Family & Kinship

Designed for use by people looking after elders with dementia with the goal having them participate with families based on their level of cognitive ability. Based on the program tested and implemented by the University of Minnesota. Related Material: Part Two: Class Sessions. Slide Deck for Program Leaders

Looks at the causes, treatment, and prevention of a disease that disproportionately affects Indigenous communities in Canada.

Explores patterns of school completion, workforce transitions, and role of family values.

Chapter two from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

Comments on the TRC's capacity to advance decolonization and the issues that hamper that progress.

Discusses two documentaries with thematic similarities, Navajo Talking Picture and Cry Rock.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Mississippi State University, 1996.

Chronicles efforts of author to discover the identity of his ancestor.

Examines the difficulties involved in reconciling tikanga Māori (traditional law) which is based on whanaungatanga (familial relationships), whakapapa (lines of descent) and iwi (tribes), and contemporary New Zealand law which has its basis in individualism.

Author uses archival census and records and counts to examine the changing family dynamics of the Crow peoples during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2005.

Study results of families who live in an area with extreme annual variation in daylight.

Conference highlighted the challenges related to removal of Indigenous children and introduction of new laws intended to protect children in Australia.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2015.

Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large. Video duration:46:15. Panel discussion starts at 59:45.

English Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2010.

Author points out that cultural sensitivities need to be considered when formulating an Inuit housing policy.

Book review of: Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping by Michael Anthony Hart.

Explores living with HIV infection in rural Alberta; understanding the idea of health, accessing care, challenges and benefits of rural life, and the relationship between personal beliefs and values to HIV.

Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.

Article takes a more detailed analysis of the issue by employing comprehensive social surveys such as the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey (NATSIS).

Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.

Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.

Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.

Reviews results in the areas of housing, caregivers rating of five aspects of home and daily life, and participation in traditional activities.

Discusses a method for transfer of skills and knowledge through the Family Wellbeing empowerment program. Issue of control is a key factor in disease rates among Australian Aboriginal peoples.

Study uses structural equation modeling to look at the relationship between anxiety, symptoms of depression, and family influences. Shows culture and family socialization affect symptoms in youth.

Examines the early Seminole history as well as their present state. Interpretation of several words, phrases and names are included.

Resource manual created for resource providers, to address risks and support for families with young children. Includes current research, case scenarios, strategies and recommendations.

Poem.

Explores the different phases of capitalist development and the interaction with the economic systems and political structures of Aboriginal peoples.

Discusses services provided for victims and factors contributing to domestic violence.

Data for Indigenous and general population on: rate of family preservation, relative use of admission into care and out-of-care, and placements.

A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush.

Explains why Census records and church registers, two of the most common sources of information, are not always reliable or are difficult to identify. Also discusses the impact of access restrictions and privacy laws for records created within the past hundred years.

Social Work Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2009.

Research shows Aboriginal families are poorly served at end of life by the health care systems and looks at ways in which they could be better served.

Related material: Part 1: Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon. Duration: 43:59 See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.

Looks at the work of a leading Australian historian Patrick O'Farrell, and delves into why the offspring of Irish and Aboriginal parents are prouder of their heritage than those of other European ethnic groups.

Themes emerging from interviews were: Indigenous concepts, sense of loss, contemporary opponents, and individual, family and community resilience.

Author who is Chair of the Bidgerdii (Australia) Aboriginal Community Health Service describes her choice to go to University and the price she paid in loneliness and isolation.

Public Health Thesis (M.P.H.)--Lakehead University, 2012.

Document consists of two chapters, one examining colonial history and the second reviewing aspects of Keith Windschuttle's book, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History.

Focus on common themes involving spirituality, identity and staying true to cultural values.

Book review of: She's Tricky Like Coyote... by Lionel Youst.

A ledger containing a detailed calendar of outgoing correspondence from the [Shellbrook] Agency. Correspondence subjects include medical and school admissions, building and housing construction, and grocery, stationery and agricultural purchases. This ledger contains information relating to private and legal matters of individuals, therefore there are no pages available for viewing.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Enrique Cerna interviews Sherman Alexie about his life and what led him to write poetry and fiction. Duration: 26:43.