Children & Youth

Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.

Slide appears to be part of a series about Canada's North. On slide: "FORT CHURCHILL"

Image of woman leading horse-drawn travois. An infant on its side is fastened to the travois. Inscription on back reads: "The Indian didn't invent a wheel. (?) takes her papoose with her."

Book reviews of: Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World by Michelene E. Pesantubbee. Meet Lydia: A Native Girl From Southeast Alaska by Miranda Belarde-Lewis.

Comments on some of the complex and controversial aspects of traditional law regarding the level of violence directed at wives and children. Chapter from Past Law, Present Histories edited by Diane Kirkby. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 125.

Includes links to three books which follow the lives of three fictional children as they grow into adulthood, fears card, videos of conversations with five prominent Aboriginal women, and additional resource card. Recommended for ages 14+ and suited for individual study or groups of up to 30.

Discusses recommendations to improve the educational attainment of Métis women.

"Report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Occasion of the Committee's Sixth Periodic Review of Canada."

Discusses some of the problems caused by the focus on meat production and on reindeer husbandry as a one-man job. Chapter 20 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson. Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 246 or select chapter 20 on side bar.

Author was founder of the Woodcraft Indians, a youth movement which appropriated Aboriginal culture.

Describes factors leading to the development of the Summer Turtle Program in Mashpee, Massachusetts.

Author summarizes, reviews, and compares several children’s literature books with Indigenous content, highlighting the elements of each book that contribute to a faithful or an inaccurate portrayal of the Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Poem about the Stolen Generation regarding removal by authorities of five young children from a family and the efforts to recover them.

Looks at a learning needs analysis which revealed adolescent mental health workers ranked their learning needs as high and their knowledge and skills in working with depression and other disorders as low.

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Covers the needs for a comprehensive multidisciplinary response to deal with missing or murdered Indigenous persons. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.

Comments on the success of the strategy due to the collaboration between government and community to identify requirements and define solutions.

"Reviews concepts and approaches related to cultural responsiveness in the literature in the field of education, pointing out how these are parallel with or might further inform practices in communication sciences and disorders."

Theatre Thesis (MFA)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Looks at what youth experience today compared to years past. Article located by scrolling to page 5.

Looks at a unique public school in Buffalo known as P.S. #19, Native American Magnet School. Students come from six Iroquois tribes: Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tuscarora.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2004.

Discusses the struggles of six women who were survivors of multiple forms of trauma.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017. Examines three newspapers: Native Youth Movement, The Native Voice and The Native People

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.

Discusses the success of a Mental Health Day. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lv.

Interview is a general account of Mr. Ouellette's life.

Speaks of the author's childhood and time spent with family and relatives.

Topics include appropriate descriptive language, colonialism and trauma, seeking support, coping strategies, and resources.

Focuses on a two day visual arts workshop designed to foster discussions about the creation of healthy communities.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2001.

Author reflects on the abductions and murders of young Aboriginal women and children in Regina, in Saskatchewan and in Canada.

Sample included 28 young women and 56 senior women and service providers. Found role of female relatives was crucial, combined with availability of known and trusted care providers.

English Language and Literature (Ph.D.)--Masaryk University, 2011.

Outlines how to prepare First Nations youth to teach other Aboriginal youth about HIV/AIDS and share that information with their peers.

Photograph of an Inuk child at Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Background to Young Lakota, a film about tribal sovereighty and Indigenous women's rights for reproductive justice on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Includes plans for hosting a screening event, follow up discussion questions and resources.

Ross Cummings of Buffalo Narrows believes young members of his community are losing their cultural identity.

Explores the characteristics of Indigenous youth gangs in rural and urban spaces, and examines the social conditions that foster gang membership.

Discusses the rapidly growing, increasingly urban aboriginal youth and the changes that are confronting policy makers in Western Canada.

Focus group results show the role and importance of social capital and networks for the business development.

Selection of short writings by northern youth.

Summarizes the findings of 30 face-to-face storytelling interviews conducted with participants aged 18 to 30 on how traditional leadership knowledge is transmitted to youth in leadership roles.

Looks at perceived causes and possible preventative steps to address the high Inupiat youth suicide rates in Northwest Alaska.