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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Infusing Tribal Curriculum into K-12 Schools: A Case Study of Oregon’s Native American Educational Policies

Garcia, Shadiin 27 September 2017 (has links)
Not having accurate contemporary, historical and place-based curriculum drafted in consultation with tribes is a huge disservice and a violation of the trust agreements the United States government entered into with its sovereign nations. Through a single state case study, this research explores how a tribally written curriculum attempts to address this violation by examining the state context of the Native American education landscape and state policy. This research utilizes the theoretical frameworks of Red Pedagogy, Tribal Critical Theory and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy to explore the intentions of the tribal curriculum writers and the professional development provider of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal History curriculum unit; Oregon’s American Indian/Alaska Native Education State Plan, and the legislative policy of Senate Bill 13. The study concluded with the following implications for policy, theory, and practice: Indigenous curricular endeavors that center indigenous values, incorporate local context are important, and acknowledge the role of colonialism and are just part of the larger systemic response of decolonization; Implementation challenges are rooted in a colonized paradigm and expanding reform to the educator preparation and policy realm is critical so that all educators (Native and non-Native benefit); Addressing power and hegemonic structures in contexts outside of education (with the local indigenous communities) create a larger and necessary accountability scope; Indigenous knowledge is nuanced, varied, and evolving and thus, needs robust professional development that incorporates best and promising practices in concert with local indigenous communities for both inservice and preservice fields; And without policy and state incentives, the implementation challenges will continue. / 10000-01-01
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Promoting Entrepreneurship in a Tribal Context: Evaluation of the First Innovations Course Sequence

January 2012 (has links)
abstract: In the First Innovations Initiative at Arizona State University students are exposed to the culture of innovation and the entrepreneurial process through two courses situated intentionally within an American Indian sustainability context. In this action research dissertation, a summer field practicum was designed and implemented to complement the two in-classroom course offerings. The first implementation of the new summer field practicum was documented for the two participating students. A survey and focus group were conducted to evaluate the spring 2011 classroom course and, separately, to evaluate the summer field practicum. Students in the spring 2011 course and summer field practicum reported that they were stimulated to think more innovatively, gained interest in the subject area and entrepreneurial/innovation processes, and improved their skills related to public speaking, networking, problem solving and research. The summer practicum participants reported larger increases in confidence in creating, planning and implementing a sustainable entrepreneurship venture, compared with the reports of the spring in-classroom participants. Additionally, differences favoring the summer practicum students were found in reported sense of community and individualism in support of entrepreneurship and innovation. The study results are being used to revamp both the in-classroom and field practicum experience for the benefit of future participants. Specifically, the American Indian perspective will be more fully embedded in each class session, contemporary timely articles and issues will be sought out and discussed in class, and the practicum experience will be further developed with additional student participants and site organizations sought. Additionally, the trans-disciplinary team approach will continue, with additional professional development opportunities provided for current team members and the addition of new instructional team members. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Higher and Postsecondary Education 2012
633

The Vascular Flora of the Eagletail Mountain Region

January 2012 (has links)
abstract: This study identifies the flora of the Eagletail Mountain Region, an area covering approximately 100,600 acres, located in west-central Arizona that includes the Eagletail Mountains, Granite Mountains, portions of the Harquahala Valley, and Cemetery Ridge near Clanton Well. The region is located about 129 km (80 mi) west of Phoenix and 24 km (15 mi) south of Interstate 10. Plants were collected over a six-year period, beginning September, 2004 and ending May, 2010, including two wet winters and two wet summers. A total of 702 collections were made covering 292 species that represented 63 families. Additional information on the region included in the thesis are: 1) an analysis of the climate, based on 20 years of rainfall records; 2) a description of the geology and its influence on plant distribution; 3) a prehistory and history identifying archeological sites; 4) an analysis of food plants used by the Native Americans that suggests how they were able to live in the region; 5)a paleo-botanical history based on an evaluation of pack-rat midden collections from mountain ranges around the region; 6) a comparison of the trees, shrubs, and perennials of the Eagletail Mountain Region with those of the Sierra Estrella and Kofa Mountains; and 7) a survey of non-native species. The habitats that the plants occupied based on climate and soils included were: 1) the bottoms and sides of sandy/ gravelly washes, 2) bajada slopes-volcanic soils, 3) bajada slopes-granitic sandy soils, 4) slot canyons/rock outcrops, 5) desert pavement, and 6) open valleys. Each habitat has its own characteristic species composition and distribution. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Biology 2012
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Vers une adaptation autonome des modèles acoustiques multilingues pour le traitement automatique de la parole / Towards autonomous adaptation of multilingual acoustic models for automatic speech processing

