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Red Dirt Resilience: Enduring Narratives of Oklahoma Environmental Activism
(2016-05-13)
This thesis explores the relationship between dominant narratives of Oklahoma identity and counter-narratives of Oklahoma identity. I consider how the dominant narrative of Oklahoma identity is constructed in relationship ...
White Cherokees on Red Earth: Blood and Belonging
(2021-12-17)
In this thesis, I address White Cherokee identity, the historical trajectory it emerges from, and some of its political consequences. White Cherokee identity comes from social arrangements, place relationships, and ...
Grassroots Ethnonationalism: Serbian Ethnonationalism and Heritage (Re)production Through Folklore and Ethnomusicology
(2022-05-13)
This essay explores the relationships between ethnic nationalism and folklore and ethnomusicology through a particular case of Serbia. My research is informed by personal experiences and interviews as well as participant ...
The St. Johns River: An archival project investigating interior occupation of the St. Johns River Region by Native Americans during the Colonial Period
(2021-05-14)
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My project focuses on studying burial mounds along the St. Johns middle valley during the Colonial Period, ca. 1500-1845CE. Currently, little is actually known regarding the interior of the St. Johns or which ...
Bible Translation and Language Renewal: A Collaborative Approach
(2016-05)
Many indigenous languages face attrition globally as the languages of the West continue to grow in influence. As linguists and indigenous speech communities struggle to organize effective language programs, many languages ...
Place, Space, and Community in the Spiro Region: A Multi-sensor Geophysical Survey of the Brackett Site (34CK43) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
(2020-05)
The Brackett site (34CK43) is a Harlan Phase (A.D. 1050-1250) single mound site located at the confluence of the Illinois River and Baron Fork Creek in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The site also had seven house-like structures ...
The Talking Stick Way: An Indigenous research methodology for engaging diverse global conversations
(2017)
The Talking Stick Way: An Indigenous research methodology
for engaging diverse global conversations
This study explores persistent gaps in knowledge concerning the relevance, presence and benefit of Indigenous research ...
Crafting Culture: Tapping into Identity and Place through the Craft Beer Movement in Oklahoma
(2019-05-10)
In this anthropological study, I take an ethnographic approach to analyzing the constructions of identity in Oklahoma through the craft beer movement. I use the concept of a “sense of place,” where I take a look into the ...
Digging Deep into the Summer Activities at Bull Creek (34BV176): A Late Paleoindian Site in the Southern Plains
(2022-12-16)
The Bull Creek site (34BV176), located along a tributary of the Beaver River in the Oklahoma Panhandle, belongs to a short list of late Paleoindian open-habitation camps. Events at Bull Creek are superimposed on one another. ...
Characterizing microbiome changes in the graduate student gut
(2016-08-16)
Dysbiosis of the human microbiome is linked to human health problems, and as such, is a main concern of anthropological microbiome research. Analysis of how microbiomes change over time and under stress may reveal trends ...