Writing the History of Riel's People
Alternate Title
Robson Hall Distinguised Visitor Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Description
Lawyer and author of The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story Of Louis Riel's People, The Métis Nation discusses the Métis Nation's history of law-making.
Duration: 1:01:02.
Writing the Talking Stick: Alphabetic Literacy as Colonial Technology and Postcolonial Appropriation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Donaldson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 46-62
Description
The author uses Out of the Depths, Isabel Knockwood’s autobiography about her time in Indian Residential School, to discuss English alphabet writing as a colonizing tool and as consider different ways that Indigenous peoples have appropriated English writing as a form of cultural survivance.
Writing Water, Writing Life: Silko as Environmental Activist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Boyles
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 10-35
Description
Examines author Leslie Marmon Silko’s post-1990 works, Almanac of the Dead, Sacred Waters, Gardens in the Dunes, and Oceanstory in the context of a growing focus on water scarcity and sovereignty; highlights Aboriginal and Native American perspective on the privatization of water for profit, and neocolonial and imperial interests.
Writing Your Curriculum Vitae
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Yvonne Cadet-James
Deanne Minniecon
Mary Black
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1999, pp. 27-28
Description
Article explains the function and benefits of a properly constructed Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) or resume in order to obtain employment.
Written as I Remember It: Teachings (ʔəms taʔaw) From the Life of a Sliammon Elder
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dorothy Kennedy
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 113-114
Description
Book review of: Written as I Remember It by Elsie Paul in collaboration with Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 113.
A Written Response from Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo J. Omani
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2004, pp. 283-288
Description
Discusses the commemorative march of 2002, and recounts the 1862 forced removal of the Dakota people from their Minnesota homeland.
WSANEC: Emerging Land or Emerging People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Horne
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 6-19
Description
Reviews scholarship on British Columbia resettlement, examines the Saanichton Marina court case, and discusses ongoing disputes over recognition of the Douglas Treaties.
The Wuchusk or Muskrat Project: [Final Report]
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 265
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Renée Carrière
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Discusses project undertaken at Charlebois Community School in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan to connect curriculum content and Ministry outcomes with Indigenous science and ways of knowing in secondary science courses.
Wuyámush (Be Happy, Be Well - Pequot): Adapting a Mental Health and Healing Experience to a Southeast New England Native American Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gretchen Chase Vaughn
Michele Scott
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lv-lix
Description
Discusses the success of a Mental Health Day.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lv.
www.indigenation.com: FSIN eLearning Project
Alternate Title
www.indigenation(s).com: FSIN eLearning Project
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2002, p. 4,7
Description
Introduces a new eLearning website offering daily and weekly news as well as opinions on Indigenous peoples' issues and more.
Wylie Tales: An Interview with James Welch
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William Bevis
James Welch
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Interview with author about his thoughts on Aboriginal life, films and literature. Discusses Welch's books Fools Crow and Killing Custer.
X’aat: Salmon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
The X Files
Alternate Title
The X-Files: By Signing Applications for Land Grants, Were the Prairie Métis Drawn Into One of the Largest Property Swindles in Canadian History
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Linda Goyette
Canadian Geographic, vol. 123, no. 2, March-April 2003, pp. 70-[?]
Description
Researchers find some signatures in land grant records including scrip from the early 1900's that may have been forged.
X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent; Native Authenticity: Transnational Perspectives on Native American Literary Studies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gregory Gagnon
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 215-217
Description
Book reviews of 2 books:
X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent by Scott Richard Lyons.
Native Authenticity: Transnational Perspectives on Native American Literary Studies edited by Deborah L. Madsen.