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When Patlatches Are Observed
Alternate Title
When Potlatches Are Observed
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Deans
The American Antiquarian , vol. 18, 1896, pp. [329] -331
Description
These brief 19th century observations about the potlatch were initially published in the American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal.
When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children and Youth in B.C.
Alternate Title
Special Report (Representative for Children and Youth)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
Critiques government spending, mainly channelled through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, on initiatives that have not produced concrete, successful outcomes through delivery of front-line services.
When the City Sleeps, We Dream of Disruption: A Review of Lisa Jackson's Transmissions Exhibition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karlene Harvey
BC Studies, no. 205, Spring, 2020, pp. 103-107
Description
The author looks at Lisa Jackson's 2019 video exhibit and notes the artist's use of diverse methods to reach more people from different backgrounds.
When the Mountain Dwarfs Danced: Aboriginal Traditions of Paleoseismic Events along the Cascadia Subduction Zone of Western North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
Ian Hutchinson
Ethnohistory, vol. 49, no. 1, Winter, 2002, pp. 41-68
Description
Oral traditions in myth and ceremony examined for evidence of geological events in the Pacific northwest during the Holocene era.
Where Are All The Native Grads
Alternate Title
Where Are All the Native Graduates
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 1, April 2003, p. 32
Description
Examines the factors affecting education of Aboriginal youth, creating graduation rates that lag behind that of their non-Aboriginal classmates.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.44.
Where Happiness Dwells: A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Sims
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, Summer, 2014, pp. 215-216
Description
Book review of Where Happiness Dwells by Robin Ridington and Jillian Ridington.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 215.
"Where our women used to get the food": Cumulative Effects and Loss of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Practice; Case Study From Coastal British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
Katherine L. Turner
Botany, vol. 86, no. 2, Special Issue on Ethnobotany, 2008, pp. 103-115
Description
Reviews examples of culturally valued food plants and identifies factors that have resulted in decreased use and loss of cultural knowledge about them over the past 150 years.
Where There Are Always Wild Strawberries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ethel B. Gardner
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Q epethet ye Mestiyexw, 2000, pp. 7-13
Description
Presents author's personal life experiences using traditional Stó:lõ narrative style and metaphor and the importance of reviving the Halq'emeylem language.
Whiskey Bullets: Cowboy and Indian Heritage Poems
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Connie Brim
BC Studies, no. 154, Summer, 2007, pp. 157-158
Description
Book review of: Whiskey Bullets by Garry Gottfriedson. The book has a stereotypical cover, but is intended as a tribute to First Nation and Metis cowboys who herd, observe council politics, lecture on alternate histories, speak of love and write poetry.
To access this review, scroll to page 157.
Whispered Gently through Time: First Nations Qualilty Child Care
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margo Greenwood
Perry Shawana
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 51-83
Description
Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.
White Girl [by] Sylvia Olsen: A Novel Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regional Vancouver Island Aboriginal Circle
Description
Young adult novel about teen's move to a reserve when her mother marries an Aboriginal man and the challenges she faces as she tries to adjust to the new way life and community. Recommended for Grades 8 and 9.
Who are the "Aboriginal Peoples of Canada"? Case Comment on R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17
Alternate Title
Case Comment: Who are the "Aboriginal Peoples of Canada"? Case Comment on R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
BC Studies, no. 211, Autumn, 2021, pp. 109-113
Description
Evaluates the court decision regarding American Rick Desautel Indigenous right in to hunt in British Columbia. The author discusses what was and what was not answered in the courts decision and its importance as a step towards decolonizing Canada.
“Who is there to support our women?”: Positive Aboriginal Women (PAW) Speak Out about Health and Social Care Experiences and Needs During Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[Saara Greene
Allyson Ion
Kerrigan Beaver
Valerie Nicholson
Rachel Derr
Mona Loutfy]
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 7, Winter, 2015, pp. 1-32
Description
Study surveyed 29 women from Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia about their experiences, including HIV testing, perinatal care, and interactions with the child welfare system.
Who Killed Alberta Williams?
