Argues that Highway's plays have succeeded in bridging the gap between cultures through dramatizing the collision of feelings of hope and despair, comedy and tragedy, order and chaos and social issues like poverty, crime and abuse. Looks at The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.

Looks to recruit and retain a proportionate cultural representation of Canadians in nursing programs.

Comments on the need for all social workers to be knowledgeable about the oppressive issues facing Aboriginal peoples and to understand cultural differences between Western and Indigenous societies.

Summarizes and assesses 13 Australian research studies grouped into four themes: measuring wellbeing, outcomes for children in care, service systems responses, and recruiting and supporting Indigenous caregivers

Discusses themes coming out of study: "the connection between cultural continuity and health and well-being, conceptualizations of cultural continuity and connectedness, the role of knowledge transmission journeys of cultural (dis)continuity, and barriers to cultural continuity."

Author discusses different factors that have led to and possible solutions to the education gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the United States.

Data collected in two communities through interviews and detailed observations.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2001.

Reports results of qualitative study conducted through face-to-face interviews and yarning circles in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Refeered paper presented at the Financial Literacy, Banking and Identity Conference 2006.

Counseling Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Dakota, 1998.

Looks at effects of colonization on First Nations people and the process to decolonize.

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.Pl.)--Queen's University, 2008.

Discusses Nunavut residents' expectations of land claims, the trends of support for the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, and the structure of support for the agreement.

Judge who has served in Labrador and the Northwest Territories argues that identity issues are largely responsible for social problems.

Looks at research conducted to better understand at risk First Nations communities and to study the effectiveness of programs designed to address the issues.

Discusses programs that incorporate traditional healing practices to those affected by HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.

Study includes 13 Indigenous offenders and 14 corrections staff who participated in focus groups or personal interviews about non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and its treatment. Responses are analyzed using a culturally informed qualitative approach. Culturally-informed and culturally-based interventions appear fundamental in reducing NSSI.

Argues that a different perspective than the standard Western viewpoint is needed when conducting research with Aboriginal families.

Topics include context, healing journey and resiliency theory, culturally appropriate evidence-informed practices and examples of programs in Canada and the United States.

Discussion of the Omaha Nation Community Response Team (ONCRT) of the Omaha Reservation located in Thurston County, Nebraska; focus of program is providing a system of care which joins treatment and care to a return to core values and traditional culture.

Examines comprehensive program developed to manage services for elderly Warlpriri people using operating principles of community control and cultural comfort.

Phase 4 of the project involved validating the Cultural Connectedness Scale – California using a sample of 344 Indigenous adults from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.

Discusses the implementation of a culturally sensitive strengths-based intervention approach within an elementary school, and looks at its value to Aboriginal children from the child welfare system.

Authors contend that finalism serves as a mechanism that aids the development and maintenance of social amnesia about Native identities and accomplishments, creating a situtation in which Native voices are not just viewed as irrelevant, but also anti-American.

Comments on the high suicide rate among Aboriginal youth and argues that reducing the rate is the responsibility of the entire community.

Chapter 4 of Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report: Aboriginal Peoples. Examines social, economic and behavioural determinants of health.

Chapter 3 of series looks at the health care system including limitations in decision making and governance. Duration: 5:52.

Study results revealed wide variations in rates of CSA ranging from 0.8% to 40% among men and from 7.2% to 53% among women.

Compares life expectancy rates between Aboriginal males and females and non-Aboriginal males and females by State/Territory in Australia.

Looks at the issue of privacy and the concept of relatedness in Aboriginal culture, consequences of online conflict, how the filming of fights can escalate conflicts and make resolution more difficult, and discusses various approaches to overcome harms, including face-to-face mediation, moderation via social media platforms, and management of telecommunications products and infrastructure.

Book review of: Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America by Clarissa W. Confer.

Looks at a study to determine the independent effects of Aboriginal income and cultural status on the smoking prevalence in the Saskatoon Health Region.

Author combines academic theory and personal experience at the Oceti Sakowin, Standing Rock water protectors' camp to discuss the phenomenon of protest camps and their social, political and educational characteristics.

Discussion on racism between health care professionals and Native patients.

Brief biography based on family remembrances of a young woman from Saskatoon who went missing in 2004; her body was found in 2008.

Author explores different aspects of Passamaquoddy society and culture using several different traditional dances as a mode of discussion. Prepared for GINTC 7102 Cultural Specialization Class, Lesley College. Scroll down to read article.

Book review of: Dances with Dependency by Calvin Helin. Scroll to page 203 to read review.

Book review of: Dances with Dependency: Indigenous Success Through Self-Reliance by Calvin Helin. Scroll to page 203 to read review.

Book review of: Dances with Dependency: Out of Poverty through Self-Reliance by Calvin Helin.

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Monash University, 2015.

English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2007.

Argues that despite government rhetoric, Australia has failed to confront the racism shown in its past and current treatment of Aboriginals, and little progress has been made toward creating a new relationship.

Describes the situation in Davis Inlet and Sheshatshiu regarding kids sniffing gas, and tells a tragic story of 11-year-old Charles Rich who died after accidentally setting himself on fire. Duration: 15:50.

Discusses the social disintegration of an Innu settlement and the possible causes. Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review. March, 1993.