Social Issues

Predicts that as casino gambling spreads, the returns will decline. Suggests more research is needed to weigh the social costs against the potential benefits.

Special Individualized Program Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2013.

Explains how the liquor trade, even though it was destroying the health of Native Americans, remained a staple of Indigenous-colonist trade in the American hinterland.

Should be read in conjuction with Investigative Report of the Oyate ataya WaKanyeja OwicaKiyapi Inc. (Oyate) Safe House, Regina, Sask. Related material:Report to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Regarding Oyate ataya WaKanyeja OwicaKiyapi Inc.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2005.

Discusses barriers to good health and health care in the north.

Uses a participatory-action research model (PAR) to explore the ideas instilled by and the mobilizing potential of the REDress project—a grassroots, collaborative, community art exhibit intended to bring awareness to the issue of MMIW—at St. Francis Xavier University. Researcher partners with StFX Aboriginal Student’s Society.

Panel of journalists discusses topics such as: whether media coverage of Indigenous issues has shifted from niche to mainstream, whether it indicates that there will be sustained attention, best practices, and delivering classes at post-secondary institutions. Duration: 1:26:59.

Discusses how war changed Native American lives and taught them to walk successfully in two worlds.

Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.

Discusses the need for labor researchers to engage with Indigenous studies to advance social and environmental justice.

Discusses the history of racialized injustice faced by Indigenous, African, Caribbean and Black communities in the Americas, with a focus on Canada. This background provides context for findings of an arts-based intervention that explored notions of identity, resistance and solidarity-building between young people from these groups.

Book review of: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Thomas Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, and André Le Dressay.

Describes research on social services issues concerning Ojibwa First Nation communities, particularly the high incidence of youth suicide, addiction, and court appearances.

File contains a photocopy of a bibliography of Canadian theses pertaining to Indians from 1882 to 1979. It is an extensive list compiled by a University of Manitoba student. He found that few theses existed prior to 1920 (only 2), but the number steadily increases from then until 1979.

Includes books, journals, research reports and policy documents dealing specifically with the Maori.

Summarizes resources in the "Dr Randolph Bowers Collection" in the archive of the Mi'kmaq Resource Centre at Cape Breton University. Covers works collected by the author until 2007. General as well as Aboriginal material.

Includes journal articles, conference papers, government reports and selected books. 3rd edition.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Washington, 2013.

Brief document outlines reasons for the organization's support of the Accord and urges passage of the bill.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2007.

Discusses theories which were based on the premise that interracial relationships would basically 'breed out' Indigenous people.

Looks at the newspaper The Indian Chieftain's role in the formation of Native American identity.

Book review of: Black Majority by Roberta B. Sykes.

Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.

Book review of: On the Rez by Ian Frazier.

Discusses relations between the Akha highland peoples and the lowlanders as well as the role opium production and consumption plays in their lives. To access this article scroll down to page 16.

Explains why proposed tough on crime legislation, resulting in mandatory minimum sentencing, will effect Aboriginal offenders significantly.

Looks at the problem of absentee fathers and some individuals who are trying to reverse the situation. Duration: 45:11.

Describes the use of song and music as an effective method of healing and assistance in preventing Aboriginal women from reoffending.

Investigations revealed that toxins in blood samples from Russian Arctic citizens were similar to those in coastal areas of Greenland and Canada.

Short account of activist`s life and her views on resolving Indigenous issues and making decisions by consensus.

Examines cultural issues associated with Māori funeral practices, and burial laws that are needed to address the conflicts with post-mortem examinations.

Book review of: Behind the Frontier: Indians in 18th Century Eastern Massachusetts by Daniel R. Mandell

Book review of: The Northern Copper Inuit: A History by Richard G. Condon, Julia Ogina and Holman Elders.

Book review of: Chief: The Life History of Eugene Delorme, Imprisoned Santee Sioux edited by Inez Cardozo-Freeman.

Book review of: No End of Grief: Indian Residential Schools in Canada by Agnes Grant.

Review of: Surviving as Indians: The Challenge of Self-Government by Menno Boldt.

Book reviews of: Saskatoon Pie by Geoffrey Ursell. The Plainsman by Ken Mitchell. Talking Back by Don Kerr. Roundup by Barbara Sapergia.

Review of: First Voices: An Aboriginal Women's Reader edited by Patricia A. Monture and Patricia D. McGuire.

Review of: Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation by Marie Wadden.

Analyzes connection between co-infection, injection drug use, poverty, gender, and ethnicity/race to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Analysis of pseudo-Indian mascots and anti-Indian symbols in sports, arguing they offer, sometimes in a powerful way, insights into race and race relations.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Floridat State University, 2005.

Focuses on "boyfriend" method of recruitment. Reports results of interviews with experiential survivors and service providers and literature review.

Describes the social and health problems of, 'petrol' (gasoline) sniffing by Aboriginal youth in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1997.