Dissertations / Theses: 'Tribes of India'

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McMillan, Alistair. "Scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and party competition in India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270445.

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Maity, Bipasha. "Essays in development economics on gender and tribes in India." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58638.

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This thesis studies the situation of women and tribes in India through the roles of workfare programme, availability of public healthcare and history. The second chapter studies the effect of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGA) on consumption expenditure and time-use, especially on account of women's participation. Using instrumental variables estimation strategy to deal with the endogeneity in the number of days worked, we find that women's participation benefits children, especially girls. Higher spending on nutritious foods, education of girls, lower engagement of women in domestic chores and greater time spent in school for younger girls are found on account of the programme. The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the two most disadvantaged social groups in India. The third chapter investigates whether STs lag behind even the SCs in terms of health, a key development indicator which has also remained relatively understudied in the literature. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method shows that relative to the lack of demand for healthcare from the STs, shortage of supply of health services in tribal areas appears to be more important in explaining why STs lag behind even the SCs in nearly all aspects of women's and children's health. The chapter argues that STs need to be studied in isolation from the SCs because of different historical reasons for the underdevelopment of these two groups. The fourth chapter studies the long term implications of historical female property rights on current development outcomes. Historic patterns of widowhood for women is a plausible mechanism through which women became owners of property. Districts with greater relative female landownership in the past are found to have lower infant mortality, higher literacy rate, better healthcare for and higher labour force participation of women, greater reporting of and arrests for crimes committed against women and higher women's autonomy. Greater political representation of women, investment in public goods and greater economic role played by women in agriculture appear to be possible mechanisms that could explain how female property rights during colonial time can have long-term effects.
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Brahma, Romio. "Migration, conflict, and displacement of tribes in Northeast India: a biblical and ethical approach." Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108454.

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Mukherjee, Anirban. "Tribal education in India : an examination of cultural imposition and inequality." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1520.

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Akta, Jantrania. "Advancement of the Adivasis: the effect of development on the culture of the Adivasis." Claremont McKenna College, 2009. http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/stc,69.

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Laws and policies have created a legal context aimed at allowing the adivasis to develop socioeconomically while retaining the aspects of their culture that they value the most. While the adivasis still face numerous challenges, it is evident that many have achieved successful economical advancement as a result of the legal framework established upon independence in 1947. Yet, it has also been acknowledged that economic advancement can undermine aspects of culture that are essential to the identity and dignity of the adivasis. Such a loss can result from exogenous factors such as government policy and the actions and beliefs of nontribals, or from endogenous factors such as the willingness of the adivasis to adopt the values of nontribals.

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Sathianathan, Sudarshan. "Tribes, politics and social change in India : a case study of the Mullukurumbas of the Nilgiri Hills." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10769.

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Mainstream studies on Indian politics have delineated the people of India into two categories, variously described as the rich and the poor, the elite and the masses, the bourgeoise and the proletariat, among others. This has resulted in the emergence of a common theme which suggests that a powerful dominant minority have been able to use the forces of social change to subject the masses to a position of weakness. Nowhere else is this more obvious than in studies analysing the politics of tribal people in India, which goes further to suggest that except for a few groups, the rest are politically naive and placid. This study takes issue with such a view by describing the political behaviour of the Mullukurumbas: a tribal group in Nilgiris, South India numbering around 1300. In spite of their low numbers and cumulative wealth - which places them squarely within the category of the so-called exploited - the Mullukurumbas reveal by their actions that they are not social dummies but actors. Analysis of their behaviour shows that they, by discernment of the socio-political contexts and through evaluation and reflection of their relative standing with others, find methods to manoeuvre social change in a direction preferable to them. This study also highlights the following: the fact that mainstream studies on Indian politics has focused attention almost entirely on the terrain of high politics. It sees in it a discrepancy that leads to the emergence of a view, which varying in degrees suggest, an active and powerful strong placing under their domination a subjected and powerless weak. This study stretches the parameters of analysis further into the terrain of low politics where much of the transactions of the weak with the state, society and the strong take place. It shows how valued means of politics - land, money and identity - universally accepted within the context of the political culture in Nilgiris is acquired and conserved by the Mullukurumbas. This study moves beyond the mainstream theorists in describing the politics of tribal people in India today by showing how the actions of the weak are (1) sustained in subtle and well calculated ways in the terrain of low politics and (b) is institutionalised within so called non-political structures such as family and religion. This, in spite of the pressures of change, set in motion (1) by the underlying conflict between the state and society and (2) by the settling in of the strong in niches that emerge in the power structure. By doing so, this study sheds light on the active role of the tribal people, conventionally presented merely as the weak.

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Piliavsky, Anastasia. "Theft, patronage & society in Western India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:227b49fc-1ca7-458c-9b1a-86da3212d042.

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This thesis is an ethnography of a community of professional thieves called the Kanjar-a 'caste of thieves' by practice, public perception and self-designation-in the northern Indian province of Rajasthan. It is also an argument that spells out the broader logic of rank in local society. Insofar as it offers the first ethnography of the Kanjar community- and of caste-based, professional, hereditary theft-this study is new. My analytical concern with hierarchy and rank, however, is old, engaging in the once central, and now largely out-fashioned, discussion in the sociology of South Asia. My project began with a narrow set of concerns with the place of thieving and thieves in local society. In the course of my fieldwork, however, it became apparent that the received wisdom of South Asian sociology regarding the principles of rank did not offer useful explanatory tools and that a different conception of rank was necessary to make sense of what I observed, both about the social position of Kanjars and the hierarchical social formation at large. As is so often the case, what began as a study of historically and sociologically particular circumstances became an inquiry into the pervasive regnant aspects of the local order of things.

