Children & Youth

Biography of a 12 year old student who excels in the area of Information Technology.

Darren Sugar is a teenager who is interested in art and becoming an artist.

Book review of: Indigenous Legal Issues by Heather McRae, Garth Nettheim and Laura Beacroft

Analysis of one of the autobiographical accounts in Without Reserve, a collection of personal stories of Aboriginal people living in Canadian cities.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Hampshire, 2009.

Highlights the difficulties faced by reserve residents when accessing urban amenities.

Argues that Huron children were active participants in learning/teaching interactions which produced stylistic changes.

Brief profile of sixteen year old Alika LaFontaine, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Rotary Club Service Award for academics and the Sherwood Co-operative Service Award. All the awards attest to his commitment to academic achievement, career goals, and community service.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1999.

Author looks at her formative years, living with her parents and living in a Children's Home. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Charles Sturt University, [2010].

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Université Laval, 1999.

Short story is the winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Youth Writing Challenge.

Teacher resource based on the life of Gladys Chapman, a young girl who died as a result of tuberculosis while attending residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. Presents lessons which focus on her life while living in her home community of Spuzzum and after entering the school.

By looking at artifacts belonging to children, author compares childhood in the two cultures.

Explores the confusion over jurisdiction by government departments for funding foster homes in Manitoba by using Jordon's case as an example.

Book review of: Indian Boyhood by Charles A. Eastman.

Brief biography of the youngest high school graduate and recipient of the Governor General's Academic Medal for the highest academic standing in her class.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.

Looks at Alexie's semi-autobiographical young adult novel.

Discusses the sacred spiral pattern of repetition as a model for interpreting Charles Eastman's memoir.

Book review of: Rabbit-Poof Fence: A True Story, Now a Major Film by Phillip Noyce by Doris Pilkington/Nugi Farimara. Review located by scrolling to page 297.

Video relates personal experiences of students who attended residential schools.

Accounts of conditions at residential schools that contributed to this form of protest.

Describes the 1st Annual Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence ceremony; those honoured included: Carmen Lewis, Welland Ratt, Standing Buffalo Junior Girls Volleyball Team, Chico Peepeetch, Rachel Jobb, Christopher Ross.

Suggests applying five tests to evaluate the reliability of accounts of childhood experiences which were not recorded until many years later.

Triumph for Jamie Witchekan, aged 13, and her brother Kent, 14.

Describes the experiences of The Students on Ice Arctic Expedition, 2005 who sailed from Iceland to South Baffin.

Novel tells the story of the nineteen-year-old Cree girl from Norway House Cree Nation who was murdered near The Pas, Manitoba on November 13, 1971. Recommended for use with students Grade 10 or above.

Focuses on Desarae Eashappie; winner of Saskatchewan's 2001 Fresh Faces Model Search contest and 2002 SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence in the education category.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Comments on an autobiography that was published the same year as Halfbreed by Maria Campbell but lacked critical attention. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.

Book review of: When Rains Become Floods by Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez.

Looks at the surge in publication of Aboriginal writings that resist "white noise," the white telling of black history and experience, and the reclaiming of "Dreaming" stories especially in Children's literature.

Environment and Geography Thesis (M.E.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Conference presentation by the former President of the National Inuit Youth Council advocates the creation of a separate government department for the Inuit.