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Connie Walker
Marnie Luke
Description
Eight part podcast and slideshow about an unsolved 27 year old murder that took place along the Highway of Tears near Prince Rupert, B.C. and the investigation by lead investigator Gary Kerr.
Episodes run between 35:00 - 45:00 minutes. Includes transcripts.
"Who Were These Mysterious People? çəsna:m, the Marpole Midden, and the Dispossession of Aboriginal Lands in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Roy
BC Studies, no. 152, Past Emergent, Winter, 2006/2007, pp. 67-95
Description
Traces the history of archaeological digs and subsequent Western theories about the identity of the peoples who inhabited the Lower Fraser River area of BC.
Whose Land Is It? Rethinking Sovereignty in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas XemŦoltW̱ Claxton
John Price
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, 01 09, 2020, pp. 115-138
Description
Examines the foundations and depth of Indigenous peoples’ claims to and resistance to seceding their traditional territories in British Columbia. Provides a venue for W̱SÁNEĆ and Mowachaht/Muchalaht communities to articulate their relationship to the land, each other, and their understandings of their sovereignty.
Whu'Neeh'Nee (Guiders of Our People): Strengthening Carrier First Nations Law Through Research and Training
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travis Holyk
Perry Shawana
Warner Adam
Description
Describes recent history of movements to re-establish legal responsibility for community social order, repair damages of Carrier institutions and future directions of social movements such as the Sekani Family Services Project.
Why an Aboriginal Public School? A Report To the Prince George School District No. 57 Aboriginal Education Board
Alternate Title
[Report of the Aboriginal Education Task Force]: Appendix 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul Michel
Mavis A. Erickson
Paul R. Madak
Description
Provides information to help in the development of an Aboriginal school.
Related documents:
Report of the Aboriginal Education Task Force: Executive Summary.
Aboriginal Culturally Focused Secondary School Initiative Report.
Summary Report: SD #91 Aboriginal Education Needs Asse
Why Baby Why: Howard Broomfield's Documentation of the Dunne-Za Soundscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 1988, pp. 251-274
Description
Review of the music of the Dunne-za (Beaver Indians) of British Columbia and the audio archive inspired by Howard Bloomfield (d. 1986).
Why Is Adoption Like a First Nations’ Feast?: Lax Kw’alaam Indigenizing Adoptions in Child Welfare
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Bertsch
Bruce A. Bidgood
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 96-105
Description
Looks at the cultural significance of adoption and recommendations toward a more culturally-sensitive practice.
Why Treaties?: A Legal Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Description
Updated version includes three new court cases: Tsilhqo’tin Nation v. British Columbia, Hupacasath First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Cook v. The Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Wild About Harry Robinson
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alan Twigg
Description
Contains autobiographical information about the storyteller from the Lower Similkameen Indian band in British Columbia and his collaborations with Wendy Wickwire that produced three volumes of stories: Write It on Your Heart, Nature Power, and Living by Stories.
William Beynon and the Anthropologists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara J. Winter
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1984, pp. 279-292
Description
Examines field notes by William Beynon, a Tsimshian, working in British Columbia for anthropologists Franz Boas and Marius Barbeau.
Wilp Wa'ums: Colonial Encounter, Decolonization and Medical Care among the Nisga'a
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 59, no. 2, July 2004, pp. 335-349
Description
Argues that health program devolution was part of a longer tradition of incorporating aspects of non-Native medicine in a way that supported Nisga’a social structure.
Windspeaker Sports Briefs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 21
Description
Discusses the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce Northern Outreach Project and the distribution of spirit boxes to remote northern Aboriginal communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
Wise Practices in Crime Prevention Programs: Implemented for and by Aboriginal Communities in BC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reciprocal Consulting
Description
Toolkit contains three case studies, as well as information on the steps in setting up a successful program, such as guiding principles, risk and protective factors, community engagement, needs assessment, developing implementing an action plan, and evaluation.
With Reserves: Colonial Geographies and First Nations Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
Sean Maurice
Travis Holyk
Margo Greenwood
Warner Adam
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 102, no. 5, Geographies of Health, 2012, pp. 904-911
Description
Looks at health data from interviews with members of First Nations in Carrier, Sekani, Wet'suwet'en and Babine territories.