History

Wilton Littlechild: Truth and Reconciliation

Alternate Title
Speak Truth to Power Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Lesson plan for grades 5 to 12 (six 60 min. class periods) includes interview, biography, activities, and additional resources.
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Wings and a Prayer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Todd Kristensen
Canada's History, vol. 94, no. 1, Feb./Mar. 2014, pp. 29-[34]
Description
Discusses archaeological research which indicates that the birds Beothuks hunted for food, also played a role in their mortuary customs.
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Witness: Pieces of History

Alternate Title
[The Witness Blanket]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Media One
Description
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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Wksitnuow Wejkwapniaqewa - Mi'kmaq: A Voice From the People of the Dawn

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna-Lee Smith
Josephine Peck
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 3, 2004, pp. 342-353
Description
Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.
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Wolf and the Winds. Frank Bird Linderman.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Márgara Averbach (Margara Averbach)
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2002, pp. [49]-51
Description
Book review of: Wolf and the Winds by Frank Bird Linderman. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Woman in Angus McKay's Garden

Images » Photographs
Description
A photo of an unidentified woman in Angus McKay's garden at La Ronge. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
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Women of the Dawn

Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bunny McBride
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Words, Worlds in Our Heads: Reclaiming La Llorona’s Aztecan Antecedents in Gloria Anzaldúa’s My Black Angelos

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Domino Renee Perez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 51-63
Description
Explores Gloria Anzaldúa's use of the folkloric figure to demonstrate that completely embracing a culture may in fact be oppressive to women. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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