American Indians and Crime: A Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistical Profile, 1992-2002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steven W. Perry
Description
Findings reveal that the rate of violent crime from self reported victimizations for Native Americans and Alaska Natives is more than twice the national average.
Study examines disparities in quality of life between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and how this relates to the housing sector. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Looks at the reliability and technical issues derived from the retrieval of the data relating to population, education, labour force, employment, and employment earnings.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 403-423
Description
Describes Mi'kmaq life just before European contact, based on oral history related by a Mi'kmaq shaman, Arguimaut, to Father Pierre Maillard about 1740.