Sam, Sethserey 07 June 2011 (has links)
Les technologies de reconnaissance automatique de la parole sont désormais intégrées dans de nombreux systèmes. La performance des systèmes de reconnaissance vocale pour les locuteurs non natifs continue cependant à souffrir de taux d'erreur élevés, en raison de la différence entre la parole non native et les modèles entraînés. La réalisation d'enregistrements en grande quantité de parole non native est généralement une tâche très difficile et peu réaliste pour représenter toutes les origines des locuteurs. Ce travail de thèse porte sur l'amélioration des modèles acoustiques multilingues pour la transcription phonétique de la parole de type « réunion multilingue ». Traiter ce type de parole constitue plusieurs défis : 1) il peut exister de la conversation entre des locuteurs natifs et non natifs ; 2) il y a non seulement de la parole non native d'une langue, mais de plusieurs langues parlées par des locuteurs venant de différentes origines ; 3) il est difficile de collecter suffisamment de données pour amorcer les systèmes de transcription. Pour répondre à ces défis, nous proposons un processus d'adaptation de modèles acoustiques multilingues que nous appelons « adaptation autonome ». Dans l'adaptation autonome, nous étudions plusieurs approches pour adapter les modèles acoustiques multilingues de manière non supervisée (les langues parlées et les origines des locuteurs ne sont pas connues à l'avance) et qui n'utilise aucune donnée supplémentaire lors du processus d'adaptation. Les approches étudiées sont décomposées selon deux modules. Le premier module qui s'appelle « l'observateur de langues » consiste à récupérer les caractéristiques linguistiques (les langues parlées et les origines des locuteurs) des segments à décoder. Le deuxième module consiste à adapter le modèle acoustique multilingue en fonction des connaissances fournies par l'observateur de langue. Pour évaluer l'utilité de l'adaptation autonome d'un modèle acoustique multilingue, nous utilisons les données de test, qui sont extraites de réunions multilingues, contenant de la parole native et non native de trois langues : l'anglais (EN), le français (FR) et le vietnamien (VN). Selon les résultats d'expérimentation, l'adaptation autonome donne des résultats prometteurs pour les paroles non natives mais dégradent très légèrement les performances sur de la parole native. Afin d'améliorer la performance globale des systèmes de transcription pour toutes les paroles natives et non natives, nous étudions plusieurs approches de détection de parole non native et proposons de cascader un tel détecteur avec notre processus d'adaptation autonome. Les résultats obtenus ainsi, sont les meilleurs parmi toutes les expériences réalisées sur notre corpus de réunions multilingues. / Automatic speech recognition technologies are now integrated into many systems. The performance of speech recognition systems for non-native speakers, however, continues to suffer high error rates, due to the difference between native and non-speech models trained. The making of recordings in large quantities of non-native speech is typically a very difficult and impractical to represent all the origins of the speakers. This thesis focuses on improving multilingual acoustic models for automatic phonetic transcription of speech such as “multilingual meeting”. There are several challenges in “multilingual meeting” speech: 1) there can be a conversation between native and non native speakers ; 2) there is not only one spoken language but several languages spoken by speakers from different origins ; 3) it is difficult to collect sufficient data to bootstrapping transcription systems. To meet these challenges, we propose a process of adaptation of multilingual acoustic models is called "autonomous adaptation". In autonomous adaptation, we studied several approaches for adapting multilingual acoustic models in unsupervised way (spoken languages and the origins of the speakers are not known in advance) and no additional data is used during the adaptation process. The approaches studied are decomposed into two modules. The first module called "the language observer" is to recover the linguistic information (spoken languages and the origins of the speakers) of the segments to be decoded. The second module is to adapt the multilingual acoustic model based on knowledge provided by the language observer. To evaluate the usefulness of autonomous adaptation of multilingual acoustic model, we use the test data, which are extracted from multilingual meeting corpus, containing the native and nonnative speech of three languages: English (EN), French (FR) and Vietnamese (VN). According to the experiment results, the autonomous adaptation shows promising results for non native speech but very slightly degrade performance on native speech. To improve the overall performance of transcription systems for all native and non native speech, we study several approaches for detecting non native speech and propose such a detector cascading with our self-adaptation process (autonomous adaptation). The results thus are the best among all experiments done on our corpus of multilingual meetings.
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The effects of high temperature stress on the enzymatic antioxidant system in Zea mays

