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Carlisle, Jeffrey D. "Spanish Relations with the Apache Nations East of the Río Grande." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2816/.
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This dissertation is a study of the Eastern Apache nations and their struggle to survive with their culture intact against numerous enemies intent on destroying them. It is a synthesis of published secondary and primary materials, supported with archival materials, primarily from the Béxar Archives. The Apaches living on the plains have suffered from a lack of a good comprehensive study, even though they played an important role in hindering Spanish expansion in the American Southwest. When the Spanish first encountered the Apaches they were living peacefully on the plains, although they occasionally raided nearby tribes. When the Spanish began settling in the Southwest they changed the dynamics of the region by introducing horses. The Apaches quickly adopted the animals into their culture and used them to dominate their neighbors. Apache power declined in the eighteenth century when their Caddoan enemies acquired guns from the French, and the powerful Comanches gained access to horses and began invading northern Apache territory. Surrounded by enemies, the Apaches increasingly turned to the Spanish for aid and protection rather than trade. The Spanish-Apache peace was fraught with problems. The Spaniards tended to lump all Apaches into one group even though, in reality, each band operated independently. Thus, when one Apache band raided a Spanish outpost, the Spanish considered the peace broken. On the other hand, since Apaches considered each Spanish settlement a distinct "band" they saw nothing wrong in making peace at one Spanish location while continuing to raid another. Eventually the Spanish encouraged other Indians tribes to launch a campaign of unrelenting war against the Apaches. Despite devastating attacks from their enemies, the Apaches were able to survive. When the Mexican Revolution removed the Spanish from the area, the Apaches remained and still occupied portions of the plains as late as the 1870s. Despite the pressures brought to bear upon them the Apaches prevailed, retaining their freedoms longer than almost any other tribe.
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Samuels, David William. "A sense of the past : music, place, and history on the San Carlos Apache Reservation /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Rangasamy, Ramasamy. "Post-high school adjustments of special education and regular education students from the Apache reservation: A five year follow-up study." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186009.
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The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the post-school adjustment of Native American youth who received special education or regular education services on White Mountain Apache Indian reservation in Arizona. This study reflects what the students have been doing since they left school, whether their school experiences have prepared them for life in general, and how their personal history helps identify their values, outlooks, and current community standing. In an effort to assess the transition status of these former students, a 38 item survey instrument was developed. A total of 132 students were identified from the Alchesay high school records. Of this number, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 106 former (80%) students. Students were compared in five areas which have been identified as important to successful transition from school to adult life. Comparisons were made on the respondents opinions of their secondary school education, employment status, independent living, maladjustment, and culture/traditionality. SES stated that mathematics, resource programs, and English prepared them for the job market whereas mathematics, office skills, science, and business education were selected by the RES. All the respondents wished for computer education. Only 31% of the total sample was employed up to five years after leaving school. Seventy-four percent of the students still live with their parents. Forty-four percent of both groups had arrest records, and 68% of both groups had a history of substance abuse. Sixty-four percent of the respondents use and speak the Apache language most of the time. Parents and the extended family provide the majority of guidance and support as these young adults seek employment, community integration and social adjustment. There is a pressing need for transitional programs, better job programs, and substance abuse preventive programs for both groups of Apache post-high school students.
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Pisano, Claudia <1990>. "'Stagecoach', 'Fort Apache', 'Cheyenne Autumn': John Ford and his representation of American Indians." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6736.
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La tesi analizza la rappresentazione dei Nativi Americani nei film di John Ford, in particolare in "Stagecoach" (1939), Fort Apache (1948) e Cheyenne Autumn (1964). Inoltre, viene fornita la traduzione in italiano del racconto “Massacre” (1947) di James Warner Bellah, dal quale fu tratto "Fort Apache".
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Pěničková, Daniela. "Delocalized knowledges : conceptualizing problem gambling in a Native American reservation community /." view abstract or download file of text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3190539.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 307-315). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Norvelle, Michael Eugene. "A model for sustainable management of livestock on the commons: A comparative analysis of two types of Apache Indian cattle associations." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185034.
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This dissertation develops a new organizational model based on sustainability criteria within which the organizational and technical solutions to the problems of management of extensive livestock production systems on the commons grazing lands can be provided. Due to the multifarious forces of modernization the traditional range/livestock systems developed by tribal peoples in arid and semiarid areas world-wide have largely been abandoned. The outcome has been extensive rangeland deterioration and expansion of desertification in many cases. The Apache Indian cattle association operations examined herein, the Mescalero single-brand and the San Carlos multiple-brand, are examples of livestock organizations operating extensive livestock production programs on commonly held rangelands. The results of these investigations provide the basis for developing this model.
