Children & Youth

Profiles the American Indian Higher Education Consortium's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Panelists Alanis Obomsawin, Gabrielle Fayant and Brock Lewis discuss social issues in Indigenous communities and challenges Indigenous youth face. Duration: 57:00.

Introduction of the Aide program provided tangible improvements in dental prevention statistics among Alaskan youth.

Looks at knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on sexual health and presents 7 major themes critical for future interventions.

Assessment of program which addresses the needs of Aboriginal pre-school children and their families both on- and off-reserve.

Uses the Leaders Program to evaluate the implementation of youth and community development programs. The focus is on how culturally appropriate programming can benefit Aboriginal youth in becoming more connected to themselves, their communities and their cultures.

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2015.

Describes the development and results of an intervention program, which found that students who participated in it drank less, engaged in less binge-drinking episodes, had fewer alcohol-related problems, and were more likely able to abstain from alcohol use.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington University, 2006.

Study probes the relationship between conduct disorder prior to age 15 and subsequent alcohol dependence among Navajo adults.

Public Health Capstone [Project] (MPH)--University of Texas Medical Branch, 2008.

Study guide for the book about a young Inuit girl's day on the land with her grandmother.

Suitable for PreK to Grade 2.

An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts the inadequacy of schooling on the reserve, the terms of the Robinson Treaty and the Indian agents of Manitoulin. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.

Book review of: Alive and Kicking by Annie Langlois. Review located by scrolling to page 168.

Consists of an interview where the people being interviewed discuss their life at the Mission Indian Residential School.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

File contains 1 image of Grade Eight graduates from the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1962.

File contains 9 negatives from depicting the All Saints Residential School Choir. One scanned image depicts part of choir singing.

File contains 2 images from the All Saints Youth City Council Meeting. Scanned image shows a variety of youth seated at the meeting.

Study involved field work, 3 formal focus groups and interviews with 21 individuals. Six themes emerged: increase in transience of the population, tension between work and education, mines as a community resource, inequities in communities, particular view of schooling, and positive outlook on the community and its future.

Black and white photograph of indigenous man Almighty Voice Jr. and his infant twin boys, all in European clothing.

Letter from Rev. G.F. Hopkins, dated 30 August 1888, relating to missionary experiences among the Aboriginal population of the Port Essington area of BC. Letter in The Missionary Outlook newsletter.

Looks at the relationship between contaminants and visual brain processing in Inuit children.

"This article focuses on content analyses of S-LPs responses to open-ended questions in which they expanded upon their ratings, explaining their views of the need for distinctive areas of emphasis when S-LPs work with Indigenous children".

Participants in the Nunavut Sivuniksnuut Program shared their culture with local residents during an eight month stay in Ottawa.

An examination of the need for and successful implementation of AMBER Alert systems in communities throughout the United States. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 21.

Looks at harm reduction methods and educational programming for adolescent victims of the sex trade.

Comments on the pertinent need for information on juvenile suicide prevention in detention settings.

Findings revealed grandparents raising grandchildren, despite the fact that many were living in extreme poverty, suffer ill health, and have limited resources and services.

Brief review of literature on learning styles and recommendations for classroom use with examples.

Chapter 13 from: Child and Family Advocacy edited by Anne McDonald Culp. Looks at the Native Head Start Research Center.

Topics include informal and formal child care placements, cultural and traditional child rearing practices, impact of historical trauma, mental health needs, educational issues, challenges and benefits of grandparent caregiving, and policy implications. Chapter from American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention and Treatment edited by : Michelle C. Sarche, Paul Spicer, Patricia Farrell, Hiram E. Fitzgerald.

Presents review of mental health disparities: identifies and defines American Indian/Alaskan Natives, summarizes mental health disparities, looks at available psychosocial interventions and alternatives to fixing mental health problems.

Educational Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Texas, 2012.

Discusses use of baseball to Americanize of Indian youth and the transformation of baseball equipment for Indian use.

Comments on the physical and psychological experiences of boarding school survivors. Chapter 16 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.

Study conducted 1998-2001 interviewed women prenatally and 6-months port-partum concluded that health care workers should encourage social support, recognition of perceived health, emphasis on benefits and traditional health practices.

Provides an overview of the present status and future needs of education in Minnesota as summarized through seven themes.

Reviews literature on intergenerational relationships, culture, self-identity and stories from American Indian Elders in the Urban AI Elders' Research Project about resilience and resilience strategies.

A census based study on role and extent assimilationist policies played in mortality rates of Native American children. Originally presented at Conference on Vulnerable Populations in Paris, July, 2005.

Family and Consumer Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1996.

Discusses use of folk speech by students at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.

Presents findings of a study on Indigenous youth's experiences of physical and psychological abuse.

A comprehensive statistical analysis of the effect and repercussions of violent crime among Native Americans as both victims and offenders.

Study suggests that sexually active teenagers where half as likely as their non-Indigenous peers in Minnesota to use contraceptives.