[What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10]: Appendix B: Summary of Assessed Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Closing the Gap Clearinghouse]
Description
Appendix B, Summary of Assessed Items, to accompany What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10.
When Did Indians Become Straight?: Kinship, the History of Sexuality, and Native Sovereignty
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Rifkin
When Did Indians Become Straight? Kinship, the History of Sexuality, and Native Sovereignty
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Clark D. Hafen
The Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Fall, 2011, p. 343
Description
Book review of: When Did Indians Become Straight? by Mark Rifkin.
When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sex, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ramón A. Gutiérrez
American Indian Cultural and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 141-177
Description
Looks at the inaccurate renderings of Pueblo history and culture.
When the Earth Shakes: The Cherokee Prophecies of 1811-12
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 301-318
Description
Three separate accounts of visionary foreshadowing during tumultuous times in Cherokee life.
When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Victoria Freeman
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 378-380
Description
Book review of: When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990 by Emma Laroque.
When The Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jesse Rae Archibald Barber
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, p. 214
Description
Book review of: When The Other Is Me by Emma LaRocque.
'When You Admit You're a Thief, Then You Can Be Honourable': Native/Non-Native Collaboration in the Book of Jessica
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Hoy
Canadian Literature, no. 136, Spring, 1993, pp. 24-44
Description
Argues work is an example of cultural appropriation and discusses the pitfalls of a non-Aboriginal writing about Aboriginal literature.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 24.
Where the River Flows Fast
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Barei
Description
Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2011.
Whirlwind School: A Case Study of Church-State Relationships in Native American Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen McKellips
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 20, no. 1, 1993, pp. 18-25
Description
An overview of the history of the Whirlwind School, located on Cheyenne-Arapaho land in Oklahoma, and what lead to its closure.
Whit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Orlando White
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 155-156
Description
Poem by Orlando White.
The White Indians of Colonial America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Axtell
The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, 3rd ser., January 1975, pp. 55-88
Description
Focuses on the motives for colonization.
White Man's Water: The Politics of Sobriety in a Native American Community
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Erica Prussing
White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynette Russell
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 71-72
Description
Book review of: White Mother to a Dark Race by Margaret D. Jacobs.
Whitefella Comin': Aboriginal Responses to Colonialism in Northern Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
C.C. Macknight
Aboriginal History, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 149-151
Description
Book review of: Whitefella Comin' by David S. Trigger.
Review located by scrolling to page 149.
Whites Singing Red Face in British Columbia in the 1950s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Keyes
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 32, no. 1, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Analyzes two operas, The Lake and Ashnola: A Legend of Sings Water.
Who are Indigenous, and How Should it Matter? Discourses on Indigenous Rights in Norway and Nepal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
Ethnopolitics Papers, no. 13, November 2011, pp. 1-31
Description
Presents a comparative study of similarities and differences regarding conflicts over Indigenous rights in two dissimilar countries.
Who Are these Gentle People?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Patrick Morris
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 1-15
Description
Discussion of the Columbus quincentenary celebrations, which ignored the impact discovery on those who were "discovered".
Who Joins the Canadian Forces?: Developing a Framework for Analysis Using Bourdieu, Habermas, and Giddens
Theses
Author/Creator
Victoria Rose Mowat
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.
Who Owns the Arctic?: Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica M. Shadian
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, 2011, pp. 191-193
Description
Book review of: Who Owns the Arctic? by Michael Byers.
Who Shall Remain Nameless? Makers and Collectors in MOA's Nuu-chah-nulth Basketry Collection
Theses
Author/Creator
Charlene Garvey
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1993.
Who We Are and What We Do
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Barnes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 67-70
Description
The author recounts how he has become a writer and shares his experience in discovering who he is and what he does.
Whose Agenda is it? Regulating Health Research Ethics in Labrador.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fern Brunger
Julie Bull
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 127-142
Description
Promotes the implementation and employment of community research review committees which are distinct from research ethics boards.
Whose History Is It Anyway?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joe Watkins
Current Anthropology, vol. 52, no. 4, August 2011, pp. 611-612
Description
Book review of: Living Histories: Native Americans and Southwestern Archaeology by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh.
Whose Nation? Two Recent Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Civilization Raised Disturbing Questions about the Positioning of First Nations Art in the White Mainstream
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Scott Watson
Canadian Art, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1993, p. 34
Description
Discusses a controversial lesson in history through art, by presenting nstitutions devoted to nostalgic theme-park versions of history; the exhibit contrasts violence, defiance, racism, alienation and suicide with family harmony, friendship, creativity and work.
Whose "Shared Humanity"?: The Tribal Law and Order Act (2010), Barack Obama, and the Politics of Multiculturalism in Settler Colonial States
Theses
Author/Creator
Liza Drake Minno
Description
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Mexico, 2011
Why Bother With Q. & A.?: The Link Between Quality Assurance and Patients' Needs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Len Wilkins
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, pp. 31-33
Description
Looks at link between measure of quality of health care and the way it is organized to offer the best for patient needs and rights.
