Dissertations / Theses: 'Tribal Studies'

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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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Bowen, Rachel Elaine. "The Pamunkey Indian Museum: Collaboration, Display, and the Creation of a Tribal Museum." W&M ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626755.

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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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D'Souza, Lauren Katrina. "Using Renewable Energy to Increase Tribal Sovereignty: A Feasibility Study for a Biomass Energy Plant on the Cocopah Reservation." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1928.

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Native American reservations in the United States are often located on mineral-rich lands, making them a target for fossil fuel development in already socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. As environmentally damaging as they are, coal and oil industries can bring invaluable jobs and money to isolated reservations, causing tribes to rely on fossil fuels for mere economic survival. In these instances of corporations or the federal government exploiting Native American labor and land, tribes lose the most fundamental principle of tribal governance: tribal sovereignty. Replacing fossil fuels and securing energy independence with a stable, renewable energy source is key to reclaiming that tribal sovereignty. Biomass, a general term for any organic material used as a fuel source, is an often overlooked form of renewable energy to provide for an entire community’s needs. This paper focuses specifically on the 21 tribes in Arizona that can use elements of the local landscape, residues from economic activity like agriculture, or waste from urban areas to power a community-scale biomass plant. The feasibility study for a biomass plant on the Cocopah Reservation, a small and economically poor tribe in southwestern Arizona, determined that the tribe could supply all of its energy needs with a small, 1 MW combustion stoker boiler fed with crop residues from nearby agricultural lands. The levelized cost of electricity for this biomass plant is about $0.2–$0.3/kWh, or one-sixth of electricity rate that the tribe pays from the local utility. The plant would create revenue over its 30-year lifespan that could be fed back into other social service or economic revitalization projects for tribal members. The Cocopah would also benefit from joining with other small and politically isolated tribes to form an intertribal energy consortium that could share administrative and technical expertise in completing feasibility studies or applying for federal assistance.

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Nadjiwon, Carol Ann 1945. "Egalitarianism: A perspective from North American tribal society." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292046.

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Western political thought is Eurocentric in world view. Since Western thought has been accepted as universal, there is the need to respond to this situation. This thesis will examine egalitarianism from a perspective of North American tribal society. It is my hypothesis that since the discovery of the Americas, indigenous people continue to have a contradictory experience of egalitarianism. Although certain elements of equality were common to the thinking of indigenous people and Western man, Western nations oppressed indigenous people through egalitarian policies.

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House, Jo Anne. "Exploring Deliberation and Participation: Tribal Membership Meetings under Indian Reorganization Act Constitutions." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1044.

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Based on a review of one tribal government's strong membership powers exercised in General Tribal Council (GTC) meetings, tribal leaders do not analyze or review the activities in those meetings on an ongoing basis to determine where or if improvements are needed or are effective when implemented. The purpose of this study was to bridge the gap in empirical studies and to identify a process by which tribes can review GTC meetings to implement continuous improvements. Based on the tenets of Habermas' deliberative democracy framework, this qualitative study used the Discourse Quality Index (DQI) to determine the level of participation and deliberation occurring in membership meetings. Through a content analysis of transcripts from a year of GTC meetings of a single tribe, findings provided insight on speaker interruptions, reasons underlying opinions, respect given to others, and community-based decisions. The findings also identified that GTC meetings score high in all elements except regarding respect for others. By focusing on improvements in deliberative forums, Tribal leaders can create a more inviting atmosphere to individuals to speak, improve community networking, and increase levels of respect for others. Implications for social change are the development of meetings that improve over time, resulting in the generation of a greater range of solutions to public issues and creation of networking relationships as members hear other solutions and positions.

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David, W. W. "Training Tribal Facilitators for Peacemaking in Mindanao| An Experimental Study." Thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural Studies, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13428586.

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Conflicts in Mindanao can be caused by incidents such as adultery, land disputes, even jealousy within dominant clan groups. The incidents may emerge as an interpersonal conflict, but may result in wider aggression, escalating into interclan conflict when the victim’s relatives or ethnic group get involved. Though the initial conflict is interpersonal, it might affect the inter-societal level and even the international level.

The central issue that directed this research was to discover the factors influencing Mindanao tribal students who seek rido, “interclan revenge,” and to revise “Peace Generation” from Indonesia in order to implement contextual methods of “Training Tribal Students to Be Peacemakers” that uses insiders to facilitate tribal students for conflict transformation in Mindanao.

As a missionary, I have attempted to equip mature Muslim-background believers associated with Yoido Full Gospel Mission in Mindanao to become facilitators of a program of training tribal people to be peacemakers and to mobilize some to become agents for peacemaking in Mindanao.

In order to implement sustainable peace among the entire Moro ethnic group, I adapted Lederach’s conceptual framework to establish the foundation of trust or to restore trust among interclan or intertribal relationships. This process guided the research in light of historical perspectives recognizing colonial factors affecting the population in Mindanao. This research employs narrative interviews to listen to participants and develop deeper interaction regarding the issues that are verbalized in intergroup conflicts.

In order to train these Christian peace facilitators for the revised process, I chose Tablig: A Compilation of Resources for Understanding the Muslim Mindset. Over about a year and a half in three rounds of field research, I discovered factors in Peace Generation training that might be perceived differently from tribal students’ perspectives. All three of the facilitators agreed in Training Group interviews that love is always the main factor in conflict transformation. Furthermore, all three of the Tausug villagers affirmed love, justice, and God’s guidance as factors in their marital conflict transformation.

After reflection on these three research periods, I chose to step back as an outsider facilitator and trainer and to empower “voluntary insiders” and “insiders” to facilitate tribal students in peacemaker training. I have clearly separated findings—peacebuilding facilitated by one of the insiders—that are significant from ones that are not. In my analysis, my leadership has not shifted appropriately in recognition of tribal people groups, which need indigenization. Hence, it is significant to note that transforming conflicts only through scriptural studies is not feasible; it should be conducted by an insider innovator/transformer, rather than by my entrepreneurship.

Indeed, if I did not step back from being a peace facilitator and did not train insider or voluntary peace facilitators, we would not have seen the remarkable result in the lifecycle of organizational leadership transition. The main factor influencing and equipping tribal students and adults to be peacemakers, as carried out by insider facilitators, is “love and forgiveness,” as Romans 13:10 says, “therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

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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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Wilson, Amy James. "Tribal organizations and energy development| Recognized sovereignty, regulations, and planning." Thesis, University of Colorado at Denver, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10247680.

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Tribal governments’ capacity to implement land use controls within their Nations is limited by the United States Constitution and federal law; however, tribal governments have inherent sovereignty to protect, guide, and govern the lands under their jurisdiction to protect and enhance the safety, health, and welfare of their members.

The aim of this thesis was to investigate and identify (1) the extent to which tribal Nations have sovereignty over their lands and authority to regulate land use within their jurisdiction and (2) the present status and extent to which Native American tribal governments use their sovereignty over land use development concerning oil and natural gas development within their jurisdiction.

