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The Early Archaic Record in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado: An Investigation of Projectile Point Technology and Settlement Patterns
(2018-05)
In comparison to the Late Paleoindian Period (11,500–8,400 B.P.), the Early
Archaic (8,400–6,400 B.P.) in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado is a poorly understood
time because of its relatively light archaeological signature. ...
Leadership and Social Dynamics at Brackett (34CK-43): an Archaeological Study of a Mississippi period Mound Site in Eastern Oklahoma.
(2016-08)
During the Mississippi period (A.D. 900-1500), middle-range societies constructed large earthworks throughout the Southeast as a means to construct sacred places on the landscape and reflect the negotiations formed between ...
"I Live in Boley, America:Exploring a Contemporary Identity for African American Boley Residents
(2016-05-13)
Abstract
Boley's history for African Americans are stories filled with triumphs and challenges, specifically autonomy, slavery and Jim Crow. In this paper I address their past and consider a contemporary identity that ...
Repurposing the Comparative Method for Pawnee Language and Dialect Revitalization
(2016-08)
A member of the Caddoan language family, Pawnee is a nearly extinct language with few living fluent speakers. However, there is an active, community-led revitalization movement. Community members involved in revitalization ...
Language Revitalization Through Pawnee Music
(2016)
Pawnee music has always been a crucial component in the lives of the Pawnee people and have been a source of comfort to those who have needed it. Traditional songs give Pawnee people a sense of identity lacking because of ...
Petrographic Quartzite Source Discrimination in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado: Implications for the Archaeological Study of Prehistoric Hunter-Gathers
(2016-05-14)
Recently (Pitblado et al. 2008, 2013), an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geologists collaborated to develop a protocol for sourcing quartzite in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado where archaeological assemblages ...
Singing Redface: The Misappropriation of American Indian Culture in Popular Music
(2016-12)
This project examines the role of cultural appropriation in the creation of Native American stereotypes that are present in Western popular music in post-colonial America through the completion of an in-progress book. ...
Families and Facilities: How the Parent-Child Relationship Changes Upon Institutionalization
(2017)
This thesis endeavors to trace how the relationships and of the mainstream American family unit, specifically between adult children and their parents, are altered by the process of age-related institutionalization in a ...
Stewardship or Dominion? An Ethnography of Climate Change in Evangelical Oklahoma
(2017)
Conservative evangelical Christians have been labeled by liberal supporters of climate change research as “climate change deniers.” However, conservative evangelical Christians do not deny climate change so much as integrate ...