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Witt, Michelle Pambrun, and Michelle Pambrun Witt. "Understanding the Sunrise Ceremony as a repository of cultural traditions and values: an exploration of ritual as a means for studying the health of the Apache people." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627129.
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The intent of this exploratory study was to discover the cultural significance of an Apache ritual, the Sunrise Ceremony, as it relates to the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the Apache individual, family, and community at large. The ethnographic methodology was used to gather data because this design provided the most systematic and flexible process to generate the widest range of information necessary for describing this culture from the native's
point of view. Four culturally relevant domains were developed and analyzed to reveal five cultural themes, including "It's my strength," "Women are the core of living here," "It Tells You the Story of the Beginning," and "Change is Sad--Alcohol is Bad." The findings suggest that because the Sunrise Ceremony is central to the Apache way of life, its values and culture, an understanding of the Sunrise Ceremony can assist in the development of accurate nursing assessments and successful interventions to improve the collective health and well being of the Apache people. Additionally, recommendations for nursing practice and further research are proposed.
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Wada, Lorena Lai Lin 1963. "Summer habitat use by Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache) in five streams on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277963.
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In the summer, five creeks on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation were examined. Apache trout generally selected the deepest pools with the greatest amounts of instream cover and bankcuts. Though fish in three creeks may be Apache trout x rainbow trout hybrids, they were found to occupy the same type of pools. Regression models on environmental conditions in two creeks accounted for 83% and 76% of the variability in biomass of Apache trout. There was adequate nursery habitat (and successful reproduction) on two creeks, but such habitat was lacking in the other three creeks, and no evidence of successful reproduction was found. There was little evidence of survival of smaller Apache trout in areas of co-occurrence with non-native trouts but there was evidence of their survival upstream where fewer numbers of non-natives occur. The exclusion of smaller Apache trout may be from elimination or emigration. Greater populations of Apache trout may be supported through eradication of non-native trouts, the addition of instream cover, and structures designed to create longer lasting pools and bankcuts.
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Kitcheyan, David Chris. "Population structure of Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache) in Flash and Squaw creeks on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278700.
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In 1995, Squaw and Flash creeks were renovated with Antimycin-A to eradicate non-native fish. After renovation, 129 Apache trout from Flash Creek were introduced into Squaw Creek. Two years later, all size classes were present. Apache trout above a natural barrier on Flash Creek were allowed to repopulate the renovated section. Three years later, 45 Apache trout were found below the natural barrier. In both streams, adults selected deep, slow moving areas. Juveniles selected shallow areas with fast currents. Both size classes selected open areas exposed to sunlight with surface turbulence and other forms of instream cover. Apache and Gila trout were experimentally PIT-tagged in the: (1) pelvic girdle; (2) abdominal cavity; and (3) dorsal musculature to determine the best tagging location. Fish tagged in the dorsal musculature had 0% tag loss and 98% survival. The minimum size Apache and Gila trout could be tagged was 90 mm TL.
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Morman, Alaina M. "United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Understanding the Applicability in the Native American Context." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439561893.
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O'Meara, Sean Michael. "Enduring Trails: An Internship with the Jicarilla Apache Tribal Historic Preservation Office." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/594398.
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The graduate internship and thesis option in American Indian Studies affords students a unique opportunity to directly apply their academic interests in a manner that address the contemporary needs of a Native nation. By engaging with tribes in this manner, students are assured that their academic efforts actively and positively contribute to ongoing and relevant tribal projects or programs, while the nation is assured that research concerning their community is being informed by a working experience with their community. This thesis documents my internship with the Jicarilla Apache Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office in which I assisted the office in conducting oral history interviews and compiling a report for their project entitled: Rediscovering Trail Roots and Routes: The Jicarilla Apache and the Old Spanish National Historic Trail.
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Barbone, Paul Joseph. ""We Were Recruited From the Warriors of Many Famous Nations," Cultural Preservation: U.S. Army Western Apache Scouts, 1871-1947." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193387.
