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- Creator:
- Babior, Sharman Lark
- Description:
- Traditional portrayals of females in Hindu India reveal a dual character: they are seen both as weak and dependent, and as powerful and aggressive personalities. Underlying the notion of power is also a deep fear of women. Therefore, the Indian woman is never without male guards, first her father, then her husband, and finally her sons. Among contemporary women, a similar duality emerges in the contrasting roles of wife and mother. As wives, women exert little power, but as mothers and mothers-in-law, they exercise significant power within the patrilocal joint family household. A social hierarchy within the joint family contributes to conflicts among the women for status and power. The perpetuation of women’s roles is reinforced by religious ideology, societal attitudes and the joint family social structure. Changes in the status of women remain within traditional social boundaries. It is predicted that little change will occur in the status of women as long as the joint family remains the foundation of women’s power.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Anthropology
- Creator:
- Burcell, Suzanne and CICD staff
- Resource Type:
- Newsletter
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Creator:
- Holmlund, Robert Croy
- Description:
- Religious freedom is necessarily a broad concept since it must apply to a wide range of religions. Yet, religious freedom in the United States is rooted in the First Amendment, which was created for a limited set of religions (i.e., Protestant Christian faiths) by a group of men with a limited range of knowledge about other religions and cultures at a time when slavery was legal and the mass extermination of Native Americans was common. These historically-based limitations of the First Amendment remain today, meaning that for Native Americans religious freedom is not as easily secured as it is for the Christian people for whom the First Amendment was originally intended. Among the many challenges facing American Indian attempts to obtain full religious freedom, Native religions are inherently bound in environmental relationships. Therefore, actions that lead to environmental or ecological alterations can be a violation of Native American religious freedom. The right to free exercise, for many Indians, must include the right to engage in the spiritually-enriched environmental relationships that are foundational to their particular faiths. The viability of this right is directly dependent upon the health and integrity of select ecosystems. In this way, religious freedom is intimately linked to environmental issues. American Indian Tribes have repeated appealed to the Supreme Court in pursuit of religious freedom protections related to environmental concerns, but have yet to receive a favorable verdict. The Karuk Tribe of California is among the Tribes currently seeking religious freedom protections. In particular, the Tribe seeks to practice their spiritually-guided systems of ecological management. Religious freedom for the Karuk requires more than separation of church and state; the right to the free exercise of religion for Karuk peoples hinges upon the ecological integrity of the Klamath River and its surrounding biomes. As a series of interviews conducted specifically for this study indicates, Karuk Tribal members believe their religious freedom is being violated in several ways, particularly through environmental alterations perpetuated by Federal Natural Resource Agencies. These violations must be acknowledged by the federal government, for each individual person within each generation must have the autonomy and opportunity to practice the tenets of their religious beliefs. This is the heart of a universal religious freedom that all people inherently deserve. Yet, if the conditions that make Tribal religions possible – social, cultural, or ecological – are in any way eliminated, the religious freedoms of current and coming generations are destroyed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Department:
- Environment and Community
- Creator:
- Buckley, G.T.
- Description:
- How the written works of seventeenth century French explorers and clergy justified French presence in North America.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- F1030 B83
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Department:
- History
- Creator:
- Borsch, Taryn
- Description:
- Limited documentation exists about the therapeutic effects of gardening for Native Americans. Native American individuals who utilized services at local Inter-Tribal Health Center participated in a horticulture group which has been in place since April, 2015. The project used a mixed-methods research design. Quantitative data were collected by administering a pre- and post-horticulture activity questionnaire and qualitative data were collected from staff members who participated in individual interviews regarding an evaluation of the context and progress of the horticulture group. Program evaluation techniques were used to measure the strengths of the established group, and recommendations offered for further development of the group. The goal of the project is to increase the data available about the therapeutic benefits of horticulture activity on Native Americans in recovery from substance abuse issues who are participating in ongoing aftercare treatment.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Department:
- Social Work
- Creator:
- Cowherd, Stephanie G.
- Description:
- My Master’s Project explores the construction of place/space in Harjo’s poems as a form of ceremony. I argue that Harjo utilizes language as a tool to construct the place/space necessary for her as well as her communities to engage in discourse with each other in resistance. The following elements of ceremony, time/memory and song/dance/drum are linked together with place/space through Harjo’s continued membership and contribution to her communities of women of color. Ultimately, I argue Harjo uses the strength she gains from her membership and contribution to her communities to confront and transform from her encounter with cultural knowing. I do so through a close analysis of the connections between Harjo, Harjo’s persona as speaker, and her communities in her poems “Anchorage,” “Call it Fear,” and “Strange Fruit.”
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Department:
- English
- Creator:
- Burcell-Price, Suzanne
- Description:
- Spring of 1990 edition of the Messenger
- Resource Type:
- Newsletter
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Creator:
- Libova, Olga Alexandra
- Description:
- Objective: To identify common reproductive challenges among Asian Indian (AI) women living in Silicon Valley as perceived by healthcare providers (HCP). Design: A 71-item investigator-developed survey Setting: The survey was available on-line to all HCPs in California Santa Clara county, 75% of respondents were affiliated with El Camino Hospital Mountain View. Participants: Convenience sample of 78 respondents: 34% mother-baby nurses, 24% labor-delivery nurses, 21% OB/GYNs, 7% CNMs, 14% other HCP; 89% female; 55% Caucasian, 24% Asian. Methods: Likert-type scales comparing prevalence of certain reproductive challenges among AI women and women from other race-ethnic groups and openended questions regarding HCPs’ experience caring for AI women. Results: AI women seeking reproductive services in Silicon Valley are more likely than women from other race ethnic groups to experience unconsummated marriages, vaginismus, and difficulty tolerating pelvic exams. They are also more likely to lack of knowledge about sex and reproduction. AI women exhibited increased anxiety around pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, newborn care, as well as reluctance to enroll in classes or prepare a birth plan. Nurses found clients’ lack of understanding of the training and function of the nurses in the United States, as well as AI patients’ families’ large role decisionmaking, to be obstacles to establishing therapeutic relationship with AI patients. Conclusion: HCPs need to be aware of prevalence of vaginismus in AI women. Culturally competent prenatal classes addressing identified reproductive challenges of AI women need to be developed and expectant parents and family members need to be encouraged to participate. HCPs need to be educated on culturally competent care to AI patients.
- Resource Type:
- Doctoral Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- School of Nursing
- Creator:
- Khan, Sarah Nawaz and Rochelle, Tracia
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to explore South Asian youth attitudes towards depression, in hopes of addressing stigma that may be associated with mental illness and help-seeking behaviors within the South Asian community. The researchers aimed to explore differences in attitudes and beliefs about depression between generations, as well as primary resources that the community members would seek in order to address depressive symptoms. Major findings of the research include participants valuing community support in South Asian communities, and accessing alternative help-seeking behaviors that run counter to Western practices for depressive symptoms. Further findings indicate that stigma surrounding mental health is shifting and being reduced among recent generations. Implications for social work include identifying relationships towards depression between variables such as gender, nationality, religious affiliation, generation, and age in order to apply culturally informed practices to better help these communities. Additionally, the researchers hope to improve mental health service delivery and to increase access to services.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Social Work