Journal Articles by Katie K. MacLeod
This review article explores how historians' interpretations of the grand dérangement have varied... more This review article explores how historians' interpretations of the grand dérangement have varied from early scholarship in the 1800s to scholarship in 2012. Using Thomas Barnes' " 'Historiography of the Acadians' Grand Dérangement, 1755 " as a starting point, this article seeks to compare and contrast literature speaking to the historic process as interpreted by regional and outside scholars. Overall, this review article seeks to assess how scholarly trends of analysis of the grand dérangement have been maintained over time, and how others have shifted.
This article provides an ethnohistorical overview of the emergence and progression of Acadian eth... more This article provides an ethnohistorical overview of the emergence and progression of Acadian ethnic and political identities over time. Strongly based in their relations with the Mi’kmaq during the colonization of Nova Scotia, the Acadians became a unique political entity who identified themselves as neutral. Through the advances made in the colony, British authorities soon realized that the alliance formed between the Acadians and Mi’kmaq could present a threat. This article provides background for the reemerging Acadian-Mi’kmaq relations occurring today around environmental and land-based concerns and seeks to provide the reader with an overview of the shifting Acadian socio-political ideologies throughout their history.
Book Chapters by Katie K. MacLeod
MacLeod, K. K. (2016). Pre-Contact Economies and the Fur Trade. In, K. G. Brown, M. B. Doucette, & J. E. Tulk (Eds.), Indigenous Business in Canada: Principles and Practices, 2-12.
Indigenous Business in Canada addresses contemporary concerns and issues in the doing of Aborigin... more Indigenous Business in Canada addresses contemporary concerns and issues in the doing of Aboriginal business in Canada, reveals some of the challenges and diverse approaches to business in indigenous contexts from coast to coast to coast, and demonstrates the direct impact that history and policy, past and present, have on business and business education.
MacLeod, K. K. (2016). Treaties and Land Claims in Canada. In, K. G. Brown, M. B. Doucette, & J. E. Tulk (Eds.), Indigenous Business in Canada: Principles and Practices, 271-284.
Indigenous Business in Canada addresses contemporary concerns and issues in the doing of Aborigin... more Indigenous Business in Canada addresses contemporary concerns and issues in the doing of Aboriginal business in Canada, reveals some of the challenges and diverse approaches to business in indigenous contexts from coast to coast to coast, and demonstrates the direct impact that history and policy, past and present, have on business and business education.
MacLeod, K. K. (2016). Indian Residential Schools, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and Truth and Reconciliation. In, K. G. Brown, M. B. Doucette, & J. E. Tulk (Eds.), Indigenous Business in Canada: Principles and Practices, 285-291.
Indigenous Business in Canada addresses contemporary concerns and issues in the doing of Aborigin... more Indigenous Business in Canada addresses contemporary concerns and issues in the doing of Aboriginal business in Canada, reveals some of the challenges and diverse approaches to business in indigenous contexts from coast to coast to coast, and demonstrates the direct impact that history and policy, past and present, have on business and business education.
Theses by Katie K. MacLeod
With recent resurgences of Métis recognition in Canada there have been increasingly more opportun... more With recent resurgences of Métis recognition in Canada there have been increasingly more opportunities for self-identifying Métis to gain legal recognition from the Canadian State. Although the Maritimes has not been viewed as a region with a Métis presence in the past, there are various populations present that are searching for this recognition. This study explores the historic mixed-blood that is present among the self-identifying Métis in Nova Scotia. I explore the way these Métis identities are contextualized in Canada though history, law, and Indigenous-settler relations. Particularly, I provide an analysis of Métis identification in Nova Scotia though genealogy, language, colonialism and denial. Lastly, this study shows the struggles the Métis face when positioning themselves within constitutional categories in an effort to be acknowledged as Aboriginal Peoples in Canada.
Leaving L'Acadie: Cultural Retention Among Self-Identified Acadians Living Outside Traditional Regions. Dalhousie University. Unpublished Undergraduate Honours Thesis. (2011).
