Discusses issues of human rights abuse towards Aboriginal women and children, and describes how various policies and practices have had a negative impact on many lives.

Looks at the continuing violence against the Mayan people especially women's rights through organized crime and the military's power.

Overview of contributing factors and current issues.

Describes the impacts of violence, current policies, strategies, action plans, and presents recommendations.

Discusses prevention, programs, services, and initiatives to help address violence and abuse against Aboriginal girls and women.

Statistics on sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partner, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partner. Summarizes findings from the full report: Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

Statistics on sexual violence, physical violence and psychological aggression by intimate partners, and stalking.

Provides an overview of the epidemiology of violence and criminal justice responses.

Provides list of 40 reports provided by federal government when arguing that there is no need for a national inquiry concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.

Analyzed 58 documents which examined causes of violence and made recommendations about how to address the issue. Related documents: Master List of Recommendations. Analysis of Implementation.

Reviews 50 reports containing over 700 recommendations and identifies and lists 17 recurring "themes" from these reports.

Looks at the concepts of gendered disposability and Indigenous dysfunction which underlie acts of violence, analyzes how this manifests itself in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and discusses the story of Sara de Vries, a woman who was murdered by Robert Pickton.

Annotated list of: books, audiovisual resources, articles, reports, declarations, conventions, and acts, and website. Current as of November, 2007.

Current as November 2007. Full List.

Criminology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1996.

Identifies factors effecting the high rates of violence against American Native women and presents a readiness model to help tribal communities deal with the violence.

Discusses background to the rise in abuse and barriers to justice and healing, reviews various governments' responses, and provides practice tips.

Looks at the relationship between abuse, mental health, substance abuse, and high risk sexual behavior in the American Aboriginal women populations.

Discusses statistics, historical, social and economic context of the issue, Canadian state's investigations, and specific responses and observations by international treaty bodies.

Investigated rates of eight different violent and three non-violent acts. Sample size was 183 and data was collected over two years.

Looks at how the media has handled sexual violence incidents for Sami women in Norway and discusses their views on self-determination. Chapter from L'Image du Sápmi 2 edited by K. Anderson.

Book reviews of 2 books: Violence Against Women edited by Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy; and Daring to be Good edited by Bat-Ami On and Ann Ferguson.

Social Welfare Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Kansas, 2004.

Describes two critical and interrelated concerns Aboriginal women face, HIV/AIDS and domestic violence.

Controversial report sparks conversations about hidden forms of violence and colonization. Part 2.

Looks at community controlled justice to address abuse and family violence. Part 1.

Provides brief information available about violence in lives of Aboriginal girls and young women in Canada.

Looks at project to find the root causes for young Aboriginal women and girls to become more violent, aggressive and prone to gang involvement.

Includes toolkit to help with workshop templates for environmental violence teach-ins, resources for healing and traditional land-based medicines, and community health assessments.

Discusses the annual Canadian Sisters in Spirit March which helps to raise awareness of violence against Aboriginal women and honour missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Article located by scrolling to page 28.

English Thesis, (Ph.D.)--City University of New York, 1999.

Explains the issue and describes the "Sisters in Spirit" campaign that urges government action to ensure the safety of Indigenous women in Canadian cities.

Looks at settler colonialism and the 1850 Act for the Government and Protections of Indians paving the way for victimization and criminalization of American Native women.

Most current self-reported data on lifetime (since age 15) prevalence of violent victimization and the prevalence of violent victimization in the past 12 months. Sources included the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), 2019 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), and five years (2015 to 2020) of data from the Homicide Survey.

Data from the General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization, 2009.

Argues that post-secondary institutions should adopt an holistic-support model that bridges the gap between academic programming and student services, and addresses spiritual, emotional, intellectual and physical needs. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Population Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2015.

Looks at the history of Thanadelthur, a young Dene women who is famous for her involvement in the early Canadian fur trade, linking together the Hudson's Bay Company and northern Dene peoples living west of Hudson's Bay.

Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2001.

Peace and Conflict Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.

Looks at women-centred care within Saskatchewan and Manitoba and compares findings with other women-centred models. Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.

First Nations Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001.

Book review of: Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance by Siobhan Senier. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book review of: Voices of Cherokee Women edited by Carolyn Ross Johnston.