The Way of the Masks

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marjorie M. Halpin
BC Studies, no. 59, Autumn, 1983, pp. 69-71
Description
Book review of: The Way of the Masks by Claude Lévi-Strauss. Translated from the French by Sylvia Modelski. Scroll down to page 69 to read review.
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We are All Treaty People: New Models for a Shared Future

Alternate Title
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Speaker focuses on the history of First Nations-settler relations and treaty-making in British Columbia. Lecture given at the University of Victoria. Duration: 38:55.
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"We Are Fighting For Ourselves": First Nations' Evaluation of British Columbia and Canadian Environmental Assessment Processes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annie Booth
Norm W. Skelton
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management , vol. 13, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 367-404
Description
Comments on the consequences of the exploitation of natural resources and makes recommendations for the revision of assessment processes.
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"We Are Syilx" [Part 1]

Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Description
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life. Access Part 2. Duration: 14:35.
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We Are the Wuikinuxv Nation

Alternate Title
UBC Museum of Anthropology Pacific Northwest Sourcebook Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pam Brown
Description
Looks at the Wuikinuxv culture and history from a modern perspective using archival photographs.
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We Have Stories: Five Generations of Indigenous Women in Water

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosemary Georgeson
Jessica Hallenbeck
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 20-38
Description
Traces one family's relationship with water and fish and how colonial practices and policies impacted it.
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We'll Do Our Fishing

Alternate Title
West Coast Oil Ports Inquiry
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Bizzocchi
Peter Kellington
Description
Looks at salmon fishing, filleting and drying, and discusses the importance of the fish to First Nations peoples. Duration: 10:00.
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“We’re Not Going to Stop for Anything": Concerned Aboriginal Women and the Constitution Express

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Nickel
BC Studies, vol. 212, The Constitution Express: A 40-Year Retrospective, Winter/Spring, 2021/2022, pp. 41-64
Description
Examines a parallel activism effort next to the Constitution Express by a group of Indigenous women when they staged an occupation of a Department of Office in British Columbia in response to the departments inadequate dealing with Indigenous housing, education and employment.
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“We Used to Say Rats Fell from the Sky after a Flood:” Temporary Recovery of Muskrat Following Ice Jams in the Peace-Athabasca Delta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason R. Straka
Archie Antoine
Rene Bruno
David Campbell
Ron Campbell ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 115-248
Description
Beginning with the observations of Indigenous Elders and land-users, authors examine and articulate the relationship between the rise and fall of muskrat populations and ice-jam flooding on the Peace River and in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), and how that has been affected by climate change.
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Weaving Math

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daryl Goeson
Maria Nicolidakis
Karla Gamble
Matthew Houghland
Description

Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.

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Welcome From the First Nations Health Authority

Alternate Title
Introduction: Welcome From the First Nations Health Authority
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Gallagher
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 1-2
Description
Overview of the International Journal of Indigenous Health and First Nations Health Authority's co-produced special thematic issue featuring research articles about First Nations and Indigenous community health and wellness.
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Welcoming Churches Embrace Old and New

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leanne Larmondin
Anglican Journal, vol. 129, no. 2, February 2003, p. 4
Description
Presents a general discussion of children's behaviour in church and mentions the release of a hymnal in the Kwak'wala language.
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Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices

Alternate Title
Editorial: Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Loppie
Amanda Ward
Namaste Marsden
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 3-5
Description
"This extensive edition of fifteen exceptional papers, presents research and promising practices in the areas of community-based traditional healing and knowledge sharing, the role of Elders in wellness and learning, Indigenous youth leadership, and youth mental health interventions."
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The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region

Alternate Title
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Friessen
Lyle Dick
Winona Wheeler
Matt Dyce
James Opp
Kathryn McKay
Amber Dean... [et. al.]
Description
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.
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Westbank First Nation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Business and Investment Council
Description
Looks at a First Nation that formed the first Aboriginal Economic Development Commission (EDC) in Canada focused on business attraction, retention and facilitation.
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Wet’suwet’en Unlocking Aboriginal Justice

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wet’suwet’en Nation
Description
Presentation to 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice describing prevention, intervention, rehabilitation and support Program implemented in 1992 in northwest British Columbia.
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Whales and Whalers in Nuu-chah-nulth Archaeology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
BC Studies, no. 187, These Outer Shores: Archaeological Insights into Indigenous Lifeways Along the Exposed Coasts of Bri, Autumn, 2015, pp. 229-261
Description
Looks at identification of whales bones found at Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah archaeological sites and historical whaling practices.
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The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charlotte Coté
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 177-181
Description
Book review of: The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters by Edward Sapir, et al.
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The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Umeek E. R. Atleo
BC Studies, no. 145, Spring, 2005, pp. 120-122
Description
Book review of: The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadish, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams. Scroll down to page 120 to read review.
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What a Basket Holds

Alternate Title
The White Rock Museum Basketry Collection
What a Basket Holds: Basketry in British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Faith Whiting
The Midden, vol. 34, no. 4, 2002, pp. 1-[5]
Description
Focuses on selection, processing and management of plant materials used in construction, and uses this information to analyze the collection held in the White Rock Museum
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