The study was qualitative in nature and focused on a comprehensive archival review and a one-case case study. Constitutional law, federal Indian law, environmental law, and tribal law were considered. The thesis first examines the results of the archival review, which demonstrates that tribes, while limited by federal law, have sovereignty and authority to control land use within their territories.

The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation were also examined. The Tribes were chosen based on location, level of oil and natural gas production, and accessibility of information. The most current information available was used for the study. The data for the study was obtained from the Internet. The research suggests that tribes are implementing land use controls and participating in land use and comprehensive planning; however, they are not doing so to the extent of their sovereignty.

This study demonstrates that tribal governments do indeed have authority over their lands and resources and cannot fully take advantage of their sovereignty without practicing self-governance over their natural, built, and human environments. Questions remain regarding the reasons that tribal governments are not implementing land use controls and engaging in land use planning to the extent of their sovereignty. Further research is needed to understand the reasons that tribal organizations are not taking full advantage of the existing sovereignty of their lands and resources.

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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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Ey, Moussa Adoum K. "The Challenge of Tribal Relations in Chad: Impacts on Socioeconomic Development." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1614448242920385.

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Antoine, Nora. "Exploring Tribal College and University (TCU) Faculty Collegiality." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1383048432.

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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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Bailey-Shimizu, Pamelalee. "First Nations Tribal Library and Social Research Center." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1952.

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Rata, Elizabeth 1952. "Global Capitalism and the Revival of Ethnic Traditionalism in New Zealand: The Emergence of Tribal-Capitalism." Thesis, University of Auckland, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/2015.

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The social and economic restructuring accompanying increasing globalisation has provided new opportunities and new limits for social and ethnic movements in New Zealand as elsewhere. The purpose of this thesis is to establish the theory of tribal-capitalism through an examination of the responses to these changing global economic circumstances that have characterised the Maori ethnification, indigenisation and retribalisation movements since the 1970s. Although both the initial 'prefigurative' and the later 'strategic'(Breines, 1980:421) routes to tino rangatiratanga ('Maori sovereignty') were attempts to restore traditional social relations and secure political and economic autonomy from the dominant Pakeha society, the projects are distinguished by different approaches. On the one hand the 'prefigurative' traditionalist project indicted both capitalism and Pakeha society as its exponents sought a return to the precapitalist social relations of the pre-Contact era. On the other hand exponents of the 'strategic' project sought to establish a concordat with capitalist Pakeha society based upon the assumption that a capitalist economy could be made compatible with Maori political and cultural autonomy. It is argued that neither project, 'prefigurative' traditionalism nor the 'strategic march through the institutions of capitalism', achieved the objective of tino rangatiratanga. Irrespective of approach, Maori ethnification, indigenisation and retribalisation became reshaped and reconstituted by the conditions that made the movements possible and that shaped them in decisive ways. These tino rangatiratanga movements emerged from the institutional channels enabled by Pakeha bicultural idealists and given substance by the Waitangi Tribunal as a tribal-capitalist regime of accumulation characterised by exploitative class relations and reified communal relations. An extensive range of case studies is employed to provide evidence that tests the hypothesis of the emergence of tribal-capitalism from out of the projects that attempted to retain the traditional in a world dominated by capitalist relations. Despite the structural opportunities provided by Pakeha bicultural idealists, and despite the different approaches of the Maori tino rangatiratanga projects, it was not possible to restore communal relations of production. Objective forces, rather than internal miscalculation, ineptitude or corruption, brought about the failure as firstly 'prefigurative' and then 'strategic' projects became doomed attempts to sidestep class location within capitalist structures. The various studies examine the ways in which the 'prefigurative' and 'strategic' projects not only led to the transformation of the ethnification and indigenisation movements into the new class formations of tribal-capitalism, but actually became constitutive of the class fractions that define the regime. The dialectical interactive of agency and structure which transformed the projects became a reconstituting and shaping mechanism of change. First the study of the Pakeha new class's bicultural project grounds the later studies by locating the institutional inclusion of Maori indigenous particularity in the universalism of the new class humanists. Biculturalism established relatively benign conditions for the tino rangatiratanga projects by providing both opportunities and resources for Maori development. It is in the retribalising form of that development that an indigenous version of the capitalist regime of accumulation is located. The next three sections of the thesis examine the 'prefigurative' and 'strategic' routes of this indigenous particularity into the new inclusive structures in studies of: a reviving Maori family, an ascendant tribe, a separate Maori education system and the creation of the national Maori fishing industry. The outcomes of each study are examined to trace the failure of both approaches as particular groups within the retribalisation movement developed new and exclusive relationships to the traditional lands, waters and knowledge. The concluding section contrasts culturalist theories of the Maori tino rangatiratanga projects with the hypothesis of the emergence of tribal-capitalism advanced in this thesis. The claim that cultural strength can resist the imposition of capitalist class relations is found not to be sustained.

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Nolan, Raymond Anthony. "Clean my land: American Indians, tribal sovereignty, and the Environmental Protection Agency." Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20509.

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Doctor of Philosophy
History
Bonnie Lynn-Sherow
This dissertation is a case study of the Isleta Pueblos of central New Mexico, the Quapaw tribe of northeast Oklahoma, and the Osage Nation of northcentral Oklahoma, and their relationship with the federal government, and specifically the Environmental Protection Agency. As one of the youngest federal agencies, operating during the Self-Determination Era, it seems the EPA would be open to new approaches in federal Indian policy. In reality, the EPA has not reacted much differently than any other historical agency of the federal government. The EPA has rarely recognized the ability of Indians to take care of their own environmental problems. The EPA’s unwillingness to recognize tribal sovereignty was no where clearer than in 2005, when Republican Senator James Inhof of Oklahoma added a rider to his transportation bill that made it illegal in Oklahoma for tribes to gain primary control over their environmental protection programs without first negotiating with, and gaining permission of, the state government of Oklahoma. The rider was an erosion of the federal trust relationship with American Indian tribes (as tribes do not need to heed state laws over federal laws) and an attack on native ability to judge tribal affairs. Oklahoma’s tribes, and Indian leaders from around the nation, worked to get the new law overturned, but the EPA decided to help tribes work within the confines of the new law. Despite the EPA’s stance on the new law, the tribes continued to try to fight back, as they had in the past when challenged by paternalistic federal policy. The EPA treated the Quapaws and Isletas in a similar fashion. Thus, the thesis of this study is that the EPA failed to respect the abilities of American Indian nations, as did federal agencies of years before, to manage their own affairs. Historians have largely neglected the role the EPA has played in recent Indian history and are just now beginning to document how deliberate efforts at self-determination have been employed by tribes for centuries in America.

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Reed, Donald J. "An Examination of Tribal Nation Integration in Homeland Security National Preparedness." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/598.

