Identity

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2004.

Describes how the people have been reclaiming their culture, history and identity.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 1994.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Patrick Stewart, Indigenous architect, of the Nisga'a First Nation in British Columbia looks at elements he considers when starting a project: architectural principles; traditions and culture; policy/local conventions and knowledge. Duration: 53:06.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2010.

Looks at factors affecting resilience of Indigenous youth in five communities across the arctic including the Inuit in Canada, the Sámi in Norway, the Yup'ik and Inupiaq in Alaska, and the Eveny in Siberia.

Compares how organizations representing the two peoples have characterized security in the North. The Inuit have emphasized environmental protection, preservation of cultural identity and maintenance of political autonomy. The Sami, when dealing with the same sorts of issues, tend not to frame arguments in terms of security.

Follow up report to the 2004 Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR).

Social and Economic Development Thesis (B.A.) -- Háskólinn á Akureyri, 2007.

Interview with Adelard Blackman, special emissary for Chief Elmer Campbell and the people of Buffalo River Dene Nations, regarding the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

Discussion of cultural, legal and political extinguishment with regard to the Innu and also other aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Discusses the importance of education in identity formation and ego development and how this reduces adolescent suicide rates.

One of the few cases that directly addresses Metis rights analyzed in the context of the Constitutional terms and when the right to hunt may be exercised.

Looks at the tourist town of Bariloche and the uniting of Mapuche youth through music and song. To access this article, scroll down to page 6.

Review of permanent exhibit opened in October 1993 at the Arkansas Museum of Science and History in Little Rock, Arkansas that attempts to portray the Arkansas Native Americans reality of maintaining ethnic identity in modern society by presenting history in reverse chronological order.

Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Brief history of the Inuit collective since its establishment in 1992. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 1999.

Article reports on a Koorie art club that eventually evolved into an art class; discusses elements and approaches implemented that allowed the class to become a site of exploration and self-discovery for the youth that participated.

Discusses how artistic expression and revitalization of culture can address health disparities and inequalities for Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Book review of: Art as Performance, Story as Criticism by Craig S. Womack.

First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2006.

English Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2011. Examines four films: Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises by Alanis Obomsawin, Reel Injun by Neil Diamond, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen both by Isuma Corporation.

Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.

Examines an exhibit Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast to evaluate how it is perceived and promoted by Native American staff and community consultants, and non-Native American staff at the Museum.

Describes how author uses the story to help students gain an understanding of the Native American way of life in an introductory Native American culture class.

Book review of: The Art of the State of III edited by Keith Banting, Thomas J. Courchene, and F. Leslie Seidle.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2001.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2007.

An examination of the art world's control over Indigenous art, placing the importance of art over tribal sovereignty, in regards to the Jimmie Durham Cherokee ancestry debate.

The authors describe their experience in a graduate course on arts-based research methods. Their research touches on contexts of and relationships with/as land, Indigenous peoples, settlers, environmental crisis, and personal journey and the art they created in the process of the course.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1992.

Book review of: As if the Land Owned Us by Robert S. McPherson.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Montana State University, Bozeman, 1997.

A discussion of the recent trend for white French-descendants to "self-Indigenize" by using genealogy to create identity. Uses the example of Edmée and Catherine Lejeune, two Acadienne sisters born prior to 1635, who have been turned into “Mi’kmaw” women.

Results of the study support earlier research reviewed; authors conclude there is no "prototypical American Indian cultural lifestyle."

Special Education and Rehabilitation Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1991.

Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.

Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.

Discussion of the Anishinabequek organization that provided services for women and children in an atmosphere that emphasized cultural retention and Indigenous pride.

Book review of: At a Crossroads edited By George P. Nicholas and Thomas D. Andrews. Review located by scrolling to page 288.

English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2010. Discusses works by Eden Robinson and Shelley Niro.