The Acadians in Nova Scotia are by far a minority, however, their culture remains to be strong. I... more The Acadians in Nova Scotia are by far a minority, however, their culture remains to be strong. In various parts of the province there are small tight-knit communities that perpetuate and live Acadian culture from day to day. However, this is not the case for all those who self-identify as Acadian. With employment and education opportunities elsewhere in the province, many Acadians have and continue to leave the Acadian regions and move to more industrial towns and cities. When they leave they risk assimilation into the dominant English-speaking population and mainstream society. This paper is based on research done among self-identified Acadians who explain the various ways they preserve and retain their culture while not living in a traditional region. The data also sheds light on their struggles, regrets, sense of belonging and identity; an identity that is tied to various primordial ties, displays of ethnicity, cultural resurgence and history.
Book Reviews by Katie K. MacLeod
Ethnologies, 2016
MacLeod, K. (2016). Leslie Brown and Susan Strega. Research as
Resistance: Revisiting Critical, I... more MacLeod, K. (2016). Leslie Brown and Susan Strega. Research as
Resistance: Revisiting Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches,
Second Edition. (Toronto, ON: 2015, Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Pp. 269, ISBN: 978-1551308-82-1.). , 38(1-2)
Ethnologies
MacLeod, K. (2015). Marie Battiste (ed.). Living Treaties: Narrating
Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations. (S... more MacLeod, K. (2015). Marie Battiste (ed.). Living Treaties: Narrating
Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations. (Sydney, NS: 2016, Cape Breton University
Press. Pp. 317, ISBN-13: 978-1-77206-053-9.). Ethnologies, 37(2)
This review essay provides an overview of Allison Pugh’s ethnography Longing and Belonging: Paren... more This review essay provides an overview of Allison Pugh’s ethnography Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture, with particular attention to her methodological approaches and positionality as both an insider and an outsider within the context of her research. Through participant observation and interviews with children and parents in three schools in Oakland, California that span social classes, Pugh is able to provide the reader with a thorough understanding of how childhood consumerism in the North America is centered on a desire to belong rather than influences of advertising and marketing. She is able to deploy various concepts such as performivity, economy of dignity, and consumption to examine the deeper symbolic and socio-cultural significances attached to children’s desire to belong and parent’s feelings of obligation in their decisions to purchase consumer products.
Invited Talks by Katie K. MacLeod
Selected Conference Presentations by Katie K. MacLeod
MacLeod, K. K. (2013, November 24). Displaced Mixed-Blood: An Ethnographic Exploration of Métis Identities in Nova Scotia. American Anthropology Association Annual General Meeting. Chicago, IL.
MacLeod, K. K. (2013, May 29). “The Woods are my Church”: Métis’ Relationship to Land, Animals and Waters in Nova Scotia. Religious Diversity in Atlantic Canada: Building Collaborative Research Capacity for the Present and the Future. Halifax, NS.
MacLeod, K. K. (2013, April 5). Displaced Mixed-Blood: An Ethnographic Exploration of Métis Identities in Nova Scotia. Thinking Power, Recognition and Identity Conference. Ottawa, ON.
MacLeod, K. K. (2012, November 15). Defining Distinctiveness: A Search for Métis Recognition in the Maritimes. American Anthropology Association Annual General Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
MacLeod, K. K. (2012, March 16). Historic Foundations: Exploring Early Acadian-Mi’kmaq Relations. Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Conference. Ottawa, ON.
MacLeod, K. K. (2011, April 5). Leaving l’Acadie: Cultural Retention Among Self-Identified Acadians Living Outside Traditional Regions. Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology Student Conference. Halifax, NS.
MacLeod, K. K. (2010, March 20). Hill Tribes and Elephants: Making a Difference? Volunteering Abroad – A Student’s Perspective as part of the Global Development Speakers Series. Dalhousie University Halifax, NS.
Selected Case Studies by Katie K. MacLeod
Bearman AUTHENTICS: A Case Study in Aboriginal Business (2015)
entrepreneurship; small business; decision-making; target market; expanding business
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Journal Articles by Katie K. MacLeod
Book Chapters by Katie K. MacLeod
Theses by Katie K. MacLeod
Book Reviews by Katie K. MacLeod
Resistance: Revisiting Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches,
Second Edition. (Toronto, ON: 2015, Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Pp. 269, ISBN: 978-1551308-82-1.). , 38(1-2)
Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations. (Sydney, NS: 2016, Cape Breton University
Press. Pp. 317, ISBN-13: 978-1-77206-053-9.). Ethnologies, 37(2)
Invited Talks by Katie K. MacLeod
Selected Conference Presentations by Katie K. MacLeod
Selected Case Studies by Katie K. MacLeod