Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nelson H. H. Graburn
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 30-39
Description
Study shows that non-Inuit evaluations of Inuit art are inconsistent as opposed to Inuit evaluations which are more consistent.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
White Romance and American Indian Action in Hollywood’s The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Rinne
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2: Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. [3]-22
Description
Discusses critical reception and competing interpretations of the film, and puts forth an alternate theory by examining the character of Chingachgook.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
White Teachers, Critical Race Theory and Aboriginal Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle I. Vanhouwe
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Whitefish Lake Band of Indians v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 ONCA 744
Alternate Title
Whitefish Lake Band of Indians and the Attorney General of Canada and Lac Seul First Nation, Lawrynowicz and Associates, Snuneymuxw First Nation, Snaw-naw-as First Nation, Malahat First Nation, Songhees First Nation, Sci' Anew First Nation, T' sou-ke ...
Whitefish Lake Band v. A.-G. Canada and Lac Seul First Nation ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Court of Appeal
Description
Appeal regarding the compensation for the breach of fiduciary duty to the Whitefish Band 120 years ago and the determination of a fair value for Whitefish's timber rights in 1886.
Whiteness: Naivety, Void and Control
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Andersen
Brendan Hokowhitu
Junctures, vol. 8, June 2007, pp. 39-49
Description
"Cultural entrepreneurship: uses and misuses of indigenous 'tradition' in a Canadian university".
Who's Really to Blame?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 12, April 2001, p. 7
Description
Discusses the national residential school survivors organization set up by Alvin Tolley and Walter Rudnicki and the high incidence of paedophilia in this Ottawa school system.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.
Why Save A Language?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tina Deschenie
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Film review of: Why Save a Language by Sally Thompson.
Why We Are Sticking To Our Stories
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tina Deschenie
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Describes stories told to the author by her mother and father in Diné and English and comments on the necessity of preserving both languages and stories.
Wild Stones: Spiritual Discipline and Psychic Power Among Aboriginal Clever Men
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Cowan
Studies in Comparative Religion, vol. 17, no. 1 & 2, Winter-Spring, 1985, pp. [1]-11
Description
Discusses the role of the karadj or "medicine man" within the Australian Aboriginal community.
Wilderness Politics in Finnish Lapland: Core and Periphery Conflicts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James N. Gladden
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 59-81
Description
Looks at future public policy decisions regarding tourist use in designated wilderness areas that has raised concerns for Sami people.
Will Rogers's Indian Humor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roumiana Velikova
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 83-103
Description
Contends that humorist Will Rogers, who was a member of the Cherokee Nation, was appropriated and mainstreamed as a mythic American figure and consequently has been denied a prominent place in Native American literary history.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
William Apess
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Michael Berthold
Description
Includes biographical and critical essay about William Apess, most famous for his autobiography, A Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Apess, A Native of the Forest, Comprising a Notice of the Pequot Tribe of Indians and a list of his writings.
The Winter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Little
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, p. 192
Description
An eight line poem in English.
Within the Hidden Epidemic: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS Among American Indians Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol E. Kaufman
Laura Shelby
Debra J. Mosure
Jeanne Marrazzo
David Wong ... [et al.]
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 34, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 1-11
Description
Reviews causes, transmission and prevention programs for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV/AIDS. Recommends incorporating frameworks of existing health and healing into prevention programs, increasing local involvement and cultural content and further research for STDs.
[Without Surrender, Without Consent: A History of the Nishga Land Claims]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. Anthony Long
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 110-112
Description
Book review of: Without Surrender, Without Consent: A History of the Nishga Land Claims by Daniel Raunet.
Without Surrender Without Consent: A History of the Nishga Land Claims
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 66, Summer, 1985, pp. 64-65
Description
Book review of: Without Surrender Without Consent by Daniel Raunet.
Scroll to page 64 to read review.
Wolves and Whiskey: Economy, Ecology, and Predation in the Whoop-up Country
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Michael Wise
Description
History Graduate Paper (MA) -- Montana State University, 2007.
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
Description
Describes the petition, against the United States, Sheila Watt-Cloutier is taking to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
Women, Bison, and Coup: A Structural Analysis of Cheyenne Pictographic Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Candace Schober Greene
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1985.
The Women in the Trees
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Theresa Kishkan
BC Studies, no. 154, 2007, pp. 149-151
Description
Book review of: The Women in the Trees by Gerry William.
To access this review, scroll to page 149.
Women of the Métis Nation: Education Policy Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Women of the Métis Nation
Description
Discusses recommendations to improve the educational attainment of Métis women.
Women's Experiences and Representations of Diversity Management and Organizational Restructuring in a Multinational Forest Company
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Elizabeth Mills
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Women's Health and Preventive Sexual Behaviour among Men and Women
Alternate Title
Qanuippitaa? How are We?
[Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2004]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvie Dodin
Claudine Blanchet
Louis Rochette
Women's Position in the Sámi Reindeer Husbandry
Alternate Title
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Solveig Joks
Description
Discusses some of the problems caused by the focus on meat production and on reindeer husbandry as a one-man job.
Chapter 20 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.
Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 246 or select chapter 20 on side bar.