Chetty, Kovin Ashley January 2017 (has links)
Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Biotechnology) / High temperature stress is synonymous with the attenuation of plant growth, metabolism and eventually death resulting in major loss of crop productivity worldwide. Part of the metabolic perturbations associated with heat stress leads to the excessive formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which have highly deleterious effects on cellular homeostasis. Naturally, through millions of years of evolution and adjustment, plants have developed antioxidant enzymes that neutralize harmful ROS species offering a protective role in the annulment of oxidative damage in response to high temperature. The aim of this study was to measure the activity of several antioxidant enzymes in response to heat stress in Zea mays.
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Articulating Indigenous Rights Amidst Territorial Fragmentation| Small Hydropower Conflicts in the Puelwillimapu, Southern Chile

Kelly, Sarah 22 August 2018 (has links)
<p> This dissertation examines the recognition of Indigenous territorial rights amidst the development of small hydropower in the Puelwillimapu Territory, which traditionally spans the R&iacute;os and Lagos regions of southern Chile. Around the world, small hydropower (internationally defined as generating between 1&ndash;10 megawatts, in Chile defined as generating 20 megawatts or less) is embraced as a more sustainable alternative to large reservoir hydropower in the transition to renewable energy. However, growing scholarship recognizes that small hydropower can create significant social and ecological impacts. This ethnographic and institutional research collaboratively examines small hydropower impacts in the Puelwillimapu, providing a process-oriented analysis of how Indigenous rights are recognized, and small hydropower is developed. A collaborative research approach with the Alianza Territorial Puelwillimapu, a Mapuche-Williche ancestral alliance, examines rights, conflicts, and small hydropower impacts. Research traces how small hydropower affects Puelwillimapu physical and spiritual territory. This approach emphasizes how to blend participatory mapmaking among other methods with <i>Trawun</i>, a traditional form of meeting of the Mapuche Pueblo. Ultimately, analysis centers on encounters between the two clashing logics in small hydropower conflicts: Chilean institutions and Mapuche-Williche cosmovision. </p><p> As the five case studies analyzed here demonstrate, regulating small hydropower by megawatt is inadequate for preventing the repercussions experienced in Mapuche territory. Small hydropower&rsquo;s careless boom also signals that, paradoxically, small hydropower has too much regulation to be easily developed, but not enough to safeguard Indigenous rights or environmental protection. The regulatory design of the Environmental Impact Assessment process is incapable of upholding ILO Convention 169 standards, an international treaty for Indigenous rights ratified by Chile in 2008. </p><p> Contrary to the official tendency to explain environmental management as a technical process, this dissertation explains recurring politics involved in small hydropower development and conflict. In scoping for the Environmental Assessment process, private consultancy companies enact a divisive <i> politics of recognition</i>, which furthers a historical pattern of territorial fragmentation in Mapuche territory. Second, a <i>politics of knowledge </i> is evident in how knowledge is recognized and produced in the Environmental Assessment process. Private consultancy groups are granted an interpretive role in the assessment process, underestimating environmental impacts while creating enduring social divisions in Mapuche-Williche communities. Inaccurate and limited scientific data is privileged over ancestral knowledge that suggests small hydropower exacerbates climate vulnerabilities such as seasonal drought. In response, the Alianza Territorial Puelwillimapu articulates a <i> politics of scale</i> through combining territorial mobilization and formal administrative and legal action. They seek justice in Chilean institutions in part by demanding that they be consulted at the scale of territory. As attempts for conflict resolution and dialogue continue to fall short of protecting territorial rights, the international realm becomes a more viable alternative for rights recognition. Broadly, this work contributes to geographic questions involving critical cartography, collaborative methodologies, water governance, and the transition to renewable energy. It aims to inform international scholarship on small hydropower regulation and impacts, and Indigenous rights recognition. </p><p>
637

