Indigenous Cultures Related Theses

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

1983

• Andrea Horan, The Outstation of the Australian Aborigines
• Peter D. Stevenson, Catalog of Ethnobotanical Information onFour Wisconsin Tribes
  

  1986

• Donna Caplan, Land and Resource Use in a Marginal Area inKenya: Case Study of the Indigenous Tree Species Most Needed, Use and Preferred
  

  1988

• Nancy E. Owens, Meanings in Hopi Architecture
• Karen Sclafani, Native North American SpiritualityConcerning the Natural World
• Kathryn R. Stam, The Tibetan Bonpos Mountains as Life,Mystery, and Power
  

  1990

• Michele Demarest, Constraints to Environmental PolicyImplementation in Tanshufen village: Shanghai China
• Robyn Richelle Rehak, A Study of Tree Use and PerceptionsWithin the Shuar Village of Bomboiza, Ecuador and the Community of Fairfield, Vermont, U.S.A.
• Martin G. Yenawine, Trees and People Experiences from Dryland Africa
  

  1991

• Mary Brust, Perceptions of the Natural Environment inKwakiutl Mythology
• Kara Donnelly, Cree Folklore as Related to CreeEnvironmental Perspectives
• Dana C. Frye, Healing Symbolism in the Sand Paintings ofthe Navajo Indians
• Philip Gregory Scott, The Importance of Preserving SpeciesDiversity -- The Muriqui: A Case Study
  

  1992

• Paul E. Stephany, The African and the Amazonian Caboclo: A Comparative Analysis of Their Religious and Healing Idealogies. An Ethnobotanical Study of Two Cultures in the Amazonian Region of Brazil
  

  1993

• Beth Leviss, Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: ACase Study of the Abenaki Nation and Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
  

  1994

• Tristam C. Hill, The Design of a Sustainable ManagementSystem for Cariniana domestica, a Potentially Medicinal Plant Occurring onthe Territory of the Urueu-Wau-Wau
  

  1995

• Kristen Hathaway, Hydorelectric Projects and Native Communities
• Danny Murphy, An Evaluation of the Tibetan Resettlement Project-Burlington
  

  1996

• Jethro Hayman, Making Mexico A model for a Global AgrarianRevolution
• Jennifer Laura Kish, The Impact of Cultural Survival Enterprises' Business Practices on the Indigenous Population and Environment of Acre, Brazil
  

  1997

• Matteo C. Burani, Ogoni: A Call for Action
• Diane Carol Ruiz, Extraction of Petroleum in the North Eastern Amazon Region, The Case Study on the Social Costs of Petroleum Extraction...
• * Amy Elizabeth Thomas, Fostering a Sense of Place: Native American Perspectives/Teaching Techniques as a Framework for Environmental Educators
  

  1998

• Daniel Zucker, Exploring Mohawk Adolescent Perspectives of Type 2 Diabetes and Health Related Behaviors
  

  1999

• Kathryn Hammond, The Struggle for Recognition: A Case Study of Abenaki Claims Within the State of Vermont
  

  2001

• Jenny Lyons, The Zapatista Movement in Chiapas, Mexico
• Jessica Tomko, Bibaani: Resistance Through Grassroots Organization
  

  2002

• Jennifer Kochmer, Bama: A Study of Aboriginal Culture and Connection to Place
  

  2002

• Jeremy Rubingh, Exploiting Tibet: Environmental Degradation on the Roof of the World
• * Bryan Redmond, Preservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity: Exploring Access and Benefit Sharing Issues in Biodiversity Prospecting
  

  2003

• Nissa Weisser, Yucca Mountain and the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe: Native Americans Fight Environmental Racism
  

  2004

• Michelle LaPointe, Medicine for the Mind: An Evaluative and Comparative Study of Medicinal Plant Education Centers in Vermont
  
• Shannon Martin, Abenaki Heritage vs. Private Land Ownership Rights: A Case Study of the Monument Road Burial Site and Environmental Justice
  
• Edwin Phillip McKnight, Native American Storytelling: Can the Stories be Told Today?
  
• Mackenzie Rand, Ethnobotany of Burlington: Past and Present: A Comparative Look at How Plants are Used Throughout History
  
• * Laura Tilghman, Bioprospecting Perspectives from Madagascar
  

  2005

• Amanda Dow Davis, The Relevance of Indigenous Knowledge to Natural Resource Management: A Ghanaian Case Study
  

  2007

• Allyson Black-Foley, Imposed Adjustment: A Case Study of Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Rural Women Farmers in Eastern Uganda from 1975 to Present
  

  2008

• Emily Cherkin,  Tumul K’in – “A New Light”: Indigenous Education and the Re- Appropriation of Cultural Identity in Belize
  

  2009

• Jessica Goldberg, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Menominee Tribe: Sustained Yield Forestry in Action
  

  2010

• * Pamela Coggins  –  Wild Food Gathering and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Way Down East: An Oral History of Lubec, Maine
  
• Amber Imm  –  A Town’s Dream, A Country’s Livelihood: A Personalized Account of La Palma, Costa Rica’s Desire and Efforts to Incorporate Tourism into Their Financial Future Using the Concepts of Ecotourism as a Guide
  
• James S. Prendergast  –  Exploring Environmental Ideologies in Palmares II, a Community of Brazil’s Landless Rural Worker Movement
  

  2012

• * Emily Bird – The Socioeconomic Impact of Hydroelectric Dams on Developing Communities: A Case Study of the Chalillo Dam and the Communities of the Macal River Valley, Cayo District, Belize, Central America
• * Kathleen Hartin – Eyo matamanei alakuwa: The Social Implications of Conservation-Induced Displacement for the Maasai Residents of Engare Sero, Northern Tanzania
• Emma Petersen – Fables and Reflections: Understanding the Implications of the Maori Party Formation in Communicating Alternative Motivations for Environmental Change

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