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Kalra, Nikhila. "Negotiating violence : the construction of identity amongst Adivasi Christians in Udaipur district, Rajasthan." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:09504f8b-72ca-4a9c-ba32-555f87bf8549.

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This thesis elucidates processes of identity construction that have taken place amongst Bhil Christians in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, in the context of the endemic anti- Christian violence that has been carried out by Hindu nationalist organisations and adherents in this area since the late 1990s. My work explores how Bhil Christians engage with this, and seeks to make both an empirical and analytical contribution to existing analyses of anti-Christian violence by shifting the focus away from the construction of majoritarian Hindu identities in India's tribal belt, and placing it instead on the minority Christian community. Utilising a tripartite typology of violence (direct, structural and cultural) as its starting point, this thesis addresses questions of how Bhil Christians construct and perform their identity in this context, and how they understand and negotiate their relationships with both non-Christian communities and the state in their localities. This aims to situate Christians as agents in the construction of their own identities, rather than simply having 'otherness' imposed on them as a result of Hindu nationalist mobilization and rhetoric. This study shows that Bhil Christians are involved in a dualistic process of strategically emphasizing both difference and similarity between Christians and Hindus, while making recourse to an overarching adivasi identity that, in various ways, serves to challenge and often undermine the damaging constructions of Christianity that are propagated by the Sangh Parivar. At the same time, they foreground a Christian identity that is decisively shaped by notions of agency, moral uplift, and assertion; these are ideas that are informed by longer histories of adivasi self- and community making, but have acquired important new meaning and relevance in the context of anti-Christian violence.

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Arora, Vibha. "Just a pile of stones! : the politicization of identity, indigenous knowledge, and sacred landscapes among the Lepcha and Bhutia tribes of contemporary Sikkim, India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410770.

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Mu¨hlan, Eberhard. "Family structures among Adivasis in India : a description and comparison of family structures and lives within the patrilineal tribe of Saoras in Orissa and the matrilineal tribe of Khasis in Meghalaya, India." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683361.

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TallBear, Kimberly M. (Kimberly Margaret). "The inclusion of Indian tribes in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's policy decisions that affect tribal lands." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70243.

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Hiraldo, Danielle Vedette. "Indigenous Self-Government under State Recognition: Comparing Strategies in Two Cases." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/605217.

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Contemporary events frequently call into question the status of state-recognized Native nations. For example, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) failed to pass a resolution dissolving state-recognized membership; and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported on the reality of federal funding being awarded to non-federally recognized Native nations. Although state-recognized Native nations are handicapped in their strategies and the availability of resources to assert their right to self-determine, some have persevered despite the inability to establish a direct relationship with the national government. Reconsidering federalism as it pertains to Native nations reveals opportunities for non-federally recognized Native nations to access resources and assert self-governing authority in alternative arenas outside the exclusive tribal-national government-to-government relationship. My research analyzes how two state-recognized Native nations, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and the Waccamaw Indian People of South Carolina, have operated as political actors; have maintained their communities; have organized politically and socially; and have asserted their right to self-determine by engaging state—and at certain times federal—politics to address needs within their communities. I used a qualitative case study approach to examine the strategies these two state-recognized Native nations have developed to engage state relationships. I argue that state-recognized Native nations are developing significant political relationships with their home states and other entities, such as federal, state, and local agencies, and nonprofits, to address issues in their communities.

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Subgroup, American Indian Writers, and Richard Stoffle. "American Indian Writers Committee of the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations Tribal Narrative for the Nevada Test Site." Department of Energy, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/297117.

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The Greater than Class C (GTCC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluated the potential impacts from the construction and operation of a new facility or facilities, or use of an existing facility, employing various disposal methods (geologic repository, intermediate depth borehole, enhanced near surface trench, and above grade vault) at six federal sites and generic commercial locations. For three of the locations being considered as possible locations, consulting tribes were brought in to comment on their perceptions on how GTCC low level radioactive waste would affect Native American resources (land, water, air, plants, animals, archaeology, etc.) short and long term. The consulting tribes produced essays that were incorporated into the EIS and these essays are in turn included in this collection. This essay was produced by the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO) for the Nevada Test Site. The CGTO is a pan-Indian organization representing 17 tribes from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

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Tuttle, Sabrina, and Linda Masters. "The Colorado River Indian Tribes (C.R.I.T.) Reservation Quick Facts." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144728.

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Tuttle, Sabrina, and Linda Masters. "The Colorado River Indian Tribes (C.R.I.T.) Reservation and Extension Programs." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144727.

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This fact sheet describes the socioeconomic and cultural aspects of the CRIT reservation, as well as the history of extension and effective extension programs and collaborations conducted on this reservation.

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Clemente, Marta Sanchis. "Aprendendo música como Tupinambá: estudo sobre os processos de transmissão musical numa Tribo Indígena Carnavalesca no bairro Mandacaru de João Pessoa." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2013. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/6617.

