Community

Provides information about sustainable initiatives in various First Nations communities throughout Canada. The initiatives focus on economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

Looks at patterns of disease for Walpole Island First Nation in Ontario. Chapter 11 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 134 to read chapter.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 7, (pp309-356).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1958.

Highlights the importance of considering cultural, political, and epistemological context by looking at the data in an interdisciplinary study of the role of fire in affecting the resilience of Alaska Native communities and the relationship between wildfire and human activity in the boreal forest of Alaska and the Yukon Territory.

Reports some findings from a larger research project that focused on post-genocide healing practices in Rwanda. Advocates for community-based and traditional methods for solving socio-economic problems and rebuilding social relations; examines implications for social work education and practice.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2012.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2013.

Discusses the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) National consultation of Indigenous communities, on climate change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).

A photograph of a First Nations encampment in the Prince Albert, SK area (possibly the "Sioux Plains" where the Dakota camped).

Geography & Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2013.

Overview of the Cottage Settlement designed to help graduates of the Sitka Industrial and Training School transition into mission sanctioned lifestyles.

Historical data. Current in 1978.

Final report and recommendations of the Nunavut Broadband Task Force.

Discusses the results of a 11-week training program to teach Indigenous youth to run a 5 km race.

Book review of: Skull Wars by Davide Hurst Thomas.

Brian Vallo, looks at the history of the Acoma Pueblo and the Tourist Center. Barbara Felix discusses the design proposal and the Tourist Center's redevelopment. Duration: 56:11.

Film review of: Skydancer by Katja Esson. Review located by scrolling to page 172.

Looks at an AIDS education program to provide information about the disease and its prevention to Native American communities.

Discusses the high incidence of smoking in the First Nations' community and why the problem needs to be addressed.

Describes economic initiatives undertaken by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) to develop employment opportunities...

Buildings almost completely buried in a snow drift; location unknown. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#9).

Looks at a community survey of the Little Red River Cree Nation, and several socio-economic barriers that impede the ability to engage in subsistence harvesting.

Explores the influence of traditional Aboriginal worldviews on business values and development.

Looks at the relationship between individuals and social capital, and how that relationship affects an individuals resilience.

"PRI Project. Social Capital as a Public Policy Tool"

Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2003.

Looks at the the social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that mediate harvesting and distribution of wildlife resources.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, 2002.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Northridge, 2013.

Looks at delivery of services to Māori and Pacific Island families located in small rural low socio-economic communities.

Looks at best practices involved in conservation of protected areas, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) as a legitimate knowledge system, and co-management governance structures.

Based on data obtained through interviews with Dutch companies and representatives of local communities.

Findings showed that socioeconomic factors and mortality rates were similar between the two groups.

Results based on data from The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and the National Health Survey (NHS).

Author academically researches suicide but is also the father of a victim.

Documentary film narrated by local inhabitants that stayed even after the town's boom was over. Duration: 27:21.

Assesses the changes in historical scholarship as it intersects with Indigenous societies.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Fullerton, 2000.

Looks at the success, implementation and relevance of an initiative developed in response to an increasing rate of suicide among First Nations and Inuit youth.

Explains the Cree concept of wakohtowin, the betterment of all human relations. Presented at Waves of Change, 2008 National Community Economic Development International (CED) Conference held May 21-24 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Spring clean up in the northern settlement of Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2013.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1996.

Looks at the reasons for squatting in an area, programs and policies and the five distinct categories.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.

Reviews literature on governance and participation and looks at two cases in Sweden to see if they are following legislation.