Relocation & Migration

Book review of: Oscelola and the Great Seminole War by Thorn Hatch.

Comments on the migration of First Nations people to cities and how this upset the colonial geographies of isolated territories.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2002.

Covers three topics: relocation of Aklavik, effects of development and project to introduce reindeer herds to the area. Duration: 30:00.

An exploration of Seneca's battle to their assert sovereignty over their lands in the face of challenges, historically by progressive conservatism and now by modern environmentalism.

Examines the government's decision to move families to the High Arctic where they found conditions very different from their traditional territory, as well as its refusal to move them back at the of end two years as promised. Government claims it was done for humanitarian reasons, while others assert that it was carried out to establish sovereignty over the area.

Mushuau Innu hopeful that improved living conditions at new townsite of Namashish, which they helped design, will have positive effects on their community.

Looks at the reasons for displacement in Alaska and why the Bureau of Education's efforts included an emphasis on preparing the local inhabitants for a more urban society, one in which some degree of assimilation and integration would be inevitable.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2002.

Book review of: Palm Island by Joanna Watson. Review located by scrolling to page 267.

Discusses the relocation of the Palouse Nation from their traditional homeland to the Eekish Pah, or Hot Place, in Oklahoma.

Reports on a group of Aboriginal students, from northern Saskatchewan, that are taking part in a program that allows them to take the first year of a two-year chemical technology course without having to leave the North.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010

Biography of the Apalache leader.

Chronicles the grave looting that took place after relocations in the 1870s and the Nebraska State Historical Society professionalizing the activity, even labelling it archaeological excavation.

Presents a descriptive interpretation of the earliest known Thule Inuit occupation in the Victoria Island southeastern region, Nunavut.

Book review of Perimeters of Democracy by Heather Fryer. Entire article on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 102.

Book review of: Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin as Transnational Region by John J. Bukowczyk, Nora Faires, David W. Smith, et al.

Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.

Examines how Canada failed to fulfill its promise of land security after the creation of Manitoba, and that fears the same would happen in the North West Territories contributed to the armed conflict in 1885.

Explores oral histories, ethnohistorical and archaeological evidence for Ponca migration to and settlement in the Great Plains.

Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservation Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Oregon, 2014.

Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.

Documentary about the consequences of the nomadic Mushuau Innu being relocated to Davis Inlet, Labrador. Duration: 48:51.

[Chapter 9] in the book: Architecture and the Canadian Fabric edited by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe. Looks at the history of the architectural design by Ralph Erskine of Resolute Bay.

Book review of: A Poison Stronger Than Love by Anastasia M. Shkilnyk.

Looks at historical relationships between U.S. Army, Indian Agents and Native Americans during and after the Indian Wars of 1865-1891.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1983.

Author examines the movement of and reorganization of the Indigenous nations in the Puget Sound region of the United States in response to land seizure by the settler colonial state. Considers how contemporary governing bodies use that displacement to argue against the communities’ petitions to have their tribal statuses legally recognized.

Comments on the reasons behind a periodic relocation of a community.

Discussion and history of the Poncas people including housing, health and employment, community development and education.

Comments on six key demographic and geographic features of the Indigenous population: age structure, population change, structural aging, mobility, geography, and urbanisation.

Argues that applying the term may result in assumptions and policy interventions which cause more problems than they solve. Looks at issues in terms of relocation policy, wildlife management, and Indigenous identities.

Public Policy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

Examines the cultural significance of scalping among the Pawnee Indians, who lived in Nebraska and Kansas until their removal to Oklahoma in the 1870s.

Recommends increasing studies on population size, trends and vital statistics, way of life and technological change, economic change, resettlement, health service, and Christianity.

Book review of: Proud and Determined by Jeffrey Siemers.

Statistics. Source: 2011 Household Survey.

Discusses government's strategy for environmental conservation and protection of the land by evicting pastoralists from grazing lands. Recent cases are described. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.

Book reviews of Pushing the Bear and The Dream of a Broken Field by Diane Glancy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 119.

Comments on the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 and its impact.

Sources relevant to the Commission's research.

Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.

Discusses the difficulties of relocation for soldiers' families to Elk Lake because of a hostile white community.