Relocation & Migration

Book review of: The Urban Indian Experience in America by Donald L. Fixico.

Discusses historical and contemporary reasons for migration to urban centres, the lack recognition of an urban presence based on the belief that identity and cities are incompatible because Indigeneity is solely defined by a relationship to the land, and how this attitude, coupled with government policy, has resulted in the lack of culturally appropriate supports and services available.

Reports on the profound shift to urban centres by the Maori in New Zealand. To access this article scroll down to page 60.

Interviews survivors of the 1952 relocation program whereby American Indians were encouraged to leave their home and move to urban centers across the United States. Duration: 56:46.

Questions were posed about key factors driving urbanization, impacts on social, economic and cultural cohesions, discrimination, identity, recognition and culture, at risk populations, and Indigenous-led initiatives and state responses.

Describes the upheaval suffered by Greenlanders when they were relocated to accommodate the United States military. To access this article scroll down to page 45.

Explores how Inuit Qaujimajatiqamgot has been used to implement traditional social and cultural practices as operational policy. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Discovers the factors involved in the mobility and transition of extremely diverse cultures into urban settings through various formats.

Book review of: Voices of Cherokee Women edited by Carolyn Ross Johnston.

Comments shared by participants of the Dakota Commemorative March in 2002 to remember their peoples forced removal march of 1862.

Article discusses conflicts that have arisen from community relocation and conflicting priorities between the national government and local villagers. To access this article, scroll down to page 48.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2000.

Reviews of 3 books: War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indians War Prisoners by Brad D. Lookingbill. A Kiowa's Odyssey: A Sketchbook From Fort Marion by Phillip Earenfight. Art From Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M. Szabo. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll to page 84.

Humanities Thesis (M.A.)--California State University Dominguez Hills, 1999.

Records and contrasts Navajo respondents reactions to various films on the same Navajo topics, but made by Native American and non-native film makers.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Riverside, 1999.

Geography and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2015.

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

Includes post-viewing, comprehension and discussion questions, and activities.

Book review of: We Stopped Forgetting by Ellen Marie Jensen.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 2002.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Tromsø, 2010.

Examines evidence as to whether the Cree only occupied lands east of Lake Winnipeg at the time of contact or had moved further west.

Article addresses three main reasons for an evacuation of over 200 Aboriginal people from northern to central Australia.

Describes the experiences of Navajo relocatees in Pinon, Arizona, the largest forced relocation of American citizens in the United States since the World War II internment of people of Japanese ancestry.

Commentary intended to provide background information to caregivers and service providers on this particular group of people.

Examines the social and emotional impact of being moved from an island to the mainland as a result of hydro-electric development on an Aboriginal community.

Highlights the Wichita tribal migration oral history as recorded by Indian Agent Dr. John Sibley in the early nineteenth century.

Shows the resilience and adaptability of the Catawba religion through an examination of the devil in Catawba culture.

Discusses the decision process on behalf of isolated northern First Nation communities which tend to marginalize the residents.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Chronicles the effects of government policy, which resulted in the relocation of members of the Chippewa Band to as far away as South Dakota and Montana.

Reviews scholarship on British Columbia resettlement, examines the Saanichton Marina court case, and discusses ongoing disputes over recognition of the Douglas Treaties.

Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Irvine, 2010.

Genetics and Molecular Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2000.

Researchers conducted eighteen in-depth interviews with urban migrants to examine the effect of expanding settlement beyond reserves.

Discusses the rapidly growing, increasingly urban aboriginal youth and the changes that are confronting policy makers in Western Canada.

Comments on the young and growing Aboriginal population as it relates to education, employment, and future potential.

Account of the eviction process that the community of Yva Poty suffered as their lands became targets of individual and national development projects.