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Research has established that national homeland security policy requires a whole community or all-of-nation approach to national security preparedness. What is less clear is whether all stakeholders are integrated into or benefit from this collective effort. This narrative policy analysis examined the relationship between a federally-recognized group of Native American tribal nations and homeland security national preparedness to explore whether tribal nations are effectively integrated with the collective effort for national preparedness. The theoretical framework stemmed from a convergence of social contract theory and conflict theory. Interviews (n = 21) were conducted with preparedness authorities from government agencies, and from tribal nations and nongovernmental organizations that advocate on behalf of tribal nations. Data were analyzed using Roe's narrative policy analysis technique. Results revealed areas of convergence of the government and tribal narratives on the historical disenfranchisement of tribal nations; findings also showed areas of divergence on how to better integrate tribal nations in homeland security national preparedness. The study concludes with a number of recommendations highlighting the manner in which national interests and tribal nation preparedness interests are intertwined. This study suggests that the nation's homeland security may be better served by greater inclusion of tribal nations in national preparedness efforts. The results of this study contribute to positive social change by giving voice to a heretofore disenfranchised social group, Native Americans, and by allowing them to strengthen the metanarrative of homeland security national preparedness.

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Bowen, Carissa Jeanae. "Violence against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and Sexual Violence on Tribal Land| A Policy Analysis." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10827338.

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The purpose of this thesis is to provide a policy analysis of the Violence Against Women's Reauthorization Act of 2013. Specific emphasis was placed on the prevalence of sexual violence within AI/AN communities and how the legislative act provides protection for people experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, or the violation of protective orders. Specifically, this thesis used David Gil's analytic framework to evaluate the policy; its strengths and limitations, and its impact on tribal sovereignty and tribal criminal jurisdiction. The analysis shows that while VAWA 2013 has worked to restore tribal sovereignty and prevent the act of domestic violence within tribal nations, it has not gone far enough in addressing sexual violence amongst AI/AN women. As a result of discussing these issues, the project demonstrates the importance of addressing the human rights of AI/AN women living on tribal land. Implications for social work are discussed.

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Shulterbrandt, Elizabeth A. "The 5 W's of the White House Tribal Nations Conferences: 2009-2011." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/70.

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This paper attempts to provide an answer to the question of why the White House Tribal Nations Conferences (2009-2011) are happening by offering two hypothesis-- the first being the growing American Indian political power, while the other looks at whether the Conferences are simply symbolic politics--as potential answers. An in depth analysis of the Conferences and the purported accomplishments from the summits are analyzed in order to gain a deeper understanding of the Conferences themselves. Lastly, an interview with a tribal leader is presented to provide another framework in which to view the Conferences.

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BATARSEH, BENJAMIN. "Transjordanian State-Building and the Palestinian Problem: How Tribal Values and Symbols Became the Bedrock of Jordanian Nationalism." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1598478205350977.

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Achieng-Evensen, Charlotte. "Young, Urban, Professional, and Kenyan?: Conversations Surrounding Tribal Identity and Nationhood." Chapman University Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/ces_dissertations/9.

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By asking the question “How do young, urban, professional Kenyans make connections between tribal identity, colonialism, and the lived experience of nationhood?,” the researcher engages with eight participants in exploring their relationships with their tribal groups. From this juncture the researcher, through a co-constructed process with participants, interrogates the idea of nationhood by querying their interpretations of the concepts of power and resistance within their multi-ethnic societies. The utility of KuPiga Hadithi as a cultural responsive methodology for data collection along with poetic analysis as part of the qualitative tools of examination allowed the researcher to identify five emergent and iterative themes: (1) colonial wounds, (2) power inequities, (3) tensions, (4) intersection, and (5) hope. Participant discussion of these themes suggests an impenetrable link between tribal identity and nationhood. Schooling, as first a colonial and then national construct, works to mediate that link. Therefore, there is the need for a re-conceptualization of the term ‘nation’ in the post-Independence era.

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Companion, Michele L. "Embracing autonomy: The impact of socio-cultural and political factors on tribal health care management levels." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280272.

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Core notions from social movement research and Sociology of Law studies are integrated into development theory and power/inequality arguments to evaluate the relative importance of internal social organizations of groups, resource dependency, and the impact of the organizational learning process on Native American tribes' inclinations to take greater amounts of control over their economic, political, and social development. This frames development as a political problem, not just an economic one. An analytical model is developed that can be applied to many indigenous groups. This model is used to answer the following question: when new opportunities for sovereign expression are created through changes in the law, which sociological factors impact the ability to take advantage of it? This study raises and addresses some theoretical questions about the conditions under which collectivities opt for more self-determination and develop greater institutional autonomy. It also addresses public policy issues by identifying factors that have proven to be barriers for tribes to pursue greater degrees of self-determination.

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Calvert, Catherine. "Portraits of Women’s Leadership after Participation in a Culturally Based University Tribal College Partnership." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1387487824.

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Sheffield, Ron. "The Influence of Language on Culture and Identity| Resurgence of the Quechan Native American Tribal Language." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3557504.

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This study examined the common essence of language restriction and then resurgence among Quechan Native American elders. The data suggests that Quechan elders' sense of culture and identity was influenced by speaking the native language. Bourdieu's work on language and power were supported as socially constructed means of communication. Findings from this study provided empirical support for Hatch's Cultural Dynamics model. Erikson's work on identity was also supported with additional suggestions made to expand his final stage of psychosocial development for the Quechan Native American.

This research primarily focused on the individual level of analysis and provided practical application for the constructs of language, culture, and identity. In addition, this research also provided theoretical contributions for identity while embracing the existing body of knowledge. The research question, "How does speaking the native language affect one's sense of culture and identity?" was addressed through ten interviews with elders of the Quechan Native American Tribe.

Three distinct findings emerged from data gathered in this research. The first major finding indicated that language is a means of survival for the Quechan elders who forms much of their current reality on historical knowledge. The second finding suggests that the identity of Quechan elders is under reconstruction through the resurgence of the Quechan language and subsequent legitimization of that linguistic symbol. Lastly, the Quechan elders may be realigning their individual view of culture based on a combination of long-standing tribal knowledge and documentation presented by the dominant culture.

This study suggests a need to draw stronger theoretical connections between the constructs of identity and culture. On the individual level of analysis, culture and identity form and reform constantly to emerge as new entities. However, as this research has suggested, the individual may greatly influence the group's fundamental ideas of culture and identity.

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Geyer, Andrea. "A TRIBAL SPECIAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES PROJECT: ESTABLISHING THE MALKI MUSEUM SPECIAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/752.

