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  • She is Somebody: The Care and Labor of Undocu/DACAmented Mothers

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    Hurtado Moreno, Argenis
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    This thesis is an offering, request, testimonio, refusal, and compliance to the discipline of anthropology and higher education. In this thesis, I engage with different forms of storytelling to highlight the relationships of mixed-status families in the United States. To accomplish this, I draw on the experiences of my mother...
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    my mother as she makes tortillas. I use this vantage point to capture her perspective. The second

  • "They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

    Creator:
    Wheaton-Abraham, Jyl M.
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    There is a fundamental distortion in our understanding of Native people, especially Native women. This distortion is rooted in imperialism and the colonization of Native lands and has created a dominant/subordinate relationship between Non-Native/Native people. Anthropological life history research has traditionally reflected this relationship. As a Native woman, the author...
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    histo- ry, from her earliest memories to her early twenties. I present her words as she spoke them

  • I-Kiribati youth perceptions of HIV/AIDS and related risk behaviors

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    Roman, Mike T.
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    The Republic of Kiribati is one of the last countries to face the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Pacific. First appearing in the region in 1982, HIV/AIDS was recognized as a national concern during the late 90s. Partnering with the National AIDS Committee, research was conducted using qualitative and quantitative methods...
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    currently studying in Fiji. When I asked her about stigmatization in Kinbati the only things that she told

  • Palynological Perspectives on Younger Dryas to Early Holocene Human Ecology at Paisley Caves, Oregon

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    Saban, Chantel V.
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    The Younger Dryas climatic event is a global phenomenon associated with a 1,000 year return to glacial conditions during the late Pleistocene period between 12,800 and 11,500 cal BP. Because of its significant effects on paleoenvironmental conditions in some parts of the world, archaeologists commonly seek to assess whether the...
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    daughter Marie Kale. Her life cut short, she was my inspiration and all the reason I needed to keep going

  • Factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Korean American women

    Creator:
    Skidmore, Jennifer M.
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    This study examines the utilization of health care by Korean American women in Pierce County, Washington. Pierce County, with its large population of Asian Americans, offers a variety of health care options, everything from biomedicine to acupuncture and herbal remedies. Regarding the multitude of options available, I asked the question...
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    Rainier. She opened the front door as I got out of my car. It was a large single story home in a new

  • Barbie Feathers: Writing Native Women

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    Hedges, Jamie Lewis
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    Literature has often misrepresented Natives and women. I involved Native Women in researching and editing my novel to fairly and accurately represent them. in open-ended interviews they described their experiences of nature, enjoyment, and discrimination as well as their critiques of the novel itself. Descriptions were of discrimination as perceived...
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    approved: Deanna'M. Kingston Literature has often misrepresented Natives and women. I involved Native

  • Mixed ethnic identity in the United States

    Creator:
    Lonergan, Courtney C.
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    In this paper I focus on the process of formulating an ethnic identity in the United States for individuals of mixed-ethnicity. My main question explores the complexities an individual with parents of separate and distinct ethnic heritages faces when constructing an ethnic identity in our society. American society is reaching...
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    Cabbage-Patch Kid. She refused to buy me one so I had to do extra chores and save up my allowance. I was

  • Silenced voices : maids in Singapore

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    Gaulocher, Suzanne M.
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    This paper is a compilation of micro and macro consequences of women migrating into Singapore to work as domestic workers. Singapore's governmental push for Singaporean women to have babies and a career simultaneously has required modern families to seek alternative forms of child care as a means of fulfilling household...
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    possible. In this thesis, I layout the current dichotomies between career and family facing modern career

  • Current Use of Dietary Guidelines in Private Clinical Nutrition Practice and its Impacts on the Dietary Patterns of Office Workers in Mexico City

    Creator:
    Grabinsky, Lisa
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    For the last 30 years, the population of Mexico has grappled with overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, such as type-2 diabetes and hypertension. To standardize care among healthcare providers and dietitians, an official nutritional guideline was published in the early 2000s, which included a non-modifiable food-based dietary guideline in...
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    Nutrition program in Mexico—, I had previously met both Dr. Bourges and Mtra. Ana Bertha. She was the head

  • Injera in the Kapitalocene: Understanding Women’s Perceptions of Change in Mekelle, Ethiopia

    Creator:
    Arefaine, Micknai
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    Women’s lives in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Mekele, Ethiopia are very organized, systematic, and sophisticated. The women in this study model, express, and reflect the values of community, trust, care, stability, and futurity through their perceptions and sentiments regarding social and political change. I document how these values...
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    sentiments regarding social and political change. I document how these values are reflected in their