Theses
Author/Creator
Anita Olsen Harper
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.
Elder Brother, the Law of the People, and Contemporary Kinship Practices of Cowessess First Nation Members: Reconceptualizing Kinship in American Indian Studies Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 27-46
Description
Study probes the importance of kinship relations, with respect to individual and collective identity, for members of the Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan.
Ella Rush Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ranald Thurgood
Ella Rush
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of Longhouse ceremonies and beliefs. She also gives an account of Longhouse funeral practices.
Elmira McLeod Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Elmira McLeod
Ranald Thurgood
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives general reminiscences about her childhood and an account of Christmas festivities. She also gives brief mention of ghost stories and native superstitions.
Elmira McLeod Interview #3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ranald Thurgood
Elmira McLeod
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of ghost stories and superstitions.
An Examination of Familial Social Support Use by CHamoru Women on Guahan Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Linda Natividad
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-15
Description
This study examines the role of family members in providing support for cancer survivors.
Exploring Food Choice as Social Practice: Appreciating the Context of Family Feeding in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Treena Delormier
Description
Social and Preventative Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 2010.
FAME: Families Achieving Mathematical Excellence: The Process of Developing a Family Involvement Program For a Western Rural Middle School Serving American Indian Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Marie Bollinger
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--Montana State University, 2010.
Familial Cohesion and Colonial Atomization: Governance and Authority in a Coast Salish Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 1-42
Description
Looks at the strengths and limitations of the Siyá:m System of leadership, and discusses the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
Family and Nation: Cherokee Orphan Care, 1835-1903
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie L. Reed
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 312-344
Description
Describes the history of the Cherokee Orphan Asylum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, including the devestating fire in 1903.
Family, Community, and Aboriginal Language among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Canadian Social Trends, no. 90, Winter, 2010, pp. 73-82
Description
Data from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey used to identify characteristics associated with the ability to understand an Aboriginal language among children aged 2 to 5. Examines the extent to which the home, the extended family, child care settings, and community contribute to the transmission of languages.
Family Group Conference: An Indigenous-Based Evaluation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Anthony Hart
Elisa Lacerda-Vendenborn
Don Robinson
Family, Loss And Place: Everyday Experiences Of Hereditary Cancer In A First Nation Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Natasha Lucia Damiano Paterson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
Finding the Indian Child Welfare Act in Unexpected Places: Applicability in Private Non-Parent Custody Actions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jill E. Tompkins
University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 81, no. 4, Symposium Issue: The Next Generation of American Indian Law Judges, 2010, pp. [1119]-1185
Description
Overview of the history and intent of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the growing urban Indian population.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Website contains projects, publications, journal First Peoples Child & Family Review, resources and related links.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada: Supporting First Nations Adoption
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Discusses the importance of First Nations control over the adoption process and the need for government funding to support culturally based adoption services and programs.
First Nations Population Health & Wellness Agenda
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer British Columbia
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Description
Related material: Summary of Findings.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Follow-up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay Consulting
Donald McRae
Description
Related material: 2002 Report.
A Framework for Indigenous School Health: Foundations in Cultural Principles
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shirley Tagalik
Description
Looks at re-designing Indigenous school-based health programs and practices to include indigenous ways of knowing, learning, traditions, and values of the community.
Getting to Know O’Connor: Experiencing the Ecosystemic Play Therapy Model With Urban First Nations People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wanda Boyer
The Family Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, 2010, pp. 202-207
Description
Looks at the history of Ecosystemic Play Therapy (EPT) and its compatibility to help Indigenous youth.
A Glimmer of Hope: A Review of Recent Works on the Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Settler Society
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keith Smith
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
Growing Our Children Up Strong and Deadly: Healing for Children and Young People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Looks at developing new approaches to the healing needs of children.
