The relationship between the Wabanaki and the land informs their creation myths, their cultural expertise, and individual and communal identity. The connection is so integral to their identity that when privatization of property usurps their connections to the land, an entire Wabanaki people become veiled under a dominant topography. This thesis explores alternative methods for considering the land by juxtaposing two conceptions of land at work at the time when Joseph Nicolar writes The Life and Traditions of the Red Man.
This thesis close-reads Jordan Peele's film, "Get Out" and posits it in a history of African-American representation in horror genre. Thesis was presented at SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference and University of Albany's Annual Undergraduate Research Conference.