Family & Kinship

The first article recounts the author's childhood and young adulthood in the Manitoulin, Ontario area. The second article is entitled "Some Thoughts About Organization and Leadership; From A Paper Presented to the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, 1967."

Describes the steps the author used to understand the legacy of the residential school experience and how to teach a new curriculum.

Presents the story of a woman finding her natural mother with the help of Link-up, an organization established to help Aboriginal fostered or adopted adults find their families.

Analyzes Two Spirits, One Journey, Two-Spirited and The Business of Fancy Dancing.

Looks at a photographers who spent more than 30 years photographing and recording the lifestyles of Native Americans.

Presents a discussion with the children of two such marriages.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2011.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2012.

Book review of: Ukkusiksalik by David F. Pelly

Series follows the lives of members of an Inuit women's hockey team from Inukjuak, Nunavik over the period of a year. Episode 2: Mothers and Babies. Episode 3: Modern Times. Episode 4: I Am Young, I Am Proud. Episode 5: The Great Whale Cup.

Looks at the respect and disrespect displayed between elders and youth.

Discusses the impact of the arrival of the Europeans and smallpox.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Explores men's family histories and looks for links between homelessness and intergenerational trauma.

Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New South Wales, 2016.

Concludes that providing home based palliative care in remote Aboriginal communities can be an effective way of addressing the medical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of patients.

Discusses prevalence, root causes, and health impacts of depression among Aboriginal people in Canada.

Looks at the legacy of residential schools, colonization and how personal history of abuse could be a predictor to violent behavior. On one pdf. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.

Part I discusses historical and colonial context, provides snapshot of general communities and statistical indicators of families accessing services, and looks at the Indigenous Outcomes model found in Raising the Village. Part II explores needs of families with children requiring specialized services, perspectives on partnership-building, and eight themes which emerged from discussions with non-Indigenous service providers.

Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2018.

Discusses the various support systems, at the institutional and family level, necessary for the success of students.

Looks at the responses of the Commonwealth Government to the demands for reparations and recommendations of the National Inquiry.

Folder contains newspaper clippings relating to trade with Indigenous persons near Moose Jaw in 1884, Indigenous weddings,agriculture, and the death of Chief Whitecap.

A family of five children and two adults pose for the camera. Wagon and [tent] in background.

Project involved interviewing participants from the communities of Igloolik and Qikiqtarjuaq. Common themes were: loneliness, romantic relationship problems, family problems, anger at family or romantic partners, hiding suicidal thoughts or distress, and youth copying each other.

Study demonstrates that family, kinship, communication, and traditional knowledge are essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being.

Provides critical analysis of Erdrich’s novel which examines the high rates of sexual assault of Indigenous women as a metaphor for colonization, and draws parallels between the aftermath of an assault and the state and status of Ojibwe culture.

Māori and Pacific Development Studies Thesis (PHD) -- University of Waikato, 2008

Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 2013.

Poem.

[Arts and Social Sciences] Thesis (Ph.D.)--[University of Technology Sydney], 2016.

Comments on the workload, conditions of the home, and the treatment of the young Aboriginal girls.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Prince Edward Island, 2008.

Report is in response to concerns from urban front-line workers and a need for Aboriginal-specific research related to child poverty.

Two year study identified challenges and determined practical solutions for policy makers and service providers.

Statistics on population size, marital status and living arrangements, language, mobility, educational achievement, labour force activity and income.

Identifies resources, practices and instructional methods that would support Aboriginal students in the Intermediate-Advanced English as a Second Language Program (ESL) at Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Study undertaken to provide information for development of strategic resource allocation, understanding of current policy approaches and legislative frameworks, and on-going issues faced by the population in the cities of Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Barrie/Midland/Orillia, Sudbury and Kenora.

Provides an overview of law and social issues related to real property on-reserve when marital breakdown has occurred.

Looks at existing resources for youth, challenges that exist for for accessing resources, and how suicide is viewed culturally by community members.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.S.)--University of Lethbridge, 2009.

Reviews current status of the population and makes recommendations for future policies and research.

Reports on the profound shift to urban centres by the Maori in New Zealand. To access this article scroll down to page 60.

Book review of: Us Women, Our Ways, Our World edited by Pat Dudgeon, Jeannie Herbert, Jill Milroy and Darlene Oxenham.