Growing Up Kāpo Māori: Whānau, Identity, Cultural Well-Being and Health =
E tipu kāpo Māori nei: Whānaungatanga, Māramatanga, Māoritanga, Hauoratanga
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nancy Higgins
Hazel Phillips
Christine Cowan
Benita Wakefield
Kelly Tikao
Hand-in-Hand: A Review of First Nations Child Welfare in New Brunswick
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bernard Richard
Health Determinants for First Nations in Alberta 2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
[N. Lachance
N. Hossack
C. Wijayasinghe
W. Yacoub
T. Toope]
Health & Safety Plan for Aboriginal Families
E-Books
Author/Creator
Community Legal Information Association of PEI
Helping First Nations Children-in-Care Develop a Healthy Identity: Sitsipssat Ohp O'kia'pitapi Sspommihtaa niitsitapi ii'ksskita sokimmohsi Itapiiyi
Theses
Author/Creator
Rosemarri Klamn
Description
Professional Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, [2010].
History of Aboriginal Child and Family Service
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wendy Whitecloud
Description
Discusses the history non-native social workers within Aboriginal communities and the beginning of First Nations' control of child welfare.
Duration: 7:11.
The Hollow Tree: Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 148-150
Description
Book review of: The Hollow Tree: Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing by Herb Nabigon.
“Home and Native Land”: Aboriginal Young Women and Homelessness in the City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lia Ruttan
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Brenda Munro
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 67-77
Description
Examines the findings from a study on the homelessness of young Aboriginal women in the city of Edmonton.
Honoring Children, Making Relatives: Indigenous Traditional Parenting Practices Compatible With Evidence-Based Treatment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dolores Subia BigFoot
Beverly W. Funderburk
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lx-lxiii
Description
Looks at Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as an effective treatment model for parents who either have difficulty with appropriate parenting skills or children with behavioural problems.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lx.
How Should Young Indigenous Children be Prepared for Learning? A Vision of Early Childhood Education for Indigenous Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Eunice Romero-Little
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
I Want To Tell You A Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
In Between People: The Metis of Central Montana
E-Books
Author/Creator
Candi Zion
inca sƏnqslix
(I Am All My Relations)
Alternate Title
I Am All My Relations
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Jack
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington State University, 2010.
Indian Female Characterization in Larry Watson’s Montana 1948
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Grace Chaillier
Description
Discusses the stereotypical portrayal of Native American women as either a princess, or drudge.
Indigenous Early Learning & Child Care (IELCC) Environmental Scan: Alberta Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cora Voyageur
Description
Study included engagement sessions in Treaty Six, Seven and Eight regions, literature review, and examination of primary data from Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) and First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative (FNICCI) sites.
Indigenous Reunification in Child Welfare: A Scoping Review
Theses
Author/Creator
Teresa Michell
Indigenous Suicide and Colonization: The Legacy of Violence and the Necessity of Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keri Lawson-Te Aho
James H. Liu
International Journal of Conflict and Violence, vol. 4, no. 1, Collective Memories of Colonial Violence, 2010, pp. 124-133
Description
Risk factors include loss of culture, acculturative stress and unstable family situations or drug use.
Influences on Native American High School Students' Financial Knowledge and Behavior
Theses
Author/Creator
Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head
Description
Family and Consumer Sciences Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 2010.
Intergenerational Ethnic Mobility Among Canadian Aboriginal Populations in 2001
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norbert Robitaille
Éric Guimond
Alexandre Boucher
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 151-174
Description
Study shows that when children and parents belong to the same ethnic group, children will take their parents identity and in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal unions, children will favor Aboriginal identities.
Inuit Five-Year Strategic Plan For Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 2010- 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Investigating Social Policy Relationships: A Critical Analysis of Understandings of First Nation Family Violence
Theses
Author/Creator
Tracey Elizabeth Hazelwood
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.
Islands of Safety: Restoring Dignity in Violence-Prevention Work with Indigenous Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Allan Wade
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 137-145
Description
Discusses a response-based approach to community work and therapy with victims and perpetrators of violence.
Joe Sylvester Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Sylvester
Jocelyn Keeshig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.
Journey From the Shadows
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
Description
Stories from residential school survivors and descendants of survivors.
Duration: 44:59.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dolores Greyeyes Sand
Arden Ogg
Description
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Ladies, Livestock, Land and Lucre: Women's Networks and Social Status on the Western Navajo Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Conte
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 105-124
Description
An investigation into the role of Navajo women and their kinship relations towards economic development in rural America.
Landscape as Narrative, Narrative as Landscape
Alternate Title
Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg
Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Jill M. Fiore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [58]-80
Description
Discusses the importance of environment, location and sense of place in Native American literature.
Two sub-articles: Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg and Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 58.