Urban
Xpqenwellen: Groups for Aboriginal Girls and Young Women in Schools and Community
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Girls Groups in School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society
School District No. 73
First Nations Education Council
Thompson Rivers University
Description
Comments on a school that provides a culturally-safe place for young Aboriginal girls to explore adolescent female issues and to promote a positive and healthy gender and cultural identity.
The Yaqui of Guadalupe, Arizona: A Century of Cultural Survival through Trilingualism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Octaviana V. Trujillo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 67-88
Description
Shows how urban sprawl threatens to envelop the Yaqui of Guadalupe.
"You Can Make a Place for It": Remapping Urban First Nations Spaces of Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathi Wilson
Evelyn J. Peters
Environment and Planning , vol. 23, no. 3, Part D, 2005, pp. 395-413
Description
Researchers conducted eighteen in-depth interviews with urban migrants to examine the effect of expanding settlement beyond reserves.
You Count [2001 Census]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 10, February 2003, p. 17
Description
Reports on aboriginal statistics and the efforts of the mayor of Vancouver to improve the standard of living of the city's growing Aboriginal population.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.
Young Greenlanders in the Urban Space of Nuuk
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Kleist Pedersen
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 91-105
Description
Explores the transition of youth in an urban Greenland community from traditional rural lifestyles to a more modern urban setting.
Young Sámi Men on the Move: Actors, Activities, and Aims for the Future
Alternate Title
Young Sami Men on the Move: Actors, Activities, and Aims for the Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Merete Saus
Else Målfrid Boine
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 368-376
Description
Study uses results from interviews with eight young Sámi men about their experience with moving from rural to urban spaces and with becoming part of a minority group after having been the majority. Findings indicated that the men experience changes in the main actors and activities in their lives, as well as in their aims for the future.
Youth Homelessness: Including the Voices of Youth Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Becoming Homeless in Northern Manitoba: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marleny Bonnycastle
Maureen Simpkins
Description
Researchers consulted with service providers, youth, municipal government workers, community members, and researchers and students from local universities. Identifies structural issues, systems failures, and individual, family and relational factors.
“Youth Will Feel Honoured if They Are Reminded They Are Loved”: Supporting Coming of Age for Urban Indigenous Youth in Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Mellor
Denise Cloutier
Nick Claxton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 308-321
Description
Examines the use of Knowledge Holder's dinners as means to bridge the cultural gaps between Indigenous youths with their elders.
Yukon Street, U.K. : Klondike Place- Names in the United Kingdom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin M. Coates
The Northern Review, no. 19, Special Klondike Issue, Winter, 1998, pp. 47-58
Description
Discusses the use of names on streets, cottages, fields, and hillsides in the United Kingdom that were affected by the lure of the Klondike.