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The Malki Museum Tribal Special Library and Archives project is an on-site repository created in order to provide access to information regarding tribal culture and heritage to local tribal members and researchers. The project filled the need for a space dedicated to material related to the history of local Southern California Native American tribes and information regarding the topics of Archaeology, Anthropology and History. The collection includes: books, manuscripts, documents, audio/visual media, and photographs. Bringing together multimedia sources, the Special Tribal Library allows for the preservation and accessibility of these items through cataloging and digitizing the collection. This method allows for the collection to be available to the public while being able to preserve its integrity through limited handling. In order to facilitate the establishment of the Special Library and Archive, the Malki Museum Special Tribal Library and Archives project teamed up with the Malki Museum’s Director, as well as the Malki Museum’s Tribal Board of Directors. Several weeks of organization, assessment, and collaboration helped prepare the Special Library first for user-friendliness. The final product is the Malki Museum Tribal Special Library which provides tribal members and scholars alike a locality where research can be undertaken and acquired. The Malki Museum Tribal Special Library project helps bring important data within reach to its local community.

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Williams, Steven Lyn. "Smudging the book : the role of cultural authority in tribal historical narratives and revitalization at rocky boy." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3405.

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Beginning with Native American activism in the 1960's and bolstered by the Indian Self Determination Act of 1975, tribes have been actively attempting in recent decades to increase tribal sovereignty and self-determination and revitalize tribal communities. One way they are doing this at Rocky Boy's Reservation in North Central Montana, is by taking control of the production of tribal narratives through institutions like the tribe's Internal Review Board and the completion of the first tribal history written completely by tribal members (2008). Another way is by looking back at the history of past researchers to the reservation and having important dialogues about the impacts and legacies of those researchers' work with the community. Out of this dialogue an "oral tradition" has emerged at Rocky Boy centering largely on Frank Bird Linderman (1869-1938) and Verne Dusenberry (1906-1966). These two researchers are often remembered very differently by tribal members: Linderman emerges as a hero due to his political aid for the Chippewa Cree in helping them acquire a reservation homeland, while Dusenberry more often serves as a representative of the troubled relationship between researchers and the tribe in the past. This dissertation examines the creation of historical narratives about Rocky Boy's Chippewa Cree, focusing on the effects of "contests" over cultural authority between key researchers to the reservation and tribal leaders in the making of those narratives. This dissertation makes a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences between the two researchers' claims to cultural authority by returning them to the contexts of their relationships with Chippewa Cree, and the stories and legacies that emerged around their work on the reservation. It explores the responses of tribal leaders to Linderman and Dusenberry and attempts by Chippewa Cree leaders (Little Bear, Big Rock, Rocky Boy, and Four Souls) to recontextualize and reclaim cultural authority and tribal historical narratives in their interactions with these researchers. By making these comparisons, this dissertation examines the ongoing effects these battles over cultural authority have had on tribal self-determination and revitalization efforts both past and present. Two of four chapters detail the lives and textual works of Frank Bird Linderman and Verne Dusenberry. These two men serve as a nexus point for the complex, interwoven and historically-layered "contexts" and "contests" over authority--both past and present, inter-culturally and intra-tribally, as writing and material forms, between outsiders and the living reservation that are the focus of this dissertation. This dissertation intervenes into previous histories written about Rocky Boy that have largely failed to recognize how complexly intertwined and often shared the processes of creating histories about the Rocky Boy's Reservation have been between outside researchers, tribal leaders and the reservation community. It also intercedes in the ongoing dialogue and debate about the role of researchers, cultural authority and protocols and tribal history in tribal revitalization and self-determination for the tribe.

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Palmer, Anna E. "Climate Change on Arid Lands – A Vulnerability Assessment of Tribal Nations in the American West." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1502443290575261.

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Gordon, Miles P. "Climate Planning with Multiple Knowledge Systems: The Case of Tribal Adaptation Plans." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou152475789156055.

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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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Galgamuwe, Arachchige Pabodha Galgamuwa. "Evaluating nutritional and behavioral health and vegetable cultivars as part of a Native American gardening project." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16892.

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Master of Science
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Charles J. Barden
Due to health and nutritional disparities, prevalence of obesity and related diseases among American Indians is found to be higher than the U.S. general population. To promote a healthy lifestyle, the long term goal of this project is to increase fresh fruit and vegetable availability through gardening for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PBPN) tribe in Kansas. In achieving this ultimate goal, two studies were conducted with the objectives of: 1) Evaluate the nutritional and behavioral health indicators for the residential population of the tribe and identify key constraints of gardening activity in the reservation; and 2) Conduct vegetable cultivar trials comparing different open pollinated (OP) and hybrid cultivars of tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum), pepper (Capsicum annum) and eggplant (Solanum melongena var. esculentum) to identify best yielding cultivars. Three surveys were conducted to assess the residential population with respect to gardening activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, health status, physical activity and socioeconomic status, using convenience samples. Cultivar trials comparing 6 pepper, 3 eggplant, and 5 tomato cultivars were conducted in 2012 and 2013 growing seasons. PBPN respondent group revealed significant health disparities compared to the general U.S. and Kansas populations. A higher proportion of this group was in poverty which had strong correlations with land ownership, gardening experience, and attendance to gardening workshops. “No knowledge” and “no space” were identified as key gardening constraints. Hybrid Jetstar was the best tomato cultivar identified, while Cherokee Purple was the best yielding OP cultivar. No difference in performance was observed among the three eggplant cultivars tested. Sweet pepper hybrids Flamingo and Alliance outperformed OP California Wonder which was moderate in production. OP chili pepper cultivars Anaheim 118 and hybrid Chili G76 outperformed hybrid Charger. Identified best yielding cultivars could be distributed among tribal members to support in-place gardening initiatives. Gardening limitations of “no land” and “no knowledge” could be mitigated by increasing participation at the community garden and attendance for gardening workshops. Strategic approaches should be implemented to attract people in poverty to engage in gardening and increase gardening activity in the reservation for nutritional, health and economic benefits.

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Teverbaugh, Aeron. "Tribal constructs and kinship realities : individual and family organization on the Grand Ronde Reservation from 1856." PDXScholar, 2000. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3237.

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This project examines marriage and residence patterns on the Grand Ronde Reservation between 1856 and the early 1900s. It demonstrates that indigenous cultural patterns continued despite a colonial imagination that refused to see them. Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde continued to live in family groups much as they had in the pre-reservation era. They continued to exhibit patterns of marriage and kinship that were described in the ethnographies and by the earliest explorers in the Oregon area.

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Lhortolat, Elisa. "Les représentations de genre dans la danse orientale et la danse American Tribal : regards croisés sur des pratiques et des discours." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020COAZ2019.