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Indian Carnival Tribe is the name of a cultural expression that traditionally participates into the city´s carnival of Joao Pessoa. Musical and danced staging of an Amerindian inspiriting ritual, represents a fight between Indians where the matança and the ressurreição are musically differentiated moments. This work studies, from an ethnomusicology perspective and so, focusing as much the artistic constitutive elements as the social, economic and politic context in which is inserted, the ways of its transmission. Thus, the main data collection tool is the participant observation achieved in the Mandacaru borough, where, currently, takes place the main group investigated, the Indian Carnival Tribe called Tupinambá. The present text is product of this ethnographic process as well as the result of a bibliographic research that follows two prevailing threads. One is the revision of the literature destined to Indian Carnival Tribes or Cabocolinhos,expression that shares characteristics and influences with the first one. The other is the looking for the concepts that provides the study theory basis brought, principally, from the area of ethnomusicology and music education. Providing a wider theoretical scheme for the analyses of music transmission in these contexts, Blacking, Nettl and Merriam supply the first theories. Some works of Brazilian researchers, as Margarete Arroyo and Luciana Prass, provided precious models of investigating in music transmission. The idea of participatory performance developed by Thomas Turino is the basis for the exam of how the elements that construct the artistic expression work as mechanisms of music transmission. The ideas of Shils and Hobsbawm about tradition and identity contribute to understand the signification that the play takes for their makers. Therefore, I aim to know how the very constitution of the activity, the participants way of life as well as the signification that this means to their makers, influence into the learning and the transmission processes of the same.
Denominam-se Tribo Indígena Carnavalesca uma das expressões culturais que desfilam tradicionalmente no carnaval da cidade de João Pessoa. Encenação dramática de um ritual de inspiração ameríndia, dançada e musicada, representa uma luta entre índios onde matança e ressurreição dão lugar a momentos musicais diferenciados. Este trabalho estuda, desde uma perspectiva etnomusicológica, e portanto, focada tanto nos elementos que constituem a manifestação artística quanto no contexto social, econômico e político em que está inserida, os modos de transmissão da mesma. Com este objetivo, o principal instrumento de coleta de dados é a observação participante realizada no bairro Mandacaru, onde hoje tem sede o grupo principal da pesquisa, a Tribo Indígena Carnavalesca Tupinambá. O texto presente é resultado deste processo etnográfico assim como de uma pesquisa bibliográfica que segue duas linhas predominantes. Uma é a revisão de literatura dedicada até a data às Tribos de Índio ou Cabocolinhos, manifestação com a que as primeiras compartilham traços e influências. A outra é a procura dos conceitos que fornecem a base teórica deste estudo, provenientes, na maioria dos casos, da área da etnomusicologia e da educação musical. Proporcionando o marco mais amplo de pensamento para a análise da transmissão da música nestes contextos, Blacking, Nettl e Merriam fornecem as primeiras teorias. Trabalhos de pesquisadoras brasileiras, como Margarete Arroyo e Luciana Prass, forneceram modelos valiosos de pesquisa sobre transmissão musical. A ideia de performance participativa de Thomas Turino é a base para o exame de como os elementos que constituem a manifestação funcionam como mecanismos de transmissão musical. As ideias de Shils e Hobsbawm sobre tradição e identidade irão contribuir para entender a significação que a brincadeira tem para seus realizadores. Deste modo, procuramos entender como a própria constituição desta, o modo de vida dos seus realizadores assim como a significação que a primeira tem para estes, influenciam na aprendizagem e na transmissão da mesma.

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Wabaunsee, Rissa McCullough. "Accreditation, tribal governments, and the development of governing boards at tribal colleges in Montana and Washington /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7699.

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Brewer, Joseph. "Agriculture and Natural Resources Management for American Indian Tribes: Extension Agent's View." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195224.

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Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNA) are concerns on reservations across the entire United States. Issues related to the practice and accessibility ofthe natural environment is important for the future of individuals, tribal governments, and the US government. On the forefront to maintain tribalauthority and sovereignty over AGNA is tribal/state/federal programs designed to address certain economically based AGNA on reservations. With limited funding and resources much needs to be done in the field of tribal AGNA. In the middle of the struggle is the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program Agent,attempting to analyze, think critically about AGNA issues, and develop culturallysensitive AGNA recommendations to the tribe and individual tribal members.A study was conducted using a survey instrument to describe the unique experiences and knowledge of FRTEP agents, and apply that knowledge to structuring a culturally sensitive tribal AGNA department. The following literature and survey instrument was developed to extract the FRTEP agents understanding and experiences in the world of tribal agricultural and natural resources. How would they (FRTEP agents) design an adequate AGNA program for tribes? How would they assist tribes in administering their own form ofAGNA, within an already designed and formatted AGNA departmental structure?This research was designed to give tribes resources that assist them in the development and management of AGNA. FRTEP agents are utilized for their knowledge of tribal AGNA and their experience working with tribal cultures on AGNA.

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Tuttle, Sabrina, and Linda Masters. "Process of Conducting Research on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (C.R.I.T.) Reservation, Arizona." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144729.

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McCoy, Leila M. (Leila Melanie). "Agenda-Setting by Minority Political Groups: A Case Study of American Indian Tribes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331286/.

