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The Winter of Our Discontent

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013, p. 12

Comments on media coverage of Idle No More events, hunger strike regarding horrid conditions in Attawapiskat, police abuse towards First Nation people in Thunder Bay and more.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

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Wisdom and Influence of Elders: Possibilities for Health Promotion and Decreasing Tobacco Exposure in First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Varcoe
Joan L. Bottorff
Joanne Carey
Debbie Sullivan
Wanda Williams
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 154-158
Discusses smoking practices and health risks for First Nations pregnant and parenting women and their children, and looks at culturally-relevant strategies to support tobacco reduction.
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[Wise Practices]: Annotated Bibliography

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wise Practices [Project]
Annotated list of journal articles dealing with youth suicide prevention. Grouped into: systematic reviews of research literature, community-wide interventions, youth engagement, system-level change, creative partnerships, and culturally and socio-politically informed approaches.
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Wise Practices for Cultural Safety in Electronic Health Research and Clinical Trials with Indigenous People: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marion A Maar
Valerie Beaudin
Karen Yeates
Lisa Boesch
Peter Liu ... [et al.]
Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 21, no. 11, 2019, p. article e14203
Thematic analysis of survey responses and qualitative/focus group data collected over five years in six Indigenous communities during evaluation of the clinical trial DREAM-GLOBAL (Diagnosing Hypertension-Engaging Action and Management in Getting Lower Blood Pressure in Indigenous Peoples and Low- and Middle- Income Countries).
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Wise Practices for Life Promotion: Indigenous Leadership for Living Life Well

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
Website contains links to listing of successful programs from across Canada, resources for both youth and communities, review of related literature, and annotated bibliography. Developed to support the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.
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Wise to Consider Future Potential of Reserves

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 17, 2006, p. A15
Discusses the decision process on behalf of isolated northern First Nation communities which tend to marginalize the residents.
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With or Without You: First Nation Law (in Canada)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
McGill Law Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 629-668
Describes how Canadian jurisprudence compels the courts to apply principles of First Nations law.
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"With the Appropriate Qualifications": Aboriginal People and Employment Equity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patti Doyle-Bedwell
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.
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Without Denial, Delay, or Disruption: Ensuring First Nations Children's Access to Equitable Services Through Jordan's Principle

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie O'Brien
Doug Maynard
Elizabeth Moreau
Marvin Bernstein
Lisa Wolff ... [et al.]
Analyzes policies and administrative processes in response to the principle, which states that the government of first contact with a First Nations child needing medical treatment is responsible for expenses, with division to be decided later.
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Witness: Pieces of History

Alternate Title
[The Witness Blanket]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Media One
Website for Carey Newman's large-scale art installation, The Witness Blanket, which was created from objects gathered from the sites of residential schools across Canada. Contains trailer for documentary, background to the project, full view of the work, links to media stories, and artist's statement and biography.
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Witnesses: Art and Canada's Indian Residential Schools

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Scott Watson
Geoffrey Carr
Robert Joseph
Curatorial catalogue of works and artist biographies from an exhibition, mounted September 6-December 1, 2013, centring on residential schools.
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A Woman For all Seasons

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Spring, 2007
Describes the petition, against the United States, Sheila Watt-Cloutier is taking to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
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A Woman's Vision, A Woman's Voice: Inuit Textile Art From Arctic Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bernadette Driscoll-Engelstad
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, Summer, 1994, pp. 4-13
Comments on an exhibition which presents a visual record of Inuit life and social history by highlighting the work of 12 textile artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
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The Woman Who Married a Beaver: Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade

Alternate Title
The Woman Who Married a Beaver Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce M. White
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 109-147
Analysis of roles and contributions of Southwestern Ojibwa (Anishinaabeg), particularly women, to the fur trade from the 17th century until recent times.
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“Women and 2spirits”: On the Marginalization of Transgender Indigenous People in Activist Rhetoric

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kai Pyle
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 85-94
A discussion on how use of the term "women and 2spirit" has been used to advocate gender issues but is also problematic because it can marginalize transgendered people from larger Indigenous activist causes.
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Women and Risk: Aboriginal Women, Colonialism, and Correctional Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Monture-Angus
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 19, no. 1/2, Women and Justice, 1999, pp. 24-29
Argues that little has been done with respect to Aboriginal offenders other than accommodate them within the mainstream system and that traditional risk assessment is not valid when applied to Aboriginal women.
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Women and the Canadian Legal System: Examining Situations of Hyper-Responsibility

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS)
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 94-104
Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.
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