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Cette étude a pour point de départ la pratique des danses orientales en France, aujourd’hui marquée par de nombreux débats autour des questions de tradition et de modernité. Deux pratiques seront ainsi mises en dialogue : la danse orientale dite Sharki, considérée comme la plus « authentique » et proche de la tradition égyptienne, et la danse American Tribal née aux États-Unis dans le contexte particulier de la contre-culture. À partir d’un travail de terrain en régions PACA et parisienne, des questions transversales à ces deux disciplines transparaissent, notamment concernant l’image des corps, croisant ainsi les questionnements de genre dans ces pratiques presque exclusivement féminines. À travers les pratiques et le discours, deux archétypes distincts de la féminité apparaissent en filigrane, posant la question de la construction et de la représentation du féminin, mais aussi paradoxalement du masculin dans ces deux formes de danses, pourtant si proches.Ce travail de recherche questionne à travers l’histoire, l’enquête de terrain mais aussi sur le plan du mouvement, la construction de ces visions stéréotypées du féminin. Quels images et imaginaires du féminin, et en conséquence du masculin, sont ici mis en jeu ? Comment s’inscrivent-ils dans les corps et dans le mouvement ?
This inquiry starts with the practice of bellydance in France, marked today by numerous debates around tradition and modernity. Two practices will thus be compared. On the one hand, bellydance known as Sharki, which is considered as the most “authentic” practice and the closest to the Egyptian tradition. On the other hand, the American Tribal dance, which emerged in the United States in the specific context of counter-culture.Based on fieldwork, some cross-questions common to these two practices are arising. Those are mostly about the vision of the body and the gender issues, in these almost exclusively female practices. Through the analysis of the practices and the discourses, two archetypes of femininity appear implicitly, raising the question of the construction and the representation of the feminine, but also, paradoxically, of the masculine in these two different forms of dance, yet so close one to the other. This research puts into question the construction of these stereotypical visions of the feminine, through the history of these dance forms but also in terms of movement. What are these images and imaginary representations of the feminine, and consequently, of the masculine, how are they brought into play ? How are they embodied in dance movement ?

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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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Ivanova, Rossitza Pentcheva. "Cross-cultural and tribal-centred politics in American Indian studies : assessing a current split in American Indian literary scholarship and re-interpreting Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony and Louise Erdrich's Tracks." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2006. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1174/.

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The thesis examines the current split in American Indian literary studies between cross-cultural and tribal-centred schools of criticism through analyses of Arnold Krupat's, Louis Owens's and Gerald Vizenor's scholarship, on one side, and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn's and Craig Womack's critical work, on the other. The conflicting critical positions, despite their growing importance, have not received a consistent analysis in the critical discourse. The implications of this controversy for the future of American Indian studies and for the ways in which American Indian literature may be studied and taught have not been examined in depth. Particularly, there is little recognition of the validity of tribal-centred contributions to the field. The research seeks to address such gaps in the current scholarship: it develops a synoptic discussion of the opposing critical positions, assesses their strengths and drawbacks, and proposes a possible resolution of the controversy. The thesis argues that crosscultural scholarship (in conjunction with postcolonial and postmodern theory) has contributed importantly to the understanding of discursive hybridity as a vital aspect of American Indian existence, writing and anticolonial resistance. Yet, cross-cultural criticism has sidelined questions regarding tribal sovereignty discourse and tribal centred identity politics. Tribal-centred scholarship is making an important, and still ignored and misunderstood contribution to American Indian studies because it assists the understanding of these two important categories in American Indian experience and decolonisation. Assessing contributions and omissions of either critical position, the research posits that the current critical split could and should be negotiated to enable a more accurate and comprehensive reading of the political discourses that shape American Indian experience, anticolonial struggles and writing. The research illustrates the controversy and its potential mediation through a re-interpretation of two "representative" American Indian novels: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony and Louise Erdrich's Tracks. Part One of the research - chapters one, two and three - analyses the debate, while Part Two - chapters four and five - re-reads Ceremony and Tracks.

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Anderson, Joshua Tyler Anderson. "The Bodies Belong to No One: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men in Literature and Law, 1934-2010." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1531047437469823.

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Fall, Pontus. "Politiskt deltagande hos Kanistammen i Kerala : en fallstudie /." Thesis, Huddinge : Södertörn University College. School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:15742/FULLTEXT01.

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Dillon, John F. "Stories like a River: The Character of Indian Water Rights and Authority in the Wind River and Klamath-Trinity Basins." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293448.

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The ability to decisively benefit from ample sources of freshwater represents a pivotal challenge for American Indian nations and their self-determination in the western United States. Climate change, population growth, and capitalist pressures continue to escalate demand for water in an already dry land. This project set out to listen and add practical perspective to the importance of water as reflected in various forms of stories in the context of American Indian reserved water rights. It explores dynamic confluences and divergences of worldviews that influence American Indian nations' relationships with water in the present sociopolitical context. The integral relationship between literatures, laws, and tribal sovereignty constructs this study's theoretical framework as it broadens scholarship on this connection to include the implications of water rights. This approach leads to a critical, or perhaps "literary critical," background for examining two major water rights struggles in the western United States; the first being court decisions on the Wind River Indian Reservation, home of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, and secondly, the Klamath-Trinity Basin, where four federally recognized tribes recently partook in water rights settlement negotiations. Litigation and negotiations over vital water are presently limited to the minefield of ambiguous Western narratives on the values and uses of Indian water rights. While each conflict has its unique circumstances and personalities, EuroAmerican stories of control and superiority continue to justify the exploitation of water and subjugation of Indigenous human rights. Alternative forums might make room for restorying and more sustainably managing water.

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Hayes, Dorothy Maora. "Wāhine kaihautū, wāhine whai mana navigating the tides of change : Whakatōhea women and tribal socio-politics : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Māori Studies at Massey University." Massey University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1111.

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This thesis explored the socio-political experiences and views of seven Maori women from the tribe of Whakatahea. The project adopted a Maori-centred theoretical and research approach that included the researcher as a member of the researched group. It aimed to draw out the common themes, from the women's recollections of their experiences and views of the socio-political decision-making affairs within whanau, hapu, and iwi. The women identified barriers to participation and strategies to overcome these barriers. Qualifications reflected traditional Maori values and practices. Rights according to whakapapa, and the principle "he kanohi kitea", being seen, were the obvious criterion. Poor information channels, minimal consultation, gender bias, age and time constraints were some of the issues identified as barriers to participation. It was found that whanau governance committees more closely reflected traditional values and customs that saw women and men as sharing power, more so than hapu and iwi organisations. The gender imbalance was viewed, by the women participants, as problematic. They concluded that better gender balance at all levels of the socio-political affairs of Whakatohea would ensure greater informed decision-making for the social, educational, economic, and spiritual well-being of the tribe today and for future generations.

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Arrah, Moise Oneke. "A Gift of Nature and the Source of Violent Conflict: Land and Boundary Disputes in the North West Region of Cameroon The Case of BaliKumbat and Bafanji." Diss., NSUWorks, 2015. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/109.

