My doctoral study began with my interest in discovering what influences from my past Nunavik teaching experience inform my present teaching practice in Southern Quebec. Despite the fact that many teachers who teach in Indigenous communities continue to be non-Indigenous, surpris…
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American Indigenous populations, American Indians (AIs), and Alaska Natives (ANs) have experienced historically traumatic events over the past 500 years, and Native Hawaiians (NHs) over the last 240 years from contact with Europeans, and the subsequent colonization, and appropri…
Comprises 13 papers which explore the concept of nationalism and national identity in 12 countries with different types of 'nation-state'. Investigates the roles of ethnicity, race and religion in the origins of each nation and considers the presence or absence of national indic…
This study frames the Bedouin land issue through the indigenous peoples' perspective in order to discover a new approach to recognizing Bedouin land rights in Israel. The conflict between the State of Israel and the Negev Bedouin over land is a major conflict within the State. T…
This book closes a gap in decolonizing intersectional and comparative research by addressing issues around the mass incarceration of Indigenous women in the US, Australia, Canada, and Aotearoa New Zealand. This edited collection seeks to add to the criminological discourse by in…
"In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his concept of "Communitas," which in the meantime has become famous. He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure. T…
In the context of historical marginalization of indigenous people from diverse ethnic communities in Bangladesh, this study will investigate how mainstream researches and writings, in books, research reports, newspapers, and blogs on indigenous issues have ignored women's relega…
At the foundation of the United States rests, just below the surface, a story of conquest and genocide of indigenous peoples in Central and North America. The actions of Christopher Columbus and the earliest colonists in North America were undergirded by a view of the world, in …
This dissertation focuses on how indigenous people in Sabah, Malaysia--in particular, the Kadazandusun--navigate contemporary life. Specifically, it explores the ways in which Kadazandusun employ aspects of their historical cultures within the context of the annual Harvest Festi…
In recent years, indigenous rights activists have impelled the Mexican government to claim a 'multicultural' approach toward indigenous populations in lieu of its longstanding assimilation approach. Situated within this context, this dissertation investigates formulations of ind…