documenting Native America. Duration: 18:10.

Comparative Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Book review of: Surviving Wounded Knee by David W. Grua.