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Balikumbat and Bafanji are the names of two villages in the Northwest Region of Cameroon that have been warring against one another over Bangang, a tract of fertile land. The conflict hinges on perceived differences about who should have access to this fertile land. Both villages claim ownership. This conflict has persisted from colonial times to the present with no tangible resolution. Understanding the place of land within the political, social, and economic fabric of the lives of both villages prior to and after the arrival of the colonial administration is the centerpiece of this research endeavor. This study sheds light on why the conflict persists. The land tenure decree of 1973, which was later promulgated into Cameroon law in 1984, is the most recent attempt at resolving disputes over land. It did not resolve this conflict. A clash of cultures between the indigenous population and the European colonizers may have triggered a legacy of land conflict between these two communities. This study unravels and seeks to explain when the Balikumbat and Bafanji villages transitioned from being two loving neighbors, capable of sharing their use of and kinship to the land, to hostile enemies ready to fight and kill one another at the earliest opportunity. In this study, interviews, observations, journal intakes, field notes, as well as document reviews, are pivotal tools used in justifying the claims highlighted in the research.

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Hardison-Stevens, Dawn Elizabeth. "Knowing the Indigenous Leadership Journey: Indigenous People Need the Academic System as Much as the Academic System Needs Native People." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393513741.

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Barra, Márcio Correia. "Estágio em coordenação de ensaios clínicos." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14060.

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Mestrado em Biomedicina Farmacêutica
This report concerns my internship experience in the Clinical Neuropharmacology Group of Neurological Clinical Research Unit, where I could work in coordination of clinical trials, and in the Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, where I could participate in research projects, mainly as a medical writer. The internship took place from 2 September 2013 to June 2, 2014. The internship is part of the curricular activities of the second year of the Masters in Pharmaceutical Biomedicine, University of Aveiro. This report will address the coordinating activities of clinical trials and observational studies, as well as medical writing activities. During the internship, I had the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired during the Masters, and deepen my knowledge of the coordination activities of clinical and observational trials. I also had the opportunity to observe, all the logistical difficulties inherent to clinical trials. In scientific writing component, I was able to improve my scientific writing skills, to know how to develop a systematic review and understand some of the concepts of meta-analyses. In conclusion, the internship allowed me to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the University, and served as an extremely valuable learning source.
Este relatório apresenta a minha experiência de estágio no Grupo de Neurofarmacologia Clínica da Unidade Neurológica de Investigação Clínica, onde pude desenvolver atividades de coordenação de ensaios clínicos, e no Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica, onde pude participar em projetos de investigação, essencialmente como medical writer. O estágio realizou-se entre 2 de Setembro de 2013 a 2 de Junho de 2014. O estágio insere-se nas atividades curriculares do segundo ano do Mestrado em Biomedicina Farmacêutica da Universidade de Aveiro. Neste relatório irão ser abordadas as atividades de coordenação de ensaios clínicos e estudos observacionais, bem como as atividades de medical writer que tive a oportunidade de desenvolver. No decurso do estágio, tive a possibilidade de pôr em prática os conhecimentos adquiridos ao longo do Mestrado, e aprofundar o meu conhecimento sobre as atividades de coordenação de ensaios clínicos e observacionais. Também tive a possibilidade de observar, ao longo do estágio, todas as dificuldades logísticas com que um centro de investigação se depara na condução de ensaios clínicos. Na componente de escrita científica, tive a possibilidade de melhorar as minhas capacidades de escrita científica, perceber os processos necessários para a publicação de uma revisão sistemática e compreender algumas noções de meta-análises. Em conclusão, o estágio permitiu-me pôr em prática o conhecimento adquirido na Universidade e serviu como nova fonte de aprendizagem.

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Didoszak, Jarema M. "Parametric studies of DDG-81 ship shock trial simulations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FDidoszak.pdf.

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Doyen, Audrey. "Les relations entre les musées d'ethnographie et les marchés de l'art africain et océanien en France, en Suisse et en Belgique : construire la valeur et s'approprier l'altérité." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA099/document.

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Cette recherche interroge le champ des objets ethnographiques au prisme de leur circulation entre deux médiateurs situés entre leur production et leur réception : les musées d’ethnographie et les marchés de l’art. Aucune recherche scientifique ne s’est jusqu’à maintenant penchée en profondeur sur les relations entretenues entre ces deux intermédiaires dans le champ de l’art africain et océanien, si ce n’est pour décrire ou critiquer le cas précis de la fondation du Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.Mobilisant l’anthropologie et la muséologie, ma recherche est basée sur un travail de terrain intensif auprès des galeries, des maisons de ventes aux enchères et des musées en Suisse, en France et en Belgique entre 20013 et 2017. L’analyse, fondamentalement compréhensive, montre les enjeux territoriaux à l’œuvre et souligne l’impact d’une montée de l’événementiel tant du côté des musées que des marchés. Ma recherche dresse un portrait du marché, de son fonctionnement et de ses hiérarchies à l’heure actuelle et propose une typologie des différentes relations et acteurs afin de comprendre le processus de fixation de la valeur des objets. Sur un marché où domine la spéculation et une grande part d’arbitraire, je montre que cette valeur est intimement liée à la maîtrise de l’information. Finalement, l’analyse met en évidence les « prêts-à-penser » et processus développés par l’entier des acteurs du champ pour rationaliser une partie de ces pratiques spéculatives. J’espère souligner dans cette recherche les formes nouvelles de production, d’appropriation, de consommation et de valorisation de l’altérité par notre société aujourd’hui
This PhD thesis presents the valuation of ethnographic object through the prism of their circulation between two stakeholders : art markets and ethnographic museums. No scientific research has so far looked in depth at the relation between this two actors in the tribal art’s field, except to describe or criticise the specific case of the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac’s foundation.My research mobilising anthropology and museology is based on intensive fieldwork with galleries, auction houses and museums in Switzerland, France and Belgium between 2013 and 2017. The comprehensive analysis shows the territorial issues between this different stakeholders and highlights the increase in events both in museums and markets. My research also draws a portrait of the market, its functionning and its hierarchies and proposes a typology of the different relations and actors. The main objective was to understand the process of fixing an object’s value. In a market dominated by speculation and a lot of arbitrariness, I highlight that this value is intrinsically linked to the control of information. Finally, the analysis shows the « how-to-think » and processes developped by all the actors in the field to rationalise some of these speculative practices. I hope I have emphasised in this work the new forms of production, appropriation, consumption and the valorisation of otherness by our society today

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Mat, Baki M. "Laryngeal reinnervation : feasibility studies and development of trial outcome measures." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1455528/.