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The Western Apache Scouts of the 1870s who assisted the United States Army in tracking down the Chiricahua Apaches that had escaped from the federal reservations in the Arizona Territory laid the foundation for what became seventy-six years of military service in the U.S. Army. Consolidated and reassigned to Ft. Huachuca, Arizona in 1922, these scouts continued to serve with distinction long after the Army needed their skills as trackers. In 1947, the final four scouts retired from United States military service, each having served for over twenty-five years. This thesis explores how these men used their military service in order to survive, serving with honor while maintaining their cultural traditions within a changing world.
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Babcock, Matthew M. "Turning Apaches into Spaniards North America's forgotten Indian reservations /." Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3307175.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in History)--S.M.U.Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 16, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-04, Section: A, page: 1506. Adviser: David J. Weber. Includes bibliographical references.
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Littlefield, Joanne. "Tailoring Programs to Cultural Needs: Extension work on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/295880.
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Crémézi, Sylvie. "Au coeur de la danse : le corps résonant à la clef de la résilience culturelle et sociale des Indiens Pueblo Tewa, Navajo et Apache Mescalero du Nouveau-Mexique." Montpellier 3, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006MON30015.
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Les cultures pueblo tewa, navajo et apache mescalero du Nouveau-Mexique appliquent une conscience participatoire à leur conception de la vie et de la société avec pour but d'établir une sorte de résonnance avec ce qu'ils percoivent. Ces cultures sont fondées sur une phénoménologie perceptuelle. Au coeur de leur expérience, leurs fondement reposent sur la perception acquise en utilisant le corps tout entier en participation directe avec le monde naturel. La danse y est présente afin de maintenir le flux dynamique et harmonieux de l'univers. La proposition est ici de voir en ces corps éveillés à la présence au monde et en résonance avec la nature et le cosmos qui sont autant de manifestations de champs de significations et de la flexibilité de ces sociétés, un facteur de résilience sociale et culturelleThe Pueblo Tewa, Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indians of New Mexico apply a participatory consciousnes to their conception of life and society to establish a kind of resonance with what they perceive. These cultures are based on perceptual phenomenology. At the core of their experience, they are based on the perception gained from using the entire body of their denses in direct participation with the natural world. Dance is present in order to maintain the harmonious dynamics and flux of the universe. We propose to see in these dancing bodies awakened to the presence of the world, resonating with nature and the cosmos, manifesting meanings and the flexibility of these societies, a factor of social and cultural endurance
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Long, Jonathan W., and Candy S. Lupe. "A Process for Planning and Evaluating Success of Riparian-Wetland Restoration Projects on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/296504.
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Tomblin, David Christian. "Managing Boundaries, Healing the Homeland: Ecological Restoration and the Revitalization of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, 1933 – 2000." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27577.
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The main argument of this dissertation is that the White Mountain Apache Tribe's appropriation of ecological restoration played a vital role in reinstituting control over knowledge production and eco-cultural resources on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in the second half of the twentieth century. As a corollary, I argue that the shift in knowledge production practices from a paternalistic foundation to a community-based approach resulted in positive consequences for the ecological health of the Apachean landscape and Apache culture. The democratization of science and technology on the reservation, therefore, proved paramount to the reestablishment of a relatively sustainable Apache society.
Beginning with the Indian New Deal, the White Mountain Apache slowly developed the capacity to employ ecological restoration as an eco-political tool to free themselves from a long history of Euro-American cultural oppression and natural resource exploitation. Tribal restoration projects embodied the dual political function of cultural resistance to and cultural exchange with Western-based land management organizations. Apache resistance challenged Euro-American notions of restoration, nature, and sustainability while maintaining cultural identity, reasserting cultural autonomy, and protecting tribal sovereignty. But at the same time, the Apache depended on cultural exchange with federal and state land management agencies to successfully manage their natural resources and build an ecologically knowledgeable tribal workforce.
Initially adopting a utilitarian conservation model of land management, restoration projects aided the creation of a relatively strong tribal economy. In addition, early successes with trout, elk, and forest restoration projects eventually granted the Tribe political leverage when they sought to reassume control over reservation resources from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Building on this foundation, Apache restoration work significantly diverged in character from the typical Euro-American restoration project by the 1990s. While striving toward self-sufficiency, the Tribe hybridized tribal cultural values with Western ecological values in their restoration efforts. These projects evolved the tripartite capacity to heal ecologically degraded reservation lands, to establish a degree of economic freedom from the federal government, and to restore cultural traditions. Having reversed their historical relationship of subjugation with government agencies, the Apache currently have almost full decision-making powers over tribal eco-cultural resources.Ph. D.
