Masters Degree and Ph.D in anthropology from the University of British Columbia.

M.A., University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Books published by Cruikshank include:

• Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Elders.

• The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory

• Reading Voices, Dan Dha Ts'edenintth'e: Oral and Written Interpretations of the Yukon's Past.