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The unifying theme of this thesis is a series of research studies that collectively amount to a feasibility study for clinical trials of laryngeal reinnervation for the treatment of vocal fold paralysis. The question ‘Does laryngeal reinnervation or thyroplasty give better voice results for patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP)?’ remains outstanding; a question that ideally requires a randomised control trial. However, randomised control trials in surgery face inherent surgeons’ equipoise and recruitment issues that may lead to its failure. I performed a national survey of UK ENT consultants exploring their perception and obtaining crude numbers of eligible UVFP patients under their care for such trial, which revealed that the majority of ENT surgeons are receptive to the trial and the size of the potential patient pool is promising. I interviewed eligible UVFP patients to explore issues around the recruitment process, and this suggested that the proposed trial is feasible. Some phraseology used during recruitment that needed changing was identified, which may optimise the recruitment process for a trial. In voice surgery trials, outcome measures should be multidimensional and standardised. Acoustic analysis has been proposed but has limitations. OperaVOX is a potential new acoustic analysis software developed to resolve some of these factors. I demonstrated that OperaVOX is statistically comparable to the ‘gold standard’, Multidimensional Voice Programme, for most principal phonatory outcome measures. Another outcome measure- video-laryngostroboscopy, allows visual evaluation of characteristics and vibratory pattern of vocal folds. It is typically subjective that requires inter- and intra-rater reliability study. Here, I demonstrated that certain parameters depicted substantial inter- and intra-rater reliability. However, I showed that rater training is required to improve the reliability of other parameters. I investigated MRI as a potential non-invasive method to evaluate vocal muscles’ denervation and reinnervation. I found that signal changes on the T2-weighted MRI larynx images correlated with electrophysiological results with good repeatability. Another MRI sequence, dynamic contrast enhanced- and diffusion weighted MRI, suggested reduced perfusion in paralysed muscles, whilst cine-MRI for vocal fold mobility assessment demonstrated considerable potential as a method to grade vocal fold mobility. Finally, I present a small prospective case series of non-selective and selective laryngeal reinnervation in UVFP and unilateral vagal paralysis following vagal tumour excision respectively concomitant with injection laryngoplasty. Voice improvement was demonstrated by voice handicap index-10 and other multidimensional outcome measures, and these were supported by laryngeal electromyography and T2-weighted MRI outcomes. To my knowledge, this is the first multidimensional prospective study of laryngeal reinnervation and also the first to suggest that 3T MRI may be a promising outcome measure for future reinnervation trials. In summary, I have shown that a randomised trial of laryngeal reinnervation versus thyroplasty is feasible in the UK, and have validated patient- and observer-rated outcome measures. I have also shown that MRI may offer an alternative to electromyography in the assessment of laryngeal neuromuscular function in future trials and the clinic.

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Adusei-Asante, Kwadwo. "Towards Aid Effectiveness : Contested Theories and Concepts : A Case Study of Ghana’s Community–Based Rural Development Project." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/526.

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The discussion of aid effectiveness continues to gain prominence in international development policy discourse and analysis. However, the question of why aid seems to be ineffective is far more complicated and remains largely unanswered. While the notions that aid drives donors’ interests and creates dependency are still relevant, this thesis confronts the problem, by examining the issues that influenced the operationalisation and effectiveness of aid programs in the context of Ghana’s Community-Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP) (2005-2011). By arguing that aid dependency and “aid as a concept” are different, the thesis makes the most basic assumption that ‘aid’ is not negative; albeit, in the knowledge that its focus on aid in Ghana will also bring to the fore the major issues that frame debate on international aid. Two theoretical themes emerged from the thesis. First, the thesis argues that the effectiveness of an aid program should be measured from the recipients’ point of view. This is crucial, as donors tend to use their aid to successfully achieve their strategic advantages, while not necessarily benefitting the recipient country, or those groups for whom the aid was designed to help. Second, in lieu of the instrumentality of international aid, the thesis found that aid effectiveness also depends upon the ‘externalities’ (programs, degree of dependency, motives, theories, concepts; social and politico-cultural factors) that drive it. This notwithstanding, most of the current mechanisms for achieving aid effectiveness, such as Results-Based Financing, Aid-Agenda Conferences and Program-Based Approaches, appear to pay negligible attention to these ‘externalities’. The researcher contends that these mechanisms are not enough for improving aid effectiveness per se. The thesis employed ethnographic research to investigate the outcomes of the CBRDP implemented in nine districts of Ghana. The findings suggest that, alongside the mechanisms mentioned above, prior attention must be paid to the political and cultural realities of the recipient country as well as the theories and complex concepts that drive aid programs (by staff at donor agencies). Such attention, the thesis shows, should focus on a clear and contextual conceptualisation of key terms such as ‘community’ and ‘empowerment’, while at the same time embedding strategies to manage unintended outcomes. Efforts at making ‘aid work’ would also require further critical discussion of the decentralisation theories that underpin aid programs, particularly, Community–Driven Development (CDD); in this regard the thesis found that the indicators that the World Bank uses in relation to CDD (referred to as high and low functioning intergovernmental systems), were far removed from the grounded realities of Ghana’s decentralised system of local and regional politics. The concept of ‘community’ is appealing, yet deceptive. Although a complex term, ‘community’ is often misused, and conceptualised only in the spatial sense, while it transcends the notion of territoriality to include an entity that has a: 1) Function that drives the group; 2) Opportunity for interaction; 3) Membership who identifies with and contributes to it; and 4) Culture that makes it distinct from others. Analysis of the empirical data presented in the thesis shows that the politico-cultural dynamics and population settlement and mobility patterns of the CBRDP beneficiary localities did not support interaction to the levels required for a coherent ‘community’ to exist. Put simply ‘community’ in the functional and geographic sense had to exist in the CBRDP beneficiary localities for the project to succeed. While the sense of ‘community’ can be developed, the World Bank and Ghana’s Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, who designed the CBRDP, ignored the need to nurture it in the recipient localities. As a result of this top down approach there existed no cohesive ‘communities’ to maintain the projects, and most of the CBRDPs were found to be in a state of complete disarray at the time of fieldwork. The term ‘empowerment’ is another complex concept the thesis examines to show how its many theoretical complexities can, if ignored, have dire outcomes for aid programs. Scholars disagree on whether empowerment is a process or an outcome or both, a dilemma which presents many challenges for measuring it. The fact that ‘empowerment’ is predicated on the concept of ‘power’ makes it even more complicated. The reason being that ‘power’ is not a neutral concept and cannot be shared in the simple terms portrayed in donor discourse; also ignored is the fact that ‘empowering’ one group may mean disempowering others, a situation that could lead to conflicts. These conflicts were self evident in the fieldwork and are present in the thesis. Despite these theoretical realities, empowerment appears to have been vaguely applied in the CBRDP as the project: 1) Had no working definition of ‘empowerment’; 2) Targeted women and vulnerable groups, although it was meant to empower the general population; 3) Measured ‘empowerment’ only in term of participation, ignoring the conditions that perpetuated ‘powerlessness’; and 4) Had no strategy in place to monitor unintended outcomes. Therefore, in their bid at ‘empowering’ Ghana’s local government officials (Assembly and Unit Committee Members in the quest for further decentralisation), the designers of the project were unaware that they were actually disempowering Traditional Chiefs, many of whom felt ostracised. Moreover, project designers were also oblivious of the fact that the local government officials did not function in isolation, but are part of a very complex socio–cultural system. These shortcomings led to clashes between Traditional Chiefs and the newly ‘empowered’ local government officials. As the designers and managers of the CBRDPs did not anticipate these eventualities, they had no plan in place to manage resulting conflicts, which have ended up in protracted legal battles, leaving the CBRDPs in a state of dereliction, some completely abandoned. The thesis brings to the fore the need for more concerted efforts at making aid effective, but at the same time arguing that all stakeholders need to pay closer attention to the use of nebulous theories and normative, yet complex concepts in aid-program designs. It underscores the essentiality for programs attempting to apply concepts such as ‘community’ and ‘empowerment’ to clearly define and conceptualise these terms within the confines of the political, social and cultural forces and social dynamics of beneficiary localities. If this were to happen development projects are more likely to receive community support and be more likely to be effectively maintained. The thesis below provides empirical insights into what becomes of aid programs that apply concepts and terms that are promoted by ‘development pundits’, but are at variance with the realities of the recipient country’s pervasive traditions, culture and indeed its success or otherwise in adopting Western notions of decentralisation (as was the case outlined in this thesis).