A Women's Work is Never Done: Changing Labor at Grasshopper Pueblo
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Paige Dahlen
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2001.
Working in the Midst of Ideological and Cultural Differences: Critically Reflecting on Youth Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer White
Canadian Journal of Counselling, vol. 41, no. 4, October 2007, pp. 213-227
Description
Discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) and community capacity-building as approaches to suicide prevention. Concludes with recommendations.
Working Towards Policy Creation for Cruise Ship Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas of Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet R. Marquez
Paul F. J. Eagles
Tourism in Marine Environments, vol. 4, no. 2, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at policies and guidelines, the need for unity across the Arctic cruise ship tourism industry, and more government awareness and funding.
Workshops Raise Awareness of SIS Campaign
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Suthers
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 8, November 2007, p. 11
Description
Discusses the Sisters in Spirit initiative which organizes workshops and special events to raise awareness about violence against Aboriginal women in Canada.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
Articles » General
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, pp. 32-33
Description
Short document contains a Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas relating to the meeting which took place in December 2000 in Santiago de Chile.
To access this article scroll down to page 32.
Wounds and Words: Nadia Myre's Want Ads and Other Scars
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stacey Abramson
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 4, June 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at an exhibition which includes graffiti slogans, scar paintings and wall sculpture.
Writing Deeper Maps: Mapmaking, Local Indigenous Knowledges, and Literary Nationalism in Native Women's Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelli Lyon Johnson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter 2007, pp. 103-120
Description
Argues that there is a turning away from Western theories that have often been used to determine the social, psychological or cultural meanings of Indigenous literature from the outside.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 103.
Writing Indians: Literacy, Christianity, and Native Community in Early America Hilary E. Wyss
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tammy Schneider
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. 110-114
Description
Book review of: Writing Indians by Hilary E. Wyss.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Writing: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Terri Janke
Robynne Quiggin]
Description
2nd edition.
Yalca: A Partnership in Education and Training for the New Millennium: Koorie Education Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Department of Education
Employment and Training [Government of Australia]
Yaqui World View and the School: Conflict and Accommodation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John H. Chilcott
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 1, January 1985, pp. [21-32]
Description
Yaqui community and school cultures were studied and suggestions made for reduction of dissonance within the schools through teacher training and curriculum development.
Yohahí:yo Yakothahol:^u = She Has Found a Good Path: A Discussion of Commitment to Onyota'a:ka Language Revitalization
Theses
Author/Creator
Adriana Poulette
Description
Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.
"You Did It Right, But It Was Wrong": Introducing a Community Economic Development Initiative to a First Nations Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Robin L. Goodfellow-Baikie
Description
Adult Education Thesis (MAdEd)--Saint Francis Xavier University, 2001.
You Do the Crime, You Do the Time: Best Practice Model of Holistic Health Service Delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inmates of the ACT Prison
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nerelle Poroch
You Don't Have to Fall Into the Christmas Trap
Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 9
Description
Discusses enjoying a simpler, non-commercialized Christmas.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
You Just Blink and It Could Happen: A Study of Women's Homelessness North of 60: Pan Territorial Report
Alternate Title
A Little Kindness Would Go a Long Way: A Study of Women's Homelessness in the Yukon: Territorial Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Four Worlds Centre for Development Learning
Description
You Should Know That I Trust You ... : Cultural Planning, Aboriginal Children and Adoption: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carrière
Description
Shows how the Cultural Planning Policy has impacted adoption of Aboriginal children into non-native families.
You Still Know Nothin' 'Bout Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Alternate Title
You Still Know Nothing About Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
McGill Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 4, 2007, pp. [725]-756
Description
Looks at the impact of culture and methodology on creating a cross-cultural moral theory.
'You Took Our Children': Aboriginal Autobiographical Narratives of Separation in New South Wales, 1977-1997
Theses
Author/Creator
Jan McKinley Wilson
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2001.
Youth Conference Short on Aboriginal Participants
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1
Description
Reports on the more than 400 participants who attended the conference studying Saskatchewan youths future in the province.
Youth Crime Prevention Projects in Native Communities: Interim Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melissa Lazore
Description
Discusses four programs: Skeena Youth Work Incentive Program, Rediscovery Project, Wilderness Alternatives Society, and the Neyunan Project.
Youth Gather For Historic Summit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1
Description
Looks at a conference, with over 400 youth in attendance, held to discuss the future of the province of Saskatchewan and the future of youth in the province.
Article located on page 1.
Youth Sexuality Explored
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2007, p. 9
Description
Looks at an interactive play, Are We There Yet?, that allows youth to understand choices regarding sexuality before they have to make real decisions.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
Yukon 2000: A Community-Based Planning Effort to Preserve "Things That Matter"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan T. Downes
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 121-145
Description
Looks at two documents, Yukon Economic Strategy and Yukon Conservation Strategy known as the "Yukon 2000" process of engaging people in the future of the Yukon.
Yukon First Nations Citizenship: Grade 5: [Student Booklet]
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nation Programs and Partnerships Unit, Yukon Department of Education
Yukon First Nation Curriculum Working Group
Yukon First Nations Languages: Grade 5: [Student Booklet]
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nation Programs and Partnerships Unit, Yukon Department of Education
Yukon First Nation Curriculum Working Group