Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Contends that the education system has unfairly become a scapegoat for the socio-economic ills of the Native American Indian culture.

Arts Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Otago, 2005

Summarizes presentations given before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Environmental Design Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Calgary, 1998.

Patterns in attitudes towards Aboriginal issues held by Canadians born in five different eras.

Findings indicated a majority of respondents believed that moderate drinking has health benefits. This view was more common among males, 45 years or older, and frequent drinkers.

Paper argues that the life-course approach may help to explain the persistent socio-economic inequality faced by Aboriginals and how these conditions are affected by social policy.

Discusses welfare reform and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program).

Discusses the issues associated with cultural value and imaging of Pueblo potteries and Pueblo women.

Guide discusses Indigenous-Canadian relationships from contact to the present, historical and contemporary context, and the diversity of Indigenous peoples. Related material for: Leaders and Administrators. Curriculum Developers. Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors

Argues that the author employs a fictionalized version of the Canadian colonialism affecting Aboriginal people in order to relay truths to a mass audience.

Project involved collaboration with five First Nation communities: Sipekne’katik First Nation, Opitciwan First Nation, Eabametoong First Nation, Misipawistik Cree Nation, and T'it'q'et. Communities emphasized that they did not want to merely focus on poverty, but take a holistic approach which would build capacity and strengthen the entire community. Concludes with six recommendations for policy and program change.

Discusses how the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota philosophies & spiritual belief strategies can be applied to promote a healthy path for Native families & communities.

Looks at the many ways northern people have shaped both northern and Canadian history. To access article scroll to p. 10.

Interview with the Ojibway columnist / novelist about his autobiographical work One Native Life.

Sources relevant to the Commission's research.

Environmental Studies Thesis (MES)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Research suggests that aboriginal women experience health inequalities in cancer screening that are less influenced by personal risk behaviors and more so by societal forces.

Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.

Surveys found differences in how the three groups ranked their quality of life; unemployed respondents ranked lower than Aboriginal respondents; the strongest predictors for life satisfaction for Aboriginal respondents were friendship and self-esteem.

Summary of survey on health standing and living conditions of preschool Inuit children living in sixteen communities in Nunavut.

Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.

Final sample consisted of 268 adults, 36 adolescents, and 64 children residing in Montreal, Quebec City, and Val-d'Or.

Final sample consisted of 1,949 adults, 798 teenagers and 1,038 children.

Discusses the importance of potatoes and how Indigenous farmers strengthen local economies and wellbeing based on cultural traditions and biological diversity.

Looks at a case of three men from Tisdale, Saskatchewan who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old Saulteaux girl from the Yellow Quill First Nations.

Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec. Article in French.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Assam University, Silchar, 2010. Focuses on the works Slash, Whispering in the Shadows, Honour the Sun, Silent Words, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Group uses a community based development approach to strengthen the economic social well being of Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods.

Discusses the metaphorical surrealism in Jim Denomie paintings showing historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop-culture, art history and Anglo-Indian relations.

Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1993.

Discusses resistance strategies used by paid and unpaid social workers.

Author asserts that tribal hierarchies are not defendable because struggles for rights should not exclude women's rights.

Examines the link between racism and gambling and how it can contribute to post traumatic stress disorder and addictions.

Outlines women's traditional roles and discusses how churches and various Canadian government policies and legislation have created their current disadvantaged position.

Excerpts from books previously published by the same publisher.

Reports on education, economic opportunity and employment, and administration of justice regarding Alaskan Natives. Provides recommendations for change.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2014.

Discusses the elements of community well-being, Indigenous understandings of it, the five outcomes (self-knowledge, strong families, self-determination, cultural equity, and vibrant communities), and outlines actions needed at policy, system, and program levels.

Reviews the case numbers of various STDs/STIs among American Indian/Alaska Native youth and how media messaging seems to be concentrated on HIV/AIDS.