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Parmar, M. K. B. "Multiplicity in clinical trials and other medical studies." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377230.

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Correia, Márcia Sofia Barbosa. "Internship report in clinical studies coordination at IPO-Porto." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/12949.

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Mestrado em Biomedicina Farmacêutica
This report describes my activities as study coordinator (SC) intern, at the “Unidade de Investigação Clínica” (UIC) in the Oncology Portuguese Institute of Porto (IPOP). This training occurred during the second year of the Pharmaceutical Biomedicine Master at the University of Aveiro. My internship took place between 21st January, 2013 and 4th October, 2013 with the main objective to gain experience and expertise in oncology coordinating clinical trials. I present the state-of-the-art of clinical research with emphasis on current situation in Portugal as well as in oncology. At the beginning of internship I performed generic training in Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and Electronic Data Capture systems and familiarised myself with terminology and classification/assessment systems regarding the oncology area to support the clinical trial coordination activities in the context of the oncology protocols. In UIC, I participated in 6 phase II and 25 phase III clinical trials of 9 clinics of pathology: Urology, Gynaecology, Digestive, Lung, Soft Tissue and Skin, Head and Neck, Onco-Haematology, Breast and Paediatry. Within of these clinics, I intensively participated and acquired more autonomy in clinical trials of the Digestive pathology. The Onco-Haematology clinic includes the more complex procedures of the clinical trials protocols. As SC, I could intensively participate in the conduction clinical trial activities, namely: Randomisation Period, including Screening and Randomisation of patients, Clinic Visits and Monitoring Visits. The experience gained during my curricular internship was very enriching and enabled me to acquire professional and interpersonal skills and competences and to face unexpected situations, developing strategies to deal with them. Additionally, it was possible to consolidate and apply the theoretical knowledge acquired during Master Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine at different stages of clinical trials coordination. In conclusion, during my curricular internship, I gathered the competences, motivation and experience to pursue a career in clinical research, particularly, as SC.
Este relatório descreve as actividades como coordenadora de estudos estagiária, na Unidade de Investigação Clínica (UIC) do Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto (IPOP). Este estágio foi parte integrante das actividades curriculares do segundo ano do Mestrado em Biomedicina Farmacêutica da Universidade de Aveiro. O estágio decorreu entre 21 de Janeiro de 2013 e 4 de Outubro de 2013, com o principal objectivo em adquirir experiência e especialização na coordenação de ensaios clínicos em oncologia. No documento é apresentado o estado de arte de arte da investigação clínica com ênfase na actual situação em Portugal bem como em oncologia. Na fase inicial do estágio realizei treino genérico em Boas Práticas Clínicas e sistemas de Captura de Dados Electrónicos e familiarizei-me com terminologia e sistemas classificação/avaliação próprios da área de oncologia para suportar as actividades de coordenação de ensaios clínicos no contexto dos protocolos de oncologia. Na UIC, participei em vários estudos de fase II e III de 9 clínicas de patologia: Urologia, Ginecologia, Digestivos, Pulmão, Pele e Tecidos Moles, Cabeça e Pescoço, Onco-Hematologia, Mama e Pediatria. Dentro destas clínicas, participei intensivamente e adquiri mais autonomia nos ensaios clínicos da patologia de Digestivos. A clínica de Onco-Hematologia, agrega os protocolos de ensaios clínicos com procedimentos mais complexos. Como coordenadora de ensaios clínicos pude participar intensivamente nas actividades de condução de um ensaio clínico, nomeadamente: Período de Randomização incluindo Rastreio e Randomização de doentes, Visitas Clínicas e Visitas de Monitorização. A experiência adquirida ao longo do estágio curricular foi muito enriquecedora e permitiu-me adquirir capacidades e competências profissionais e interpessoais e aprender a enfrentar situações inesperadas, desenvolvendo estratégias para lidar com as mesmas. Para além disso possibilitou-me a consolidar e aplicar os conhecimentos teóricos adquiridos no Curso de Mestrado nas diferentes fases de coordenação dos estudos. Em conclusão, ao longo do estágio adquiri competências, motivação e experiência para enveredar por uma carreira na área de investigação clínica, especialmente como Coordenadora de Ensaios Clínicos.

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Wheeler, Graham Mark. "Adaptive designs for phase I dose-escalation studies." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708029.

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Seyit, Gönül. "Structural studies of tripeptidylpeptidase II expression and crystallization trials /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://mediatum2.ub.tum.de/doc/604467/document.pdf.

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Hamad, Faten Fatehi. "Retrieval of sibling studies for clinical randomised controlled trials." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/55bc0889-17f1-4dc6-9e2b-26b998086c2c.

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Aims and objectives. For a particular randomised controlled trial, it is often useful to retrieve associated siblings - qualitative research, process and economic evaluations done alongside the randomised controlled trial (RCT). This thesis examines both the effectiveness and efficiency of search strategies, and the productivity of different databases, in retrieving sibling studies for an RCT. Methods. Five seed studies from different clinical areas were selected. A range of Boolean searches with simple subject term combinations with authors’ names, together with citation and similarity search strategies, were applied, on different databases that had different subject coverage and interests. Specialised search filters were combined with the simple search strategy and tested. The retrieval performances of the simple and sophisticated search strategies on PubMed were tested and compared using one of the seed studies as a case study. Recall, precision and odds estimators were used for all retrieval tests. Non-parametric statistical tests were used to test a set of hypotheses that set out to explore relationships underlying retrieval performance. Results. Neither one particular search strategy nor one database was an overall winner. The simple author-subject search provided a good recall with a readable retrieval size. The recall varied among seed studies and different databases. Search filters provided good recall for retrieving specific types of sibling, especially the qualitative filter. PubMed related articles strategy provided a good performance for some seeds, but not as good overall as the simple author-subject searching. Combining a similarity search with simple author-subject search provided complementary retrieval performance and therefore yields an optimal performance. Citing search did not perform well in terms of retrieving sibling studies. The simple author-subject search shows performance consistency, being the best search strategy among other strategies for all seed studies in terms of recall and precision. WoK and SCOPUS were the best databases for retrieving sibling studies. Conclusions. Simple author-subject search, especially when searching multiple databases, can yield an optimal performance in retrieving sibling studies.

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