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Subject: 	[Arcan-l] M.A./Ph.D. Research Opportunity at Six Nations Reserve
Date: 	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:21:43 -0600
From: 	Cheryl Avery <[log in to unmask]>
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Posted by request; apologies for any cross-posting. 
Please circulate widely.
 
ATTENTION ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS: M.A./Ph.D. Research Opportunity at Six 
Nations Reserve
 
The Jake Thomas Learning Centre is looking for a qualified graduate 
student to write a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation based on 
traditional knowledge in the Jake Thomas Archive, which has never before 
been studied comprehensively in any academic work.  The result will be 
an original and scholarly project that approaches Hotinonshon:ni 
(Iroquois) studies from the inside, making use of indigenous knowledge 
systems and oral history/tradition.
 
Potential topics of interest include Hotinonshon:ni customs and 
ceremonies, the Gaiiwio (Code of Handsome Lake), the Great Law or 
Hotinonshon:ni Constitution, treaties, wampum, oral tradition, 
Mohawk/Onondaga/Cayuga linguistics, etc.
 
See attached document for additional details. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 
IS 15 NOVEMBER, 2007.

-- 
Tom Belton, CA
Senior Archivist
Western Archives
The University of Western Ontario

Office: WL 140B (Archives and Research Collections Centre)
Tel.: 519-661-2111 x.81343
Web: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/archives





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