United Nations recognizes education, health and nutrition, family in poverty, domestic violence and abuse, and substance abuse as areas that need addressing.

Compares experiences of interpersonal violence among women with dependent children applying for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and single women without dependent children applying for General Assistance.

Participants in an ethnographic study were found to experience disconnection from family and community, making them vulnerable to further violence and exploitation.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.

Introduction to special issue on exploring northern inequalities in social, spatial and economic areas.

Introduction to this special issue which focuses on the strengths of aboriginal communities and on initiatives that have met with success.

Introduces the top research articles in volume 2 which are intended for those seeking to improve health outcomes of Indigenous populations.

Statistical table.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2015.

Focuses on housing needs and circumstances of resident population, links housing with employment opportunities, and highlights need for economic development initiatives to address community poverty.

Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1991.

Provides information about the issues that put Inuit women and children at risk for abuse.

Report studied the 90 cases that were identified, one recommendation was to immunize all susceptible children at the onset of a new probable case.

Education Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Oklahoma, 1968.

Data gathered through interviews with 22 individuals and one focus group. Results divided into five sets of variables: inter-personal factors, characteristics of patient, medication-related issues, availability of support structures and presence of historical trauma.

Examines high mortality rates resulting from tuberculosis, pneumonia, gastrointestinal disorders, malnutrition, syphilis, and poverty on the Fort Yuma Reservation in California.

Discussion of the legislative gap in protecting a spouse's right to equal division of matrimonial real property on-reserve and other human rights issues which leave Aboriginal women at economic and social disadvantage.

Study looked at racial segregation patterns using the index of dissimilarity and statistics from the 2001 Census. Concluded that levels of segregation were modest and that the American ghetto model did not apply.

Looks at the experiences and perspectives of First Nations women living with HIV/AIDS and examines how HIV/AIDS affects their lives differently from the men's lives.

Theory and Policy Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1997.

Examines the wage income of rural northern Saskatchewan Indigenous communities and how Indigenous groups used this wage incomes as an adaptive strategy to preserve themselves in the contemporary world.

Author reflects on poverty, hunger, homelessness and the injustice of it all. Article found by scrolling to page 5.

Contends that programs and services must respond to the compounding effects of oppression and repeated exposure to violence that young Aboriginal women face.

Explores factors associated with low breastfeeding rates in a rural territory.

Survey of 44 homeless individuals who regularly visited the Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 1991.

Analysis of income and expenditures from rural and urban communities.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Article discusses the way that landownership has been historically leveraged by women of different ethnic groups in the USA to generate income and support their families. Authors examine cases from the late 19th and early 20th century and compare the experiences of Dakota Sioux and Scandinavian immigrant women on the Northern Plains, and African American women in the South.

Educational Administration, Foundation & Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Looks at Alexie's semi-autobiographical young adult novel.

Describes one woman's efforts to raise funds in support of families wanting to attend relatives' funerals in distant communities.

Comments on creation of sense of community enabling occupiers to learn about their cultural backgrounds.

Honourable James K. Bartleman discusses his childhood, the conditions of First Nation communities in Canada and his efforts to establish libraries, summer reading camps, and reading clubs in these communities.

Book review of: Little by David Treuer.

Comparison of the challenges faced by the homeless in Iqaluit, Nunavut versus Ottawa, Ontario with respect to support services.

Documentary shot over two years about an Aboriginal teenager living in west end Winnipeg coping with everyday life in his neighborhood. Duration: 30:00.

Representative for Children and Youth British Columbia discusses importance of engaging vulnerable children, putting their needs first, and supporting their success. Video of presentation given at the 2013 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Duration: 58:38.

Rural Development Thesis (M.A.)--Brandon University, 2019.

Looks at poverty as one roadblock towards achieving an education on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Duration: 8:31.

Recommends an Indigenous feminist framework in a national inquiry in order to address the issue of male violence against Indigenous women.

Examines the Navajo Nation, San Carlos, and Salt River reservations in Arizona and how these areas, unlike the rest of the nation, have not had a decline in welfare caseloads.