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"No one cared we was just Indian women" : plants as a catalyst to Eastern Shawnee women's identity change

Creator:

Osborne-Gowey, Cathleen

Abstract:

Being an Eastern Shawnee Tribal member I understand the importance of documenting oral histories of Tribal elders to ensure that our cultural history is passed on to future generations. Therefore, the focus of this project is the collection, of oral histories and folklore in order to document traditional knowledge and...

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Masters Thesis

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remedies. I follow Franz Boas and historical particularism, which promotes the idea that societies are
Alternative agrifood movements in an age of industrialized agriculture : an Ecuadorian case study

Creator:

Daye, Rebecka Rising

Abstract:

Around the globe, an array of alternative agrifood movements has emerged largely in response to the ecological and socio-economic threat caused by industrialized agricultural processes. From organic agriculture, to Slow Food, Locavore, and the Food Sovereignty movement, people around the world are reasserting their right to healthy and culturally appropriate...

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Masters Thesis

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theoretical lines by sociologist Max Weber, and anthropologists Bronislaw Malinowski and Franz Boas. Weber
Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

Creator:

Smith-Nolan, Mary K.

Abstract:

Several popular cultural movements emphasizing indigenous spirituality have arisen in the United States and Europe within the past thirty years. Spiritual discourses attributed to Native Americans, among other groups, are borrowed by Euro-Americans in search of alternatives to dominant ideologies. In such a circumstance, Native Americans become part of a...

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Masters Thesis