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Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

Creator:

Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.

Abstract:

In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...

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Masters Thesis

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ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michele L. Roland-Schwartz for the degree of Master of Arts in
The Yakima Indians : study and analysis of the Yakima water rights

Creator:

Selam, Leroy Bennie

Abstract:

This thesis is an ethnohistoric study of the water rights of the Yakima Confederated Tribes. The study considers the water rights issues of the Yakimas from the cultural viewpoint at the time of European contact to the present legal and political situation. It traces the many obstacles the Yakimas have...

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Masters Thesis
When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

Creator:

Thomison, Patrick

Abstract:

The presence and significance of salmon for prehistoric and aboriginal people of the Columbia Plateau is a matter of considerable debate among anthropologists, archaeologists and historians. Data from over 100 archaeological sites are scrutinized in the light of an example salmon fishery developed from ethnographic and archaeological information on aboriginal...

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Masters Thesis