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This study tested theoretical propositions concerning agenda-setting by minority political groups in the United States to see if they had the scope to be applicable to American Indian tribes or if there were alternative explanations for how this group places its agenda items on the formal agenda and resolves them. Indian tribes were chosen as the case study because they are of significantly different legal and political status than other minority groups upon which much of the previous research has been done. The study showed that many of the theoretical propositions regarding agenda-setting by minority groups were explanatory for agenda-setting by Indian tribes. The analyses seemed to demonstrate that Indian tribes use a closed policy subsystem to place tribal agenda items on the formal agenda. The analyses demonstrated that most tribal agenda items resolved by Congress involve no major policy changes but rather incremental changes in existing policies. The analyses also demonstrated that most federal court decisions involving Indian tribes have no broad impact or significance to all Indian tribes. The analyses showed that both Congress and the federal courts significantly influence the tribal agenda but the relationship between the courts and Congress in agenda-setting in this area of policy are unclear. Another finding of the study was that tribal leaders have no significant influence in setting the formal agendas of either Congress or the federal courts. However, they do have some success in the resolution of significant tribal agenda items as a result of their unique legal and political status. This study also contributed to the literature concerning agenda-setting by Indian tribes and tribal politics and study results have many practical implications for tribal leaders.

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Beavis, Katherine Elaine. "Developing sustainability, an evaluation of reforestation projects in tribal India." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq37480.pdf.

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Joshua, Calvin N. "A curriculum to prepare pastors for tribal ministry in India /." Link to Dissertations, 2007. http://eprint.cc.andrews.edu/36/.

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Middlebrooks, Jenna A. "Trends in Early Childhood Caries Rates in the Nashville Area Indian Health Services Tribes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2607.

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Dental caries is the most common chronic disease in children, and prevalence rates are disproportionately higher in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) recommends annual oral health screening for children in Head Start programs using the Basic Screening Survey (BSS). The 2014 study was a follow-up to a 2010 national survey of AI/AN children ages five and under that assessed oral health outcomes such as untreated decay, decay experience, urgent need for treatment, presence of sealants and decayed, missing and filled deciduous teeth (dmft) scores, and investigated the changes in Early Childhood Caries (ECC) prevalence from 2010 to 2014 in the Indian Health Service (IHS) Nashville Area. A gap analysis was completed comparing current recommended practices among dental clinics that participated in the IHS ECC Collaborative ASTDD Framework to Prevent and Control Childhood Tooth Decay (ASTDD Framework). Due to historical mistreatment of AI/AN populations in research, and out of respect for the sovereignty of the Tribal Nations that participated in the study, there limited data was made available for this study. In 2010, 579 children were screened in the Nashville Area; 1231 children participated in 2014. While there was a statistically significant, yet clinically small 9.36% reduction of untreated decay from 2010 (30.33%) to 2014 (27.49%), the ECC Collaborative did not reach their objective of a 25% reduction. There was also a significant increase in urgent need for treatment (3.17% in 2010 to 4.35% in 2014), and in presence of sealants (4.54% in 2010 to 10.01% in 2014). Gaps in best practices identified were related to need for increased risk assessments and enhancing policy development. Based on study findings and the limited access to data on Tribal and Area levels, development of culturally appropriate policies that are unique to individual Tribal needs, and focus on perinatal care, is recommended. Individual Tribal programs also need to be evaluated and surveillance needs to be continued to establish trend data. All program evaluations and research should be conducted in an ethical manner that is community-based and considerate of the needs of the Tribe.

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Sanders, Jeffrey Mark. "Tribal and national parks on American Indian lands." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184953.

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Today there are more than fifty million acres on American Indian reservations and Indian people can determine, to a great extent, what happens on their land. One way Indians can keep the renewable aspect of their land is by considering its use in a nonconsumable way, such as with the creation of parks. This dissertation addresses and analyzes policy and management concerns related to selected parks on the Navajo and Zuni reservations. Any successful venture with Indian people must entail a blend of cultural awareness and sensitivity along with federal-tribal policy and history. To that extent, Indians as ecologists before the arrival of Europeans to this continent, and an extensive review of federal Indian policy is offered. With the establishment of any park certain issues will arise that are significant to the creation and management of the area. The parks analyzed in detail are Monument Valley Tribal Park, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, and the newly established Zuni-Cibola National Historical Park. General processes of management and specific issues of concern are identified and analyzed. Methods of tribal-National Park Service cooperation are discussed. An administrative history of the Navajo Tribal Parks system is also presented.

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Carlisle, Jeffrey Deward. "The Evolution of the Treatment of Captives by the Indians of the Northeastern Woodlands from Earliest European Contact Through the War of 1812." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500755/.

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When the first Europeans set foot on the North American continent, they clashed, both physically and culturally, with the native inhabitants. The Indian practice of taking, adopting, and sometimes torturing captives offended the Europeans more than any other practice. The treatment afforded to captives varied from tribe to tribe and tended to change as the Indians adapted to the new environment and adjusted to the increased pressure thrust upon them by the advancing whites. The primary sources used were Indian captivity narratives. The 111-volume "Garland Library of North American Indian Captivities" has made many of the better known narratives more readily available.

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Lewis, David G. "Termination of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon : politics, community, identity /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10067.

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Soucaille, Alexandre. ""It's not real India" : les Adivasi face à la société indienne dans l'Etat du Jharkhand : ethnologie fragmentée d'une relation." Paris 10, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA100161.

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Que se passe-t-il dans l'espace du Jharkhand, nouvel Etat de l'Inde créé en l'an 2000? Plus précisément, que se passe-t-il entre les groupes tribaux, appélés Adivasi, et les gens de caste dans ce lieu perçu de manières différentes par les protagonistes, et qui trouve un formidable raccourci dans cette phrase éponyme de notre thèse livrée à un carrefour d'une ville : "It's not real India there". Nous nous sommes particulièrement intéressés aux relations qui relient ces deux groupes sociologiques. La forte politisation du lieu nous a ainsi conduit à considérer "les modes d'agir dans le monde comme modes d'agir sur le monde". Le positionnement des Adivasi face aux gens de caste, et inversement, entraîne en effet un troisième élément : le territoire. Nous avons ainsi suivi "les jeux relationnels constitutifs du Jharkhand",à travers des assemblages et des mises en relation de situations et d'attitudes ou encore d'histoires, dans leurs expressions quotidiennes et leurs oppositions politiques.