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PEPIN, VERONIQUE. "Les relations intertribales des indiens des plaines du sud des etats-unis de 1820 a 1860 arapahos, cheyennes, comanches, kiowas et kiowas-apaches." Paris 7, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA070015.
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Apres une longue migration venue du nord pendant laquelle ils avaient effectue des amities perennes et des animosites ayant parfois conduit au massacre de bandes entieres, les arapahos, les cheyennes, les comanches, les kiowas et les kiowas-apaches occupaient toutes les plaines du sud, dont ils partageaient les territoires de chasse et les paturages de leurs troupeaux de chevaux. Par la guerre, ces tribus obtenaient les honneurs exiges par la hierarchie sociale, les territoires de chasse et les chevaux necessaires a la vie nomade et a leur negoce, et les captifs reconstituant leurs forces demographiques et laborieuses. Le negoce intertribal se developpait entre les tribus alliees et aussi entre les tribus ennemies, d'ou de nombreuses mais courtes treves, avec les pawnees, les osages. . . En1840, apres l'echec de la tentative d'extermination des kiowas par les cheyennes, les tribus formerent l'alliance des cinq, d'origine militaire et economique, qui dura au xixe siecle. L'apparition des tribus deportees par les etats-unis depuis l'est du mississippi ne modifia pas les relations intertribales, elle juxtaposa de nouveaux problemes au schema geopolitique existant. Les tribus y repondirent de facons diverses, par la guerre ou par le negoce. L'influence des blancs prit plusieurs formes. Le mexique profita des guerres autochtones existantes et washington echoua dans ses tentatives de reconciliation intertribale. En revanche, les negociants angloamericains jouerent un role de premier plan : ils oterent aux cheyennes leur fonction d'intermediaires commerciaux, ils haterent le processus de partition des cheyennes et des arapahos en deux groupes du nord et du sud et appuyerent les guerres intertribales par leur demande en chevaux, tout en jouant parfois les intermediaires. C'est surtout a partir de 1850 que la pression des colons et de l'armee americaine commenca a influencer les relations intertribales, les dog soldiers cheyennes amorcant une fusion avec les lakotas.
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Falk, Renström Johannes. "DEN IDEALA COWBOYEN : En komparativ studie av maskuliniteten inom den amerikanska audiovisuella westerngenren på 1950-talet samt 2010-talet." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, JMK, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-165577.
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Den hegemoniska maskuliniteten är försatt i ett stadie av konstant förändring och omförhandling. Saker som i en viss tidsepok kommit att associeras med femininitet kan vid en annan tidpunkt komma att tillskrivas som ett maskulint attribut. Då mannens relation till sig själv – och hans relation till sin omgivning – påverkas av den maskulina idealbild som förmedlas, i bland annat populärkulturellt material, blir det därför viktigt att undersöka hur denna hegemoniska maskulinitet yttrar sig i olika tidsepoker. Detta dels för att utröna varför den ser ut som den gör idag och hur den porträtterats historiskt, men även för att förutspå hur gestaltningen av maskulinitet kan komma att förändra sig i framtiden. Denna studie har utfört en komparation mellan westernfilmer som av diverse forskare och kritiker ses som typiska tidsenliga exempel på filmer inom westerngenren. Detta gjordes för att fastställa hur den historiska porträtteringen av den hegemoniska maskuliniteten skiljer sig från den i ett modernt populärkulturellt material inom samma genre. Detta gjordes genom att utföra en semiotisk bildanalys av protagonistens och antagonistens slut- samt introduktionsscen, därefter jämfördes de observationer som gjorts i analysen, varpå övergripande analyser gjordes, i vilken återkommande drag, behandlingen av minoriteter, kroppsattribut och miljöerna som dessa befann sig i och bebodde, diskuterades och sammanställdes. Kontentan av resultatet var att attribut som tidigare associerats med protagonister i materialet från 1950-talet numera utgjordes av antagonisterna i materialet från 2010-talet. Den tidigare maskuliniteten som gestaltades av storväxthet och breda axlar har förändrats, och den hegemoniska maskuliniteten har nu gett upphov till en man med mer komplexa motivationer, större känsloliv och hänsynsfullhet än den som skänktes av protagonisten i dom tidigare gestaltningarna. Genom att uppnå sina målsättningar kunde även protagonisterna i materialen från båda tidsperioderna dölja att dessa antagit attribut som tidigare varit kvinnligt kodade i den nya maskulina idealbilden, exempelvis fällandet av tårar.