Central Illinois Powwow Community: A Unique Path of Creation, Cultivation, and Connection to American Indian Culture, Identities, and Community

Warren, Laura Michelle 01 December 2011 (has links)
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638

Afterimages of Kincaid Mounds

Pursell, Corin Clayton O'Brien 01 August 2016 (has links)
This research will address how the monumental organization of Kincaid Mounds was put together through time. The measurable variability in the potential performative presentation of the mounds and structures of Kincaid will be treated as an archaeological dataset for the exploration of social change. This dataset will emphasize the topological relationships among earthworks, structures, and the ancient Native Americans living within and actively constructing the site and their society. The dynamics of change in the public presentation of these earthworks will relate to public practice and changing political strategies, a local history indicative of Kincaid’s internal social processes and political trajectory in the broader Ohio Valley and Mississippian culture.
639

Influence of Remedial Education Policies: Experiences of Low-Income Native American Women at a Midwestern Community College

Wilson-Armour, Carole Cristine 01 May 2017 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to determine how policies regarding remedial education can influence the experiences of students who identify as low socioeconomic (SES) Native American women at a Midwestern community college. This study proposed to use interpretive policy analysis and phenomenological qualitative research to learn more about how low SES Native American women view their experiences in the classroom. An interpretive policy analysis determined how various interpretive communities understood policies, how they enacted these policies in the classroom, and how students reacted to them. For the qualitative research portion, I interviewed three low SES Native American women at a community college and three of their instructors. I found that this institution’s policies considered the cost and value of education as paramount. Subsequently, the Native American students I interviewed found themselves on the outside of the college, isolated and struggling to succeed.
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Surviving Plymouth: Causes of Change in Wampanoag Culture in Colonial New England

Schmidt, Hannah 01 August 2017 (has links)
AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Hannah J. Schmidt, for the Master of Arts degree in History, presented on May 23, 2017, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. (Do not use abbreviations.) TITLE: Surviving Plymouth: Causes of Change in Wampanoag Culture in Colonial New England MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Kay J. Carr The following research investigates the relationship between the Wampanoag tribe and English colonists of Southeastern Massachusetts throughout the seventeenth century. The Wampanoags, under the leadership of grand sachem Massasoit, were the first people to befriend members of the Plymouth Colony upon their landing in Massachusetts Bay in November 1620. The relationship that was built between the two groups was instrumental in establishing English colonial rule throughout the region that would later expand beyond Massachusetts. The dynamics of this relationship and the subsequent political, economic, and cultural dominance of the English throughout New England led to massive changes in Wampanoag culture and practices. Because of the early timing and unique closeness of their friendship, it is necessary to examine the Wampanoag tribe’s interactions with the colonists as a distinct experience that is, in many ways, specific to their tribe and cannot wholly be a depiction of larger relations between the English colonists and Native American groups of the period. The distinctive nature of the Wampanoag-English relationship is also particularly enlightening to the conflicting dynamic between native perspectives and practices and that which the English colonists brought with them and later imposed. The ideas of each group informed how they interacted with each other throughout the seventeenth century. Upon the establishment of English dominance throughout the region, the ideological frameworks within English settler-colonialism, in conjunction with environmental and other economic influences, threatened traditional Wampanoag culture and practices and led to an immense transformation in Wampanoag ways of living that was both willingly and unwillingly adopted.

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