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Mennell, Putman T. Elizabeth. "Tribal college and university accreditation : a comparative study /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004340.

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Smith, Maegan A. "A Public History Meditation| Collaboration's Role in Public History with Two of Louisiana's American Indian Tribes." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10163324.

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The projects in this meditation focus on the importance of collaboration in public history. Using two different tools, both projects show a new way for understanding the histories of two diverse Louisiana American Indian communities. The project on the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana is not a complete public history project, but it shows the progression of research and preliminary work needed for the pubic history aspect through an interactive map. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana exhibit highlights the importance of collaboration and consultation with the Tribe, which happened at nearly every step of the curation and development of the exhibit. Focusing on the inclusion of these communities, and those surrounding them, helped in the understanding of the audience for each of these projects, as well as the overall importance of consultation with the community or communities represented.

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De, Leon Diana Fisher. "A study on forging a new front and building a new vision for tribal environmental health policy on the Colorado River Indian Reservation." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1269%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.

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Gandhi, Ajay. "State (under)development, transnational activism, and tribal resistance in India's Narmada valley." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33895.

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This thesis examines how the Narmada damming project in India is constituted and contested by the state, affected tribal peoples ( adivasis), and a transnational advocacy network led by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save the Narmada Movement). Based on ethnographic fieldwork, and employing critical anthropological perspectives on development and globalization, the power relations underlying dominance and resistance are mapped out. The conflicting discourses, strategies and practices of Narmada proponents and opponents are conceptualized within local, regional, national, and transnational sites and modalities. Further, the negotiation of state dominance and adivasi resistance is analyzed through contradictory practice and shifting political alignments. Lastly, this thesis delineates how the Narmada conflict is permeated by complex symbolic and moral mechanisms activated by both state authorities and activist resistors.

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Shukla, Animesha. "Attitudes of tribal people towards social forestry, with reference to Madhya Pradesh, India." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1994. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU060472.

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Forest dwellers in most parts of the world live in close association with the forests. Of late, relentless pressure on these forests has brought their own survival into question. Deforestation of tropical forests has brought into focus different strategies of forestry development for such areas and participation of people in these strategies. Since its inception in late sixties social forestry as a strategy of forestry development aims to close this gap. The thesis aims to analyse attitudes of tribal people towards their participation in the social forestry approaches in use in Madhya Pradesh, India, through analyses of their socio-economic system, their interaction with forests, and their perceptions about forests, forest management and social forestry. The study is based on primary data collected through a household survey in 24 villages in the tribal areas of Nimar, Madhya Pradesh. The results indicate that a household level approach to planning social forestry is essential with a view to involve the people in the developmental strategy. The socio-economic factors play a significant role in framing the attitudes of the households towards adopting social forestry within their system. Lack of irrigation is a major constraint among all household categories. The interaction of households with forests also has an influence on their attitudes in some cases. The pattern of interaction is similar for a large majority of both landholders and landless households. However, their perceptions are found to be significantly different. Their perceptions do play some degree of influence in influencing their attitudes. While their participation in social forestry has been low, the tribal households do show strong inclination towards social forestry with many factors influencing their attitudes. Farm forestry and Joint Forest Management appear as the two most favourable approaches. An application of logistic regression has been suggested as a planning methodology to ascertain the probability of participation at the household level. The proposed methodology should be considered as a topic of future research.

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Aisher, Alexander. "Through 'spirits' : cosmology and landscape ecology among the Nyishi tribe of upland Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445251/.

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The Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh in the far northeastern corner of India is a Protected Area running east-west along the contested McMahon Line that marks the International Border with Tibet Autonomous Region. It represents one of the most remote and least known areas of India. Dense tropical, sub-tropical and temperate forests cover more than two-thirds of Arunachal Pradesh and the state harbours globally outstanding biological diversity, representing one of the most diverse alpine botanic zones on earth. It forms part of one of thirty-four internationally-recognized 'global biodiversity hotspots'. This thesis constitutes the first detailed village-level ethnographic investigation of the Nyishi tribe inhabiting the remote upper belt of the state and provides a benchmark for future ethnographic work in the region. Based upon sixteen months of intensive fieldwork involving textual, audio and audio-visual documentation of rituals, ceremonies, oral histories and everyday discourses, the study explores how the perceived agency of spirits (uyu) inform ecological phenomena and village-level interactions with the landscape. Drawing upon Bruno Latour's (1993) critique of the nature-culture dichotomy, Philippe Descola's (2005) theory of animistic 'modes of identification', and Tim Ingold's (2000) 'organism-environment synergy' this study investigates the ritual and everyday significance of spirits and how human-spirit relationships inform key village-level economic interactions with the landscape, including hunting, animal husbandry and shifting cultivation (/hum). The thesis explores how the extraction of natural resources are locally configured, through spirits, as forms of'exchange'. Focusing upon the practices of shaman-priests (nyubu), hunters (nyegum) and storyteller- arbitrators (nyejuk), the research examines how landscape processes across a range of scales are expressed through a 'language' of spirits. A portrait emerges of how discourses about human-spirit exchanges causally bind such diverse phenomena as the clearing of mature forest for jhum cultivation, divination through the chicken liver omen, animal sacrifice, the hunting of spirit-reared forest animals, the seasonal deposition of snow and movement of forest animals between elevations, human illness, violent storms, landslides and floods, all within a highly dynamic and often capricious landscape. As a village-level portrait of how spirits inform indigenous experience of and interactions with the landscape the study contributes to contemporary debates concerning the status of indigenous ecological knowledge in Northeast India and beyond.

