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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 5Northwest Territories
- 1Aboriginal Rights
- 1Aboriginal Title
- 1Archaeology
- 1Athapaskan
- 1Berger Inquiry
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1975
Masters thesis which discusses various problems involved in hypothesizing pre-fur trade adaptive strategies for the aboriginal Dene of the Keewatin. General archaeological and ethnohistorical parameters for this population are delimited.
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The Late Holocene White River Ash East Eruption and Pre-contact Culture Change in Northwest North America
DownloadSpring 2020
The White River Ash East eruption of A.D. 846-848 blanketed portions of Subarctic Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada in volcanic ash. This dissertation examines impacts of the eruption on pre-contact hunter-gatherer social relationships. The main bodies of data on which interpretations are...
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1985
Masters thesis. Provides evidence disconfirming the hypothesis of acculturation through use of testimony given by expert witnesses and community residents at Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. States that government and industry operated within an invalid acculturation framework when dealing with...
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Fall 2016
This thesis explores aspects of self-government in Délı̨nę, NT, Canada, a Sahtú Dene community of approximately 550 people. Délı̨nę’s Final Self Government Agreement (FSGA) was passed by the federal government of Canada in 2015, and the research for this thesis coincided with the beginning...