Community

Book review of: Country of the Heart by Deborah Bird Rose with Nancy Daiyi, Kawthy Deveraux, Margaret Daiyi, Linda Ford and April Bright. Scroll down to page 193 to read review.

Highlights the health, financial and socio-economic risks and vulnerabilities for communities, individuals, and businesses.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1993.

Study examines postmarital residence at two ancestral Tewa Indian pueblos located in north-central New Mexico as well as the genetic relationships among pueblos.

Educational Research Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017

Discusses how the Development Wheel can be used to advance social enterprise in First Nations communities by engaging in enterprise development and community economic development planning.

Resource for exploring realistic and practical environmental economic opportunities.

Focus on Aboriginal children from preconception to age six, as well as families and communities both on and off reserve.

Explores the use of university-community partnerships and ways the academia can reach out more effectively.

A Cree camp at the Sandy Lake Reserve, probably sometime around the end of the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. Picture shows several tipis and horses.

A photograph of a camp of Cree people on the prairie, probably sometime between 1890 and 1930. Many wear western clothing, some women with formal dresses and caps. A man with his back to camera wears some traditional clothing adorned with feathers. Picture possibly taken by George Mann family who worked with Cree people in Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1916. Members of the family were known to continue to visit these areas well into the 1920s.

Cree Indian encampment near Saskatoon. There are wagons, teepees and tents with horses grazing nearby.

Argues that the legal system operating in Queensland, Australia was not dealing appropriately with the problems in Aboriginal communities and as a result there was uncontrolled violence.

Report submitted to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Implementation Commission. Summarizes various reduction strategies and gives examples of successful programs.

Describes the community-based process of the Little Red River Cree Nation and the development of a self-improving forest management system that is responsive to the values, expectations and changing needs of community members.

Advocates for development of guidelines to protect a communities' interests.

Elementary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2015.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1977.

Examines gender and identity, social acceptance by tribal communities and families, and health risks specific to American Indian gay men.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Goal of document is to help clarify what protocols are, their uses, and how they can be developed by communities and local organizations to address issues of access, control and ownership of Indigenous knowledge.

Looks at research conducted to better understand at risk First Nations communities and to study the effectiveness of programs designed to address the issues.

Discusses practices that use traditional culture-based American Indian healing methods to integrate within system of care model.

Reports on an experimental civic engagement approach to addressing Forestry and Land Management, and the social impacts on a community.

Focuses on three questions: what is culturally competent evaluation, what does this type of evaluation look like, what approaches have been found to be most effective, and what gaps remain to be addressed?

Discusses the gap in mathematics quality and equity for Indigenous students and looks at solutions to address these issues based on a study done with Eagle Flight First Nation in Alberta.

Compares dominant prevention-intervention models and American Indian perceptions of suicide.

Looks at the benefits of using community-based participatory research when researching culturally sensitive topics like early education experiences.

Examines underlying processes of education using a cross-cultural approach.

Discusses the Menominee Indian School District's development of a new curriculum and their efforts to involve parents and build trust in the community.

Discusses customary law’s contribution to addressing areas where ordinary criminal or civil laws have failed particularly in reference to mass violence . To access this article, scroll down to page 16.

The Great Caribou Feast was held at the community's school in February with great success. Page one: two pictures of cutting up caribou meat. Page two: one picture of caribou processing, one picture of community residents. Page three: two pictures of caribou being cooked, one picture of it being eaten.

Discusses the usefulness and importance of cyberspace to aboriginal communities and the necessity of promotion and education to Aboriginal peoples.

Looks at the lack of accessible supportive programs and services for Indigenous cancer patient and the community-based supports create in its place.

Legislative report as required by Minnesota Laws 2009, Article 4, Section 9 includes status update of languages, best practices, identification of barriers, and recommendations.

Discusses how the Dakota Dunes reinvests gaming profits to various communities which target youth, elders and the disadvantaged. Article found by scrolling to page 13.

Indigenous and Canadian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999. Examines transition of a culturally integrated traditional Ojibwa community in southeastern Ontario to contemporary Ojibwa First Nation of Alderville.

Book review of: A Death Feast in Dimla-Hamid by Terry Glavin.

Discusses issues surrounding the establishment of sovereignty beginning at First Nation community level.

Compares previously looked at ceramics and field samples to three distinctive compositional groups and suggests cultural processes that may have contributed.

Theory and Policy Studies Thesis (Ed.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2008.

Discusses a model for economic development designed for the unique needs of Indigenous communities. Involves combination of four factors: community, spirituality, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.

Looks at harmonizing Aboriginal knowledges with tenets of 21st century education in an effort to move forward with Aboriginal education.

Research project aims to identify Inuit values, beliefs, and actions with the potential to improve community wellness.

Chapter 9 from book: Qualitative Strategies for Ethnocultural Research edited by Donna K. Nagata, Laura Kohn-Wood, and Lisa A. Suzuki. Recommendations for improving the quality of qualitative research.