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Rethwisch, Michael D., Bill Baldwin, Joan Baldwin, Danny Leivas, and Michael Kruse. "1995-1996 Alfalfa Yields of Five Varieties Planted Octobert 1994 on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202416.

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Five alfalfa varieties (CUF 101, SW 14, SW8210, Pioneer 5888, and a grower selection primarily from CUF 101 and noted as Baldwin Select) were planted in October, 1994, into large plots (0.75 acres) to obtain actual field harvest data. Eight harvests were taken during 1995, and seven thus far in 1996. Varietal hay yields were very similar in 1995 until mid summer, when area soil temperatures reached above 100 °F at the four inch depth for a period of about 6 weeks. During the summer months of both years Baldwin Select significantly outyielded other varieties tested. Statistical differences in accumulated hay yields were noted beginning in August 1995 and have continued during 1996. Baldwin Select was the highest yielding variety during 1995 (103.3% of CUF 101), followed by CUF 101 and Pioneer 5888, both which averaged 1.16 tons /acre per harvest. SW 14 and SW 8210 yielded about 550 total lbs /acre less than CUF 101 during 1995. Baldwin Select has also been the highest yielding variety in 1996 thus far, yielding 113.6% of CUF 101. SW 8210 has been second (107.6% of CUF 101), followed by SW 14 (102.7% of CUF 101), with CUF 101 and Pioneer 5888 again being almost equal in yield at 1.14 tons /acre per harvest. For 1995- 1996 combined, Baldwin Select has yielded 108.2% of CUF 101, followed by SW8210 (101.9% of CUF 101). CUF 101, Pioneer 5888 and SW 14 are very similar in overall tonnage. Alfalfa varieties have been very similar in relative feed value when tested. Yellowing from Empoasca spp. leafhoppers was greatest during the 1995 -1996 winter on varieties with fall dormancy ratings of 9 or greater. Baldwin Select has yielded $121 /acre more hay than CUF 101, and SW8210 has yielded $44 /acre more hay than CUF 101 thus far in this trial.

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Rethwisch, Michael D., Bill Baldwin, John Baldwin, Danny Leivas, and Michael Kruse. "1995-1997 Alfalfa Yields of Five Varieties Planted October 1994 on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202445.

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This report covers the first 2.5 years of production of five alfalfa varieties (CUF 101, SW 14, SW8210, Pioneer 5888, and a grower selection originating from CUF 101 and noted as Baldwin Select) that were planted in October, 1994, into large plots (0.75 acres) to obtain actual field harvest data. Data are reported from 22 harvests thus far in the study, including five from 1997. Varietal hay yields were very similar in 1995 until mid summer, when area soil temperatures reached above 100°F at the four inch depth for a period of about 6 weeks. During the summer months of 195 -1996 Baldwin Select had significantly higher yields than other varieties tested. Statistical differences in accumulated hay yields were noted beginning in August 1995 and have continued. during 1996. Baldwin Select has the highest yielding variety each year thus far, producing 8.8% more than CUF 101, worth $233 /acre. Alfalfa varieties have been very similar in relative feed value when tested. Yellowing from Empoasca spp. leafhoppers was greatest during the 1995 -1996 winter on varieties with fall dormancy ratings of 9 or greater. Weed infestations during late summer 1996 appear to be inversely correlated with fall dormancy, for which Baldwin Select significantly higher than CUF 101.

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Patel, Maya Laxmi. "Exploring the Impacts of Slum Dwelling for Indian Women." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32074.

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Background: Urbanization is increasing around the world, and in India this trend has translated into an increase in the size of slum dwellings. Slum environments may have a negative effect on human health, in particular women’s health. The objective of the study is to determine factors associated with Indian women’s health in slum environments. Methods: The relationship between women’s health, measured by BMI, and demographic, behavioural, and socioeconomic factors was statistically modelled. A multiple linear regression was performed, using data from the India National Family Health Survey. Results: Increasing BMI is significantly and positively associated with: frequency of watching television, having diabetes, age, wealth index, and residency status in the areas of New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu. Conclusion: While belonging to a scheduled tribe was not associated with changes in BMI, unadjusted rates suggest that tribal status may be worthy of deeper investigation. Among slum dwellers, there is a double-burden of under-nutrition and over-nutrition. Therefore a diverse set of interventions will be required to improve the health outcomes of these women.

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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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Cook, Tracey Suzanne. "Tribal and individual American Indian trust funds: Who's in charge?" Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278714.

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The United States Government has allegedly mismanaged Individual Indian Money and Tribal Trust Fund accounts since their creation over 150 years ago. Despite what appears to be a well-documented and incontrovertible body of evidence: extensive governmental and private sector audits, as well as congressional and executive level reports and hearings confirming chronic mismanagement, the BIA continues to lose, misplace, and often fails to collect millions in royalty payments belonging to Indian people without an equitable solution. Consequently, this thesis examines the most recent reform effort, the 1994 American Indian Trust Fund Mismanagement Reform Act offered by the 103rd Congress, the Strategic Plan created by the Office of Special Trustee, and finally, federal and tribal responses to the proposed Strategic Plan. The impact of these varied responses has elucidated several hindrances to effective reform, thus generating key questions which necessitate closer examination in order to advance effective reform.

