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What are Cut-Off Lands?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Comments on reserve land lost in British Columbia due to the 1916 McKenna-McBride Royal Commission and lists the Band, Reserve and acreage cut-off.
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What Can We Learn From Traditional Aboriginal Education? Transforming Social Work Education Delivered in First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Harris
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 117-134
Discusses the importance of context for social work education, illustrated by the First Nations Bachelor of Social Work program, which was delivered as a satellite program in a First Nations community.
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What I Learned in Class Today: Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Studies Program
University of British Columbia
Research project investigated the challenges associated with dealing with politically and culturally sensitive subject matter in the post-secondary classroom. Contains links to student and instructor interviews, discussion topics, and workshop materials. Some videos may not be compatible with Internet Explorer.
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What Is in a Name? Identity, Politics and Stó:lō Ancestral Names

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anastasia Tataryn
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 54-72
Comments on the reclamation of ancestral names and the continuous ritual cycles of naming.
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What is Indigenous Cultural Safety and Why Should I Care About it?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Ward
Chelsey Branch
Alycia Fridkin
Visions, vol. 11, no. 4, Indigenous People: Reconciliation and Healing, 2016, pp. 29-32
Comments on the issue of Indigenous people experiencing harm while trying to access services in health care, justice, child and family services and education.
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What is Old is New Again: The Reintroduction of Indigenous Fishing Technologies in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea Dale
David C. Natcher
Local Environment The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, vol. 20, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1309-1321
Looks at the reintroduction of a Cowichan traditional fishing weir, how this reintroduction is complimentary to western fishery systems, and how it's symbolic of the continuing fight for Indigenous sovereignty.
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What Makes Culture: Cwik'em

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nora Billy
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 4, Women the World Must Hear, Winter, 2004
Comments on the importance of passing culture from one generation to another.
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What the People Said: Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Tsimshian Testimonies Before the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (1913-1916)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deidre Sanders
Naneen Stuckey
Kathleen Mooney
Leland Donald
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 213-248
Looks at concerns and themes presented to the Royal Commission almost a century ago, which continue to be concerns today, including secure access and control of the traditional resource base and participation in the economy.
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What Treaty Eight Actually Says

Alternate Title
What Treaty #8 Actually Says
What Treaty 8 Actually Says
What Treaty No. 8 Actually Says
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Candis McLean
Report, vol. 30, no. 1, January 6, 2003, p. 12
Brief review of recent judicial decisions involving land claims and select issues related to Indigenous mineral rights in Alberta.
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When Cowboys are Indians

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Hugh Dempsey
The Beaver, vol. 79, no. 2, April/May 1999, p. 49
Book review of: Legends of Our Times: Native Cowboy Life by Morgan Baillargeon and Leslie Tepper.
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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
These brief 19th century observations about the potlatch were initially published in the American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal.
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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
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.
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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

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.

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"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
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.
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Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring: Study Guide

Alternate Title
Play Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Activities to accompany play about residential schools which won the Governor General's Award for English Drama. Due to content, play recommended for Grade 12 audience.
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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
Presents author's personal life experiences using traditional Stó:lõ narrative style and metaphor and the importance of reviving the Halq'emeylem language.
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Whiskey Bullets: Cowboy and Indian Heritage Poems

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Connie Brim
BC Studies, no. 154, Summer, 2007, pp. 157-158
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.
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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
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.
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White Girl [by] Sylvia Olsen: A Novel Study

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regional Vancouver Island Aboriginal Circle

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.

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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
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.
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“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
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.
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Who Killed Alberta Williams?

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Connie Walker
Marnie Luke
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.
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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
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.
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