Leadership

Comments on seven key factors of success for community economic development.

Book reviews of: The Wollaston Journals edited by Helen Walker Mann. Refuge on the Roper by Murray Seiffert. Footprints by Simon Flagg and Sebastian Gurciullo. Reviews located by scrolling to page 284.

Comments on First Nation and Métis women and their struggle for constitutional reform and ethnic redefinition.

Based on his research involving the Skagit River Tribe (approximately 540 band members) in what is now Washington state, the author offers anthropological analysis on the gender gap in political engagement surrounding Indigenous tribal council elections, and compares it to contemporary (1980s – 1990s) mainstream political engagement in the United States.

Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations. Duration: 1:22:38.

Looks at literature about community engagement in research and the traditional roles of American Indian women.

Focuses on a group of women who ran a tribal council for over a year in the late 1960s. Discusses how they gained control, their impact on council activities and the long term effects on their community.

Leadership and Educational Policy Studies Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Illinois University, 1997.

Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.

Looks at barriers and impediments that female Native American women face in politics.

Defines and expands on the use of the word, 'health' and what it means to different people..

Discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) and community capacity-building as approaches to suicide prevention. Concludes with recommendations.

Plan submitted to the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform.

"It highlights examples of thriving collaborative, community-based, suicide prevention projects that are funded through the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS)." Examples used: Prince Albert Grand Council, Kenora Chiefs Advisory, Gitxsan Health Society and File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.

Guide written for non-indigenous workers and for workers unfamiliar with the cultural, geographical and contexts of three remote communities.

Describes government-sponsored trip to Ontario and Quebec taken by prominent Plains leaders who had remained neutral during the North West Resistance.

Discusses the contributions by recipients of the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards which honor political, scholarly and artistic achievements.

Describes the rising role of Indigenous women in a new era of activism that is based on traditional Indigenous values and practices.

Discusses the commemorative march of 2002, and recounts the 1862 forced removal of the Dakota people from their Minnesota homeland.

Book review of Xweliqwiya by Rena Point Bolton and Richard Daly. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 156.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Eulogy of Alfonso Ortiz who taught anthropology and Native American studies at the University of New Mexico.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp361-420).

Focuses on a two day visual arts workshop designed to foster discussions about the creation of healthy communities.

Background to Young Lakota, a film about tribal sovereighty and Indigenous women's rights for reproductive justice on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Includes plans for hosting a screening event, follow up discussion questions and resources.

Focus group results show the role and importance of social capital and networks for the business development.

Interview with a participant in the protest over proposed development on what protesters claimed was unceded land at Douglas Creek. Scroll down to page 23 to read the article.

Summarizes the findings of 30 face-to-face storytelling interviews conducted with participants aged 18 to 30 on how traditional leadership knowledge is transmitted to youth in leadership roles.

Focused on the disproportionate number of Aboriginal youth in Saskatchewan and the health, legal and education choices facing them.

Reports on the more than 400 participants who attended the conference studying Saskatchewan youths future in the province.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2000.

Investigates media channels, training programs, and interviews with youth leaders on communication and networking interests.

Discusses the ceremony celebrating the successful completion of an intense peacemaking program by six youth and two teachers from the Piapot Cree Nation. Article located by scrolling to page 12.

Conference presentation by the former President of the National Inuit Youth Council advocates the creation of a separate government department for the Inuit.

Discusses the social and economic challenges that Indigenous youth face in maintaining their culture and identity.

Looks at two documents, Yukon Economic Strategy and Yukon Conservation Strategy known as the "Yukon 2000" process of engaging people in the future of the Yukon.

Looks at the Yorok tribe's complex system of social stratification through their traditional social customs and culture.

Discusses the production Death of a Chief, Native Earth Performing Arts' adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Duration: 36:00.

Discusses how technology has shaped the Zapatistas movement, particularly by women. To access this article scroll down to page 18.

Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service, Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Cardinal Stritch University, 2003.