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American Indian Women in Higher Education: Is Tinto's Model Applicable?: Author: Taylor, Franci Lynne'; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: Higher education degree completion for American Indians has remained virtually unchanged for the past three decades. American Indians, both female and male, continue to have the lowest percentage of terminal degrees completion of any ethnic population in the United States. Numerous Studies have been completed to examine the barriers that prohibit American Indian success at the postsecondary level. However, there remains a lack of critical information concerning the personal experiences of those American Indian females who have persevered and have completed first, an undergraduate degree and th...; Download File | View full details

'Indian Blood' or Lifeblood? An Analysis of the Racialization of Native North American Peoples: Author: Ferguson, Laura Kathryn; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: The racialization of Native Americans has distorted their individual and collective identities. As a mechanism of Western imperialism, "race" has contributed to their dispossession, disintegration and deculturalization. Racialized oppression continues at federal and tribal levels through the usage of racial terminology and in blood quantum policies, leading to the fragmentation, marginalization, stigmatization and alienation of Native individuals. As such, race and blood quantum pose a threat to the survival of tribes. Tribes have within their means indigenous alterNatives to race an...; Download File | View full details

The Native Education Equity Project: Educating for the Future: Author: Mulvaugh, Lucas Wyman; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: From the boarding school era to the current high drop-out rates, western-based education systems have a 50% failure rate in its service to the American Indian students of Montana. This thesis takes a critical look at the historical ramifications of Western based education on the Native Peoples of Montana, and the contemporary response from the state to improve Indian Education. The purpose of this thesis is to research current pedagogies being used within public schools with high Indian student populations, to provide recommendations to improve those pedagogies, and to create professional deve...; Download File | View full details

The Rainbow Across the Boundaries: A Study of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony: Author: Idei, Yasuko Iseri; Date: 2004-12-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: In order to fully understand contemporary Native American literature like the works written by Leslie Marmon Silko, one must have a sufficient knowledge of the Native American worldviews expressed in their oral stories that have been handed down for unremembered generations. The study has to include what the oral tradition has meant to the indigenous people and their communities, how it has been kept and passed down, and what it can do to the tribal peoples for securing their identity and power to cope with contemporary issues. Indigenous people have different worldviews from other culture gro...; Download File | View full details

Surveying the Community of Crow Agency, MT for Interest in a Community Radio Station: Author: Doyle, Shane Michael; Date: 2005-08-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: 90% of the Crow Tribe's 10,000 members live on or near its 2.5 million acre reservation. There are currently no television or radio stations intended to serve this area and its population with the vital connections and resources available through the information highway maintained by mass media. This study explores the level of interest and support the Crow community has for a Native American radio station. It also identifies areas of need within the community that can be met by the establishment of a Crow radio station and by the implementation of Native American programming. Research found t...; Download File | View full details

Tonto and Tonto Speak: An Indigenous Based Film Theory: Author: Miller, Heather Anne; Date: 2006-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: Although there are works on Indian stereotypes in Hollywood films, there has been no work critiquing these misrepresentations from an indigenous based perspective and theory. Moreover there is almost no significant work on films written, directed and produced by Native Americans. I fill this void by constructing a Native American film theory that addresses the issues raised in American Indian film from an Indian perspective. The main inspiration for this project stems from Native American literature. After reading Native American literary theory and taking a Native American literature class, I...; Download File | View full details

Words, Wounds, Chiasms: Native American Health Care Encounters: Author: Lande, Nancy Carol; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: My research explores the theme of the production and reception of intercultural mis/communications between Indians and non-Indians as expressed through linguistic narratives in the material setting of health care facilities on Indian reservations in Montana. My thesis focuses on how the objectifying discourse of Western practices of biomedicine are taken for granted and impede doctors abilities to actually communicate with Native American patients about their health care by exploring sociolinguistic disparities that are revealed through personal interviews. Since the doctor-patient relationshi...; Download File | View full details

Your Worst Nightmare--An Indian with a Book: Literary Empowerment for Native American Students in the Educational System: Author: McFadden, Erica Lynn; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: Native American rates of graduation are extremely low in comparison to the rest of the United States public and the classes which are considered "assimilative" classes have among the worst success rates for Native American students. Among these assimilative classes is the field of literature. This thesis explores how literature is assimilative and progresses through how it can be empowering for students. The thesis discusses the importance of incorporating Native American worldviews into the literary classroom and provides specific suggestions for teaching literature to Native Americ...; Download File | View full details

Postmodernism, Native American literature and issues of sovereignty: Author: Gorelova, Olena; Date: 2009-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: Criticism of Native American literature is barely two centuries old, while criticism of Western literature boasts a history that is quite a bit longer. The questions on how to read and interpret tribal narrative and modern American Indian fiction are still urgent topics that trigger numerous debates among literary scholars. What theories to employ and what approaches to use to dispel misinterpretations of the literature are still matters open to suggestion. Postmodernism, the new world trend, has influenced all spheres of life, not excluding literature. Although it does seem to better account ...; Download File | View full details

Indian Gaming: the Montana stalemate: Author: Wingo, Rebecca Shirley; Date: 2009-05-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: In 1988, a series of lawsuits between the tribes and the states culminated in the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in Congress. The law divides gambling into three classes: Class I games consist of traditional Indian games. Class II consists of games such as bingo and card games not played against the house. Class III games are the typical Vegas-style games, including slots, roulette, craps, and blackjack. Only Class III gaming requires that the tribes to enter into a compact with the state. Indian gaming in Montana is currently at a stalemate. The state is unwilling to allow...; Download File | View full details

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