Browsing Masters Theses by Subject "E99.M6"

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Distorted images : attitudes towards the Micmac in Nova Scotia, 1788-1900

Ingalls, J. Sharon (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1992)

This paper, through an examination of Nova Scotian literature, analyses changing attitudes towards the Micmac in Nova Scotia from 1788 to 1900. The roots of stereotypes held by non-natives are explored as well as the ...
'A gossamer web, is life' : biomedicine, the Mi'kmaq and the reclamation of traditional healing knowledge

Berry, James S. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)

Biomedicine and the traditional healing practices of the Mi‘kmaq are outgrowths of their respective cultural backgrounds. In the socialized biomedicial milieu of contemporary Nova Scotia this has created unique and nuanced ...
Health and the health care delivery system : the Micmac in Nova Scotia

Twohig, Peter (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1991)

This thesis examines the history of medical care and the development of the health care delivery system among the Micmac in Nova Scotia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It examines the relationship of the ...
Mi'kmaq

Johnson, Eleanor V. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1992)

Mi'kmaq tribal consciousness is an inherent trait of the Mi'kmaq people to adapt and to survive in the twentieth century. The Mi'kmaq have in their tribal makeup an unique ability to face adversity and endure with no drastic ...
Millbrook talks with Mr. Harry : (collected perceptions of education from the Mi'Kmaq community at Millbrook, Nova Scotia)

Weldon, Harry (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1995)

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and expectations of residents of the Millbrook Native Community regarding education. The study produced a data base from which a profile of the community's educational ...
Oppression in the shadows : the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia and the development of Indian Affairs, 1760-1950

McNutt, Brianna Grace (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

This thesis is a political history of the development of the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) in Nova Scotia. Rather than position assimilation as the central objective of the DIA, this research proposes that protecting ...
‘Our nation is like a withering leaf on a summer’s day’ : the Mi’kmaq and British agricultural policies in colonial Nova Scotia

Mrazek, Courtney (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)

This thesis examines Mi’kmaw-British relations in regards to agricultural policies in colonial Nova Scotia in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early eighteenth century, British colonizers in Nova Scotia, a portion ...
Pokemouche Mi'kmaq and the colonial regimes

Landry, Mark William (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2010)

The community of Pokemouche existed since before European contact. During the early European contact, fur traders were looking to gain as much profit as possible and made lopsided exchanges which often involved alcohol. ...
Revisiting the 'proverbial tin cup' : a study of political resistance of the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia, 1900-1969

Brennan, Sarah (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2000)

This thesis explores political resistance of the Mi'kmaq Nation from 1900 until 1969. In an analysis of the interplay between Federal government policy and Mi'kmaq moves to retain a measure of control over political ...
Seeds, blossoms and in bloom : explorations of identity and plurality of meanings in the growth of cultural tourism and the Aboriginal Heritage Gardens

Haché, Dorothy Ann (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1999)

This thesis explores, through authorial voices, contents and meanings of an Aboriginal tourism initiative in Eel River Bar First Nation, New Brunswick. Such meanings are constructed and are intimately linked with endogenous ...
The effect of centralization on the social and political systems of the mainland Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq : (case studies : Millbrook-1916 & Indian Brook-1941)

Tobin, Anita Maria (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1999)

In the 1910s the Canadian Federal Government developed a Centralization Policy for the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia. By 1919, 55 members of the Halifax County Band had moved to the Millbrook Reserve. The population was listed ...
The Mi'kmaq nation and the embodiment of political ideologies : Ni'kmaq, protocol and treaty negotiations of the eighteenth century

Francis, Rosalie Marie, 1968- (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2003)

During the eighteenth century, the Mi'kmaq Nation entered into a series of peace and friendship treaties with the British which established a political and legal relationship between themselves and the British crown. Mi'kmaq ...
Their rights by law, our rights by Weji-sqalia'tiek : an exploration of the resistance to systemic erasure of Mi’kmaw land rights within Kjipuktuk

Kemp, Salina Marie (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

This thesis seeks to bring consideration to the history of Kjipuktuk and the continued occupation of unceded Mi’kmaw territory by sharing my personal story of sprouting from the land and how history has influenced my ...
United they stood, divided they didn't fall : culture and politics in Mi'kmaq Nova Scotia, 1969-1988

Coffin, Michelle, 1972- (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2003)

The structure and membership of First Nations political organizations can reveal much about the culture of an aboriginal society. This thesis is an examination of the cultural experiences found within the political ...
What does L’nu tli’suti teach us? : ancestral teachings, knowledges and wisdom in the 21st century

Gideon Marchand, Erika (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

In response to the fragile state of our Indigenous languages in Canada, immediate actions must be agreed upon between Indigenous peoples and the Government of Canada on Indigenous language policies, pedagogies, and language ...