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Cao, Xia. "An assessment of dietary intake in two American Indian tribes in Arizona." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20771.
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Conrad, Paul Timothy. "Captive fates : displaced American Indians in the Southwest Borderlands, Mexico, and Cuba, 1500-1800." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4319.
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Between 1500 and 1800, Spaniards and their Native allies captured hundreds of Apache
Indians and members of neighboring groups from the Rio Grande River Basin and
subjected them to a variety of fates. They bought and sold some captives as slaves, exiled others as prisoners of war to central Mexico and Cuba, and forcibly moved others to
mines, towns, and haciendas as paid or unpaid laborers. Though warfare and captive
exchange predated the arrival of Europeans to North America, the three centuries
following contact witnessed the development of new practices of violence and captivity
in the North American West fueled by Euroamericans’ interest in Native territory and
labor, on the one hand, and the dispersal of new technologies like horses and guns to
American Indian groups, on the other. While at times subject to an enslavement and
property status resembling chattel slavery, Native peoples of the Greater Rio Grande
often experienced captivities and forced migrations fueled more by the interests of
empires and nation-states in their territory and sovereignty than by markets in human
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"Exploration of Historical Trauma among Yavapai-Apache Nation College Graduates." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49330.
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abstract: The Yavapai-Apache Nation represents one American Indian tribe whose experiences of historical trauma and alternative responses to historical trauma is not fully understood. This study sought to explore the presence of historical trauma among individuals who did not directly experience events of historical trauma, and ways those individuals have dealt with the possible impact of historical trauma. The foundation of this research reflected that pathological outcomes may not be universal responses to historical trauma for a sample of Yavapai-Apache Nation college graduates, as evidenced by their academic success, positive life outcomes, and resilience. The study utilized Indigenous methodologies and conversational and semi-structured interviews with Yavapai-Apache Nation co-researchers and four central themes emerged. The first theme of Family indicated the Yavapai-Apache Nation co-researchers with a strong orientation toward the family. Families provided support and this positive perception of family support provided the encouragement needed to cope with various experiences in their lives, including school, raising their own families, career goals and helping to impart teachings to their own children or youth within the community. The second theme, Identity, indicated the co-researchers experienced the effects of historical trauma through the loss of language, culture and identity and that while losses were ongoing, they acknowledged the necessity of identity re-vitalization. The third theme, Survival, indicated that despite hardships, the co-researchers acknowledge survival as a collective effort and achieved by an individual’s efforts within the group. The co-researchers described their personal understanding of education and success. They also discussed how they contribute to the survival of the Yavapai-Apache Nation. The fourth theme, Intersection, indicated the co-researchers’ stories and experiences in which the themes of family, identity and survival intersected with one another. It was necessary to include this final theme to show respect for the co-researchers’ stories and experiences. Also discussed are the study’s strengths, limitations, and the implications for research with the Yavapai-Apache Nation and research with Indigenous Communities.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Social Work 2018
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Mohammed, Ansarullah Ridwan. "Analysis of Islamic Stock Indices." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4355.
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In this thesis, an attempt is made to build on the quantitative research in the field of Islamic Finance. Firstly, univariate modelling using special GARCH-type models is performed on both the FTSE All World and FTSE Shari'ah All World indices. The AR(1) + APARCH(1,1) model with standardized skewed student-t innovations provided the best overall fit and was the most successful at VaR modelling for long and short trading positions. A risk assessment is done using the Conditional Tail Expectation (CTE) risk measure which concluded that in short trading
positions the FTSE Shari'ah All World index was riskier than the FTSE All World index but, in long trading positions the results were not conclusive as to which is riskier. Secondly, under the Markowitz model of risk and return the performance of Islamic equity is compared to conventional equity using various Dow Jones indices. The results indicated that even though the Islamic portfolio is relatively less diversified than the conventional portfolio, due to several investment restrictions, the Shari'ah screening process excluded various industries whose absence resulted in risk reduction. As a result, the Islamic portfolio provided a basket of stocks with special and favourable risk characteristics. Lastly, copulas are used to model the dependency structure between the filtered returns of the FTSE All World and FTSE Shari'ah All World indices after fitting the AR(1) + APARCH(1,1) model with standardized skewed student-t innovations. The t copula outperformed the others and a demonstration of forecasting using the copula-extended model is done.