Courtney Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3619000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0433-9904 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Experimental evidence of life history trade-offs during ultra-endurance physical activity
Life history theory seeks to understand how organisms distribute energy between physiological functions across the life course. A central assumption is that energy allocation involves “trade-offs” between competing functions relating to defence, maintenance, reproduction and growth. Constraints on human energy expenditure may produce trade-offs during energetic stress, affecting functions critical for homeostasis, survival and reproduction. While…
Engraved on Our Nations
Appropriating corporate personhood
Over the past century, debates have raged about the validity of United States corporate personhood and the scope of a person-corporation's rights. While important, these discussions have also erased marginalized peoples' use of corporate personhood as a strategy for securing the rights denied them by governments. This is the case with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), who incorporated in 1847 to ensure their own rights and protections …
Agency in Economic Justice
This essay expands upon the current theoretical construction of colonialism to make settler-colonial societies’ economic strategies more explicit. These strategies, which I term economic violence and economic hegemony, have been used by US federal and state governments to subvert the inherent sovereignty of Native Nations in order to access their resources. This essay also proposes and illustrates six categories of economic hegemony – debt creati…
Brief Research Commentary
This research commentary provides an overview of contemporary anthropological research regarding the US Indigenous food sovereignty movement and demonstrates how it informs the impacts of COVID‐19 on Indian Country. Past anthropological research on US Indigenous foodways, while useful, has lacked US Indigenous voices and in‐depth political context. Alternatively, many current Indigenous scholars prioritize integration of this crucial political la…
Interventions to Mitigate Bias in Social Work Decision-Making
Confronting Cannabis
In December 2014 the United States Department of Justice released a policy statement directing United States Attorney’s Offices to consult with Native Nations regarding growing and selling marijuana on sovereign Native nation lands. Additionally, rather than pursue blanket enforcement, the statement presented eight enforcement priorities. By August 2019 thirty-three states had legalized medical marijuana; eleven of these plus the District of Colu…
Frybread wars
The simplicity of American Indian frybread, composed only of flour, water, salt, and lard, belies a complex—and contentious—history and ecology. Tracing this bread’s ecology allows us to map the broader physical and epistemic violence levied by US settler-colonial society, specifically against the American Indian body under the guise of “healthcare,” while also evincing the agency of American Indians during these times of violence. This is shown …
Banning Change
Betting on Western North Carolina
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ (EBCI) launch of the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort on their Qualla Boundary homeland marked the beginning of a new and flourishing industry for western North Carolina. But many who lived in the region worried about the questionable long-term success of such a large gaming enterprise, along with the impacts on employment and the potential social impacts (gambling, substance abuse, etc.). With the Cherokee Ca…
Frybread wars
The simplicity of American Indian frybread, composed only of flour, water, salt, and lard, belies a complex—and contentious—history and ecology. Tracing this bread’s ecology allows us to map the broader physical and epistemic violence levied by US settler-colonial society, specifically against the American Indian body under the guise of “healthcare,” while also evincing the agency of American Indians during these times of violence. This is shown …
Brief Research Commentary
This research commentary provides an overview of contemporary anthropological research regarding the US Indigenous food sovereignty movement and demonstrates how it informs the impacts of COVID‐19 on Indian Country. Past anthropological research on US Indigenous foodways, while useful, has lacked US Indigenous voices and in‐depth political context. Alternatively, many current Indigenous scholars prioritize integration of this crucial political la…
Confronting Cannabis
In December 2014 the United States Department of Justice released a policy statement directing United States Attorney’s Offices to consult with Native Nations regarding growing and selling marijuana on sovereign Native nation lands. Additionally, rather than pursue blanket enforcement, the statement presented eight enforcement priorities. By August 2019 thirty-three states had legalized medical marijuana; eleven of these plus the District of Colu…
Banning Change
Betting on Western North Carolina
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ (EBCI) launch of the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort on their Qualla Boundary homeland marked the beginning of a new and flourishing industry for western North Carolina. But many who lived in the region worried about the questionable long-term success of such a large gaming enterprise, along with the impacts on employment and the potential social impacts (gambling, substance abuse, etc.). With the Cherokee Ca…
Frybread wars
The simplicity of American Indian frybread, composed only of flour, water, salt, and lard, belies a complex—and contentious—history and ecology. Tracing this bread’s ecology allows us to map the broader physical and epistemic violence levied by US settler-colonial society, specifically against the American Indian body under the guise of “healthcare,” while also evincing the agency of American Indians during these times of violence. This is shown …
Banning Change
Interventions to Mitigate Bias in Social Work Decision-Making
Confronting Cannabis
In December 2014 the United States Department of Justice released a policy statement directing United States Attorney’s Offices to consult with Native Nations regarding growing and selling marijuana on sovereign Native nation lands. Additionally, rather than pursue blanket enforcement, the statement presented eight enforcement priorities. By August 2019 thirty-three states had legalized medical marijuana; eleven of these plus the District of Colu…
Brief Research Commentary
This research commentary provides an overview of contemporary anthropological research regarding the US Indigenous food sovereignty movement and demonstrates how it informs the impacts of COVID‐19 on Indian Country. Past anthropological research on US Indigenous foodways, while useful, has lacked US Indigenous voices and in‐depth political context. Alternatively, many current Indigenous scholars prioritize integration of this crucial political la…
Agency in Economic Justice
This essay expands upon the current theoretical construction of colonialism to make settler-colonial societies’ economic strategies more explicit. These strategies, which I term economic violence and economic hegemony, have been used by US federal and state governments to subvert the inherent sovereignty of Native Nations in order to access their resources. This essay also proposes and illustrates six categories of economic hegemony – debt creati…
Engraved on Our Nations
Appropriating corporate personhood
Over the past century, debates have raged about the validity of United States corporate personhood and the scope of a person-corporation's rights. While important, these discussions have also erased marginalized peoples' use of corporate personhood as a strategy for securing the rights denied them by governments. This is the case with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), who incorporated in 1847 to ensure their own rights and protections …
Experimental evidence of life history trade-offs during ultra-endurance physical activity
Life history theory seeks to understand how organisms distribute energy between physiological functions across the life course. A central assumption is that energy allocation involves “trade-offs” between competing functions relating to defence, maintenance, reproduction and growth. Constraints on human energy expenditure may produce trade-offs during energetic stress, affecting functions critical for homeostasis, survival and reproduction. While…
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