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Mall, Lorinda Maile Natsu. "State vs. Tribe: Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act in Arizona (MA)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555160.

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Younker, Jason. "Coquille/Kō'Kwel, a southern Oregon coast Indian tribe : revisiting history, ingenuity, and identity /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3102196.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-396). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Wheeler, Leah. "Wǝ́xa Sxwuqwálustn : pulling together identity, community, and cohesion in the Cowlitz Indian tribe." Thesis, University of Essex, 2017. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/19230/.

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In the last 30 years many changes have taken place within the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. These changes involve the tribe’s sovereignty and have greatly impacted the emic identity of the tribe. Previous identity research with the Cowlitz predates these changes and no longer accurately describe the Cowlitz. The question for this research was how have these changes affected the emic identity of the Cowlitz today as seen in their community and interactions? And how does their identity now compare with their identity in the times of pre-contact and initial contact with whites? This research uses Manuel DeLanda’s assemblage theory to assess and compare the emic identity of the contemporary and historical tribe in terms of sovereignty, identity, and cultural rejuvenation. When the structure, relationships, activities, and purposes of the tribe and groups within the contemporary tribe were analyzed, there was a striking resemblance to the community system described in early settler journals and histories of the Cowlitz. The research was cross-sectional, including ethnographic study, interviews of tribal members, document analysis, and historical analysis. In an attempt to allow the Cowlitz people to speak for themselves rather than project ideas onto the tribe, each section of the research first allows tribal members to voice their opinions and then relies on Cowlitz voices to confirm the analysis. The final dissertation was then submitted to the tribe for comment.

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Smith, Kestrel A. "Tribal Colleges and Universities: Beacons of Hope, Sources of Native Pride." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/321598.

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This study examines whether Tribal Colleges and Universities impact hope and pride within their surrounding communities. As part of the investigation, data was gathered through the distribution of a ten question survey to three participants at both Diné College and Comanche Nation College: the president, a student, and a community member. Further data was collected through testimonials gathered from articles within the Tribal College Journal from the past six years (2008-2013). The goal of the study is to broaden the understanding of Tribal College and University impacts within their communities, and to provide valuable information for the college-community relationship throughout Indian Country.

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Rethwisch, Michael D., Migues Torres, Michael Kruse, and Javier Torres. "Two Year Evaluation of Nine Alfalfa Varieties Grown Under Grower Conditions on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/204093.

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Nine alfalfa varieties, most not previously tested under field conditions in Arizona, were planted October 29, 1997, using the same setting on a Great Plains Solid Stand 13 End Wheel drill. Varieties differed in lbs. of seed/acre planted, ranging from 28.0 for CUF 101 to 21.3 for Alto. Seven cuttings were obtained in 1998, a year characterized by much cooler than normal temperatures during April through early July. The variety Alto yielded significantly more hay than CUF 101 in the first cutting and had the highest total yield (10.61 tons hay/acre) in 1998, 4.9% greater than the area standard, CUF 101. Varieties with fall dormancy class ratings of 8 (Alto, WL 525 HQ, and Baralfa 85) had the highest yields during 1998, yielding at least 103% of CUF 101. During 1999, the top yielding varieties were Baralfa 92, Beacon, and Baralfa 85, which all yielded at least 105% of CUF 101. These varieties in addition to Alto yielded 103+% of CUF 101 through the first two years of production.

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Rethwisch, Michael D., Michael Kruse, Javier Torres, and Miguel Torres. "First Year Field Evaluation of Nine Alfalfa Varieties Planted October 1997 on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/208270.

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Nine alfalfa varieties, most not previously tested under field conditions in Arizona, were planted October 29, 1997 using the same setting on a Great Plains Solid Stand 13 End Wheel drill. Varieties differed in lbs. of seed/acre planted, ranging from 28.0 for CUF 101 to 21.3 for Alto. Five cuttings were obtained through August 1998. The variety Alto yielded the most hay in the first and fourth cuttings and had the highest total yield from the first five harvests. Varieties with fall dormancy class ratings of 8 usually had higher yields than varieties of dormancy 9 during the spring and early summer growing season, which was below normal in temperature, resulting in class 8 dormancies having the highest total yields thus far.

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Eagan, April Hurst. "Heritage and Health: A Political-Economic Analysis of the Foodways of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and the Bishop Paiute Tribe." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/685.

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Funded by Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), my thesis research and analysis examined Native American knowledge of heritage foods and how diminished access to food resources has affected Native American identity and health. NAFB manages the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), land and air space in southern Nevada, which includes Native American ancestral lands. During a research period of 3 months in the spring/summer of 2012, I interviewed members of Native American nations culturally affiliated with ancestral lands on the NTTR, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) and the Bishop Paiute Tribe. My research included participant observation and 31 interviews with tribal members considered knowledge holders by tribal leaders. In dialogue with the literature of the anthropology of food, political economy, and Critical Medical Anthropology, my analysis focused on the role of heritage foods in everyday consumption, taking into account the economic, social, environmental, and political factors influencing heritage foods access and diet. My work explored the effects of structural forces and rapid changes in diet and social conditions on Native American health. I found shifts in concepts of food-related identity across ethnic groups, tribes, ages, and genders. I also found evidence of collective efforts to improve diet-related health at tribal and community levels. Through the applied aspects of my research, participants and their families had the opportunity to share recipes and food dishes containing heritage foods as a way to promote human health and knowledge transmission.

