Discusses the financial resources needed to provide acceptable, quality education for students of all levels.

Study results show several themes: staff work to live positive assumptions and beliefs; invitation and hospitality are based on ownership; trust and relationship are addressed by the individual, the school team and broader school community.

Parental involvement is categorized in four types: family support, parent education and school, parenthood, education and home, and parent involvement/parent participation.

Family Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.

Survey results conclude that Hopi and Navaho parents are usually very supportive, want local knowledge and tradition content, want to be included in the educational process, and desire local control.

Looks at environment of school-community interactions, involvement in children's schooling, and patterns of control related to student success. Interviews were conducted with parents, teachers, administrators and influential community members in over 20 sites between 1982 and 1993.

Educational Policy Studies Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Alberta, 2007.

Examines demographic protection, psychological distress, psychosocial maturity, moral and cognitive reflectivity, and parenting attitudes and beliefs in mothers of four year old children.

Reports on predictors of high school completion by age 18 among males and females aged 18 to 24. Source for statistics is 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey

Calls on researchers and policy-makers to engage young people in the development of policies regarding water use and protection.

Examines high school students' participation in Photovoice project exploring food security in a First Nation community.

Looks at the correlation between student success and parental support.

Offers practical suggestions for involving parents in school's policies, programs and operations.

Submission to the National Panel on First Nations Elementary and Secondary Education. Highlights current initiatives to improve First Nations education, raise completion rates at the K-12 level, and promote educational success at post-secondary institutions.

Study highlights the importance of cultural influences on childrearing.

Comments on a program for Native American schoolchildren, in third to fifth-grade, that promotes increased physical activity and healthy eating behaviours.

Results of the study document the feasibility of implementing a program for obesity prevention in elementary schools serving Native American communities.

Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.

Update to 2001. Discusses determinants of health, pregnancy, infants and children, diseases and injuries, physical environment and health services. Related material: The Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia (First Report).

Teaching and Teacher Education Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Arizona, 1997.

Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.

Comments on a study to develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program in Native American schoolchildren in grades three through five.

Examines the partner learning process for mathematical skills by sixth grade children of Mescalero Elementary School.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Widener University, 2005.

Presents the history and timeline of Pelican Lake school in 1926 until the establishment of the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council in 1979.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2001.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Denver, 2000.

Analysis of a questionnaire given to upper primary and lower secondary years students indicated the need for teachers to form strong relationships with their students to ensure their educational success.

[Educational Administration] Thesis (Ph.D.)--East Texas State University, 1989.

Reports national results as well as regions and selected states. See Part II - The Educational Experiences of Fourth and Eighth Grade American Indian and Alaska Native Students: Statistical Analysis Report.

Discussion of various tests and recommendation of the Otis Alpha non verbal and WISC Performance scales to assess Hopi children.

Data for Indigenous and general population on: caseloads, reasons for care and court orders for protection; breakdown of 'neglect', care plan current and complete rate; residential placement types; hotel placements; trend for numbers in care; and youth agreements.

Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1995.

Proposes implementing five new reforms to sustain academic gains and to promote American Indian/Alaska Native sovereignty in education.

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 1991.

Describes the challenges faced by the school master during the 1833-1849 period. This era featured changes in Hudson's Bay Company policy regarding marriage and race.

Study to determine whether a highly-structured, phonetic approach to reading might be useful for Navajo children at the Rough Rock Demonstration School.

Describe the creation and early years of the independent school created by Kwakwaka’wakw parents on ‘Namgis First Nation territory; discusses inclusion of cultural and traditional teachings, and its evolution as one of the longest running independent schools in the province.

Summarizes a study which determines what some of the factors are associated with achievement levels.

Discussion of the Sandy Lake School diabetes prevention program for Ojibway Cree children in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.

Results suggest a more comprehensive survey is required. Generally, students acquired information from school, electronic and print media sources before substance use.

Findings indicate 65% of students are behind their grade, suggesting cultural adjustment problems in the school experience.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of New Brunswick, 1998.

Interviews Navajos who were involved in a voluntary foster-care program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah which placed Native American Mormon children into white Mormon homes for the school year.

Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth's report on the investigation into several service agencies' involvement with a troubled teen who was eventually found murdered.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.