Why Do I Need to Sign It? Issues in Carrying Out Child Assent in School-Based Prevention Research Within a First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lola Baydala
Sherry Letendre
Lia Ruttan
Stephanie Worrell
Fay Fletcher
Fay Fletcher
Liz Letendre
Tanja Schramm
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 99-113
Description
Discusses the practice of, procedures for, and the ethics of obtaining a child`s consent when undertaking research that may affect the community. One of the recommendations discussed is that any child who signs should be surrounded by family or other community members.
Why Many Students Should Begin College Close to Home
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Zolbrod
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 4, Honoring Student Success, Summer, 2011, pp. 58-59
Description
Contends that reservation students have an easier time adjusting to college life at a tribal college than a mainstream institution.
Why the 'Native' Fashion Trend is Pissing Off Real Native Americans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Hix
Description
Comments on representation, appropriation and profit from Native American art and design.
Why They Fought: Native American Involvement in the American Civil War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Connole
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 6, Issue 274, January-February 2011, pp. 12-16
Description
Discusses motivations for involvement such as old feuds, loyalty to treaties with the government, and proving patriotism.
Wiindigoo Sovereignty and Native Transmotion in Gerald Vizenor’s Bearheart
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Schedler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2011, pp. [34]-68
Description
Argues that the author uses the theme of cannibalism to critique tribal and state nationalism.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 34.
Wild Food Summit: Anishinaabe Relearning Traditional Gathering Practices
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Ellen Sorensen
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 3, Food Sovereignty, Spring, 2011, pp. 32-34
Description
Comments on a summit developed to give knowledge about edible plants and discusses the advantages of including traditional foods in a healthy diet.
"A Wilderness Unlittered by Academic Trash"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney Simard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 1-6
Description
Looks at the editorial transitions in the journal.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Wildlife Risk Perception and Mitigation at Peavine Métis Settlement
Theses
Author/Creator
Amy Nadine Christianson
Description
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.
Willful Blindness About Indigenous Peoples: The Democratic Deficit and Canadian Public Policy Making
Articles » General
Author/Creator
C. J. Alexander
Mallory Crew
Asian Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 47-88
Description
Focus is on two policy fields, health and communications.
William Apess and Writing White
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Moon
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-54
Description
Looks at the works of William Apess, and discusses how he has not been recognized as an "authentic" representation of Native America.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
William G. Demmert, Jr. and the Circumpolar North: A Personal Remembrance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Darnell
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 50, no. 1, 2011, pp. 60-73
Description
Traces the work of William Demmert as a member of the Steering Committee on Cross-Cultural Education in the Circumpolar North.
William Okeymaw Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
William Okeymaw Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.
William Steinhauer Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Steinhauer
Louis Rain
Ken Tyler
Indian History Film Project
Description
Account of the sale of Saddle Lake Reserve lands.
Windigo Faces: Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Serving Canadian Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Damien Lee
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 133-153, 188
Description
Discusses the tensions between First Nations and environmental groups, who often unwittingly serve the interests of the State by undermining First Nations' sovereignty and self-determination.
Wings of the Same Bird: Making the Links
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marjorie Beaucage
Description
Discusses racism and sexism at the 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW/ICREF) November 1992, Toronto.
Duration: 18:43
Wisconsin War Stories: Wounded Warriors
Media » Film and Video
Description
Veterans of World War II and the War in Kuwait discuss their experiences during combat and difficulties they have experienced since returning home. Duration: 26:46
...With Dad: Strengthening the Circle of Care
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Overview of two-day gathering of over 100 individuals to address social and cultural changes for Inuit, Mètis and First Nations men.
Accompanying documentary.
With Dad: Strengthening the Circle of Care
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Arlene Moscovitch
Description
Documentary with Elders, fathers, and matriarchs on strengthening the role for First Nations, Inuit and Mètis fathers.
Accompanying Report.
Durations: 26:30.
With the Best Will in the World: Some Records of Early White Contact with the Gampignal on the Australian Agricultural Company's Estate at Port Stephens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Damaris Bairstow
Aboriginal History, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 5-16
Description
Looks at cross-cultural relations in a region of New South Wales that was under control of the London-based AA Company.
WNCP Common Tool for Assessing and Validating Teaching and Learning Resources for Cultural Appropriateness and Historical Accuracy of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Content
Alternate Title
Western and Northern Canadian Protocol Common Tool for Assessing ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education
The Woman Who Lived With Wolves and Other Stories From the Tipi
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter J. Durkin
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 1, Issue 275, March-April 2011, pp. 24-25
Description
Book review of: The Woman Who Lived With Wolves and Other Stories From the Tipi by Paul Goble.