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Lamsam, Teresa Trumbly. "Paths to change : tribal employees' perceptions of development communication /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3091941.

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Nelson-Majewski, Lisa C. "The Association of Resilience with Cardiovascular Disease Among Members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1125.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Lisa Nelson-Majewski, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Education, presented on October 30, 2015, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: THE ASSOCIATION OF RESILIENCE WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Dhitinut Ratnapradipa Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and among the American Indian population (AHA, 2012; IHS, 2013). The concept of resilience is receiving increasing attention in chronic conditions. Resilience has been shown to play a protective role in patients with chronic disease conditions including osteoarthritis (Wright, Zautra, & Going, 2008), breast and ovarian cancer (Brix et.al., 2008; Costanzo et. Al., 2009) and diabetes (DeNisco, 2010; Yi, Vataliano, Smith, Yi, & Weinger, 2008; Yi-Frazier et al., 2010). This study follows the paradigm shift from research focusing on risk factors of cardiovascular disease, to explore if resilience is significantly different among study participants of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe without a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease versus tribal participants with heart disease. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between resilience and cardiovascular health status, as well the relationship between resilience and the top six modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease, within the members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Method. Following IRB approval, enrolled tribal members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, over the age of 18 years completed two survey tools. The tool utilized measure resilience this study is the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). The second survey tool, including demographics and questions to assess cardiovascular risk factors, is the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The cardiovascular risk factor questions include the same BFRSS questions utilized from the 2009-2010 BRFSS tribal questionnaires. Results. Resilience and six selected cardiovascular disease risk factors were surveyed from a total of 201 enrolled members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe after informed consent obtained. Statistical analysis, with an alpha level of .05, revealed statistical difference between resilience and members with CVD versus resilience of members without CVD, (F (1,199) = 16.563, p = .000, ) (Table 5). All constructs of resilience impact overall resilience, while the second construct of resilience (trust in one’s instincts, tolerance of negative affect and strengthening effects of stress, emotional/cognitive control under pressure), had the most impact on overall resilience for those without CVD (r =0.909) (Table 6). HTN and resilience versus no HTN and resilience and resilience scores between those with normal cholesterol versus resilience scores of those with hyperlipidemia were the only two risk factors for CVD significantly impacted by resilience p = .049 and p = .020 respectively (Table 11; Table 13). While there was not a statistically significant difference (t (657) = -0.985) between Cowlitz Indian (N=201) resilience scores and the general population (N=458) (Davidson, 2003) (Table 22). The Cowlitz Indians (N=201) overall resilience score was statistically lower (t(359) = -3.12) than another federally recognized tribe (N = 160) Goins, Gregg, and Fiske (2012) (Table 21). Conclusion. Resilience is significantly different in members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe who have not been diagnosed with CVD versus resilience scores of those self-identified as having CVD. Trust in one’s instincts, tolerance of negative affect and strengthening effects of stress, and emotional/cognitive control under pressure, was the construct of resilience that has the most impact on overall Cowlitz Indian resilience scores. Cowlitz participants with hypertension and hyperlipidemia, two of the six risk CVD factors evaluated, had statistical significance between the resilience scores versus the participants without the presence of these CVD risk factors.

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Luna-Gordinier, Anne Mary Marjorie. "Stalking in Indian country: Enhancing tribal sovereignty through culturally appropriate remedies." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291644.

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Stalking is a complex social problem that pervades all levels of American society. Statistics established by the National Violence Against Women Survey show that Native American women are stalked at a rate at least twice that of any other racial group. A widely held belief exists that prior to colonization, stalking and domestic violence were uncommon in Native cultures. Regardless of the rates of incidence, tribal nations and families once successfully regulated issues of intimate violence in culturally specific ways. The imposition of hierarchical legal and social structures ties the hands of tribes to do what is right for their people. An approach to this problem is the empowerment of tribal entities to create and enforce culturally appropriate modes of resolution. Once tribes set about creatively utilizing the Violence Against Women Act there will be a multitude of tactics will address stalking crimes on the reservation and further tribal sovereignty.

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McClure, Rosemary O. ""These Are Preying Grounds" - How the Tulalip Tribes of Washington State are Fighting Violence Against Native American Women." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/204.

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Domestic violence and sexual assault rates are higher on Indian reservations than anywhere else in the country. This text works toward an understanding of sexual violence as a legacy of colonialism. Rather than being rooted in inherent racial or cultural differences, current rates of sexual violence on Indian reservations are a continuation of a historical pattern in which colonizers used rape as a weapon to control, contain, and conquer the Indians. The unique history of racist and sexist oppression inflicted on Native Americans through the institutionalized denial of kinship, culture, sovereignty, and body autonomy has exacerbated the violence while frustrating the healing process. This paper describes how the boarding schools, Indian child removal, PL 280, the Oliphant decision, cultural appropriation, and the sexualized stereotyping of Indian women led to high rates of sexual violence on Indian reservations. It then explores how the Tulalip Tribes of Washington State have been proactive in fighting to end sexual assault and violence on their reservation, through retrocession, a holistic approach to batterer reform, and victim advocacy, while simultaneously lobbying in support of legislation such as the Violence Against Women Act, which would allow the Tribes to acquire criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians.

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Jewitt, Sarah. "Agro-ecological knowledges and forest management in the Jharkhand, India : Tribal development or populist impasse?" Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245151.

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