A Victim-Centered Approach to Domestic Violence Against Native Women: Resource Guide for Drafting or Revising Tribal Laws Against Domestic Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sarah Deer
Carrie A. Martell
Hallie Bongar White
Maureen White Eagle
Description
Guide to assist tribal governments with laws regarding the safety of Aboriginal women and children. Written so that revised tribal laws reflect tribal values. Provides examples from different tribal codes.
Videoconferencing and Sustainable Development for Remote and Rural First Nations in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan O’Donnell
Brian Beaton
Fenwick McKelvey
Description
Looks at how videoconferencing and the supporting broadband infrastructure can be used to connect communities working on sustainable development priorities.
Views of First Nation Elders on Memory Loss and Memory Care in Later Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Hulko
Evelyn Camille
Elisabeth Antifeau
Mike Arnouse
Nicole Bachynski
Denise Taylor
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 317-342
Description
Looks at the research on dementia and the relationships between the community and the health care system, from the perspectives of First Nation peoples.
Visual Literacy through Cultural Preservation and Cultural Resistance: Indigenous Video in Micronesia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allan Burns
Journal of Film and Video, vol. 60, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 15-25
Description
Examines the role of visual anthropology in creating and interpreting cultural images and discusses how documentary video techniques could be used for cultural preservation.
Voice of a Leader: If You Truly Believe Children Are Our Future - the Future is Now
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Chistian
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Description
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-learning cultural practices.
Voices of Students: We Are Here! We Are Ready to Care for the Next Generations! “Gathering & Sharing Wisdom
Conference” and the Indigenous Child Welfare Research
Network
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacquie Green
Rebecca Taylor
Rakiva Larken
Margaret Brier
Trevor Good
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-21
Description
Highlights the presentations of Indigenous youth sharing their stories and knowledge on life challenges.
Vulnerability of Subsistence Systems Due to Social and Environmental Change: A Case Study in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole M. Herman-Mercer
Melinda Laituri
Maggie Massey
Elli Matkin
Ryan Toohey ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 258-272
Description
Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.
Wac’inyeya: Hope among American Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline S. Gray
Lisa Schrader
Devon S. Isaacs
Megan K. Smith
Naomi M. Bender
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 151-171
Description
Study of 56 Indigenous youth uses focus groups and a strengths based perspective to understand what gives them hope and how they demonstrate this hope to others in their community.
Walk-Through at the Hammer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Luna
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 33-36
Description
Artist James Luna discusses what it means to be accepted as an American Indian by examining the criteria for tribal enrollment and critiques the work of self-declared Cherokee artist Jimmie Durham.
The Walking-out Ceremony: A Model for Development of Character
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Davis
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 71-81
Description
An official tour guide of the James Bay Region invites tourists to discover the region and gives a description of the Cree Walking-out ceremony that celebrates the complex link between people and environment.
Wapos Bay: A Mother's Earth
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 14
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Two boys help prepare for a sweat lodge ceremony and a student has difficulty determining her identity for a school assignment in episode 14 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: A Mother's Earth: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02.
Wapos Bay: A Time For Pride
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three boys are bored during summer holidays, peer pressure is experienced by a young girl and the town shows its' pride in episode 24 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Wapos Bay: All Access: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: All Access. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: All's Fair: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: All's Fair. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: As The Bannock Browns: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: As the Bannock Browns.Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background informations, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: Catch the Spirit
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 30
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Adults are taught a valuable lesson by their boys in episode 30 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59.
Wapos Bay: Dance, Dance
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Young boy faces a dilemma: he would rather dance than wrestle, but doesn't want to disappoint his father in episode 18 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Dance, Dance: Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
Wapos Bay: Going for the Gold
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 15
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
A talking dog in a dream urges a boy to try to win a golf championship in episode 15 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Going for the Gold: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02.
Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 17
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three youth make a video to celebrate Treaty Days in episode 17 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action! Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
Wapos Bay: Partic-Inaction
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 31
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Two community members make it their mission to help slim down the town people in episode 31 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59.
Wapos Bay: Raiders of the Lost Art
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 19
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Students find ancient rock paintings, three boys capture graffiti painters and a young girl has a birthday planning problem in episode 19 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Raiders of the Lost Art: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02
Wapos Bay: Raven Power
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 16
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Women of the community go on a retreat due to feeling unappreciated and as a result bring the community closer together in episode 16 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Raven Power: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02.
Wapos Bay: The Hunt: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: the Hunt. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: The Treasure of the Sierra Metis
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 34
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three boys search for a lost gold mine in episode 34 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59.
Wapos Bay: The Wapos Falcon
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 32
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
A package and a missing art piece are mysteriously connected in episode 32 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59.
Wapos Bay: The World According to Devon
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 29
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Student conquers fear of public speaking through oral storytelling in front of classmates in episode 29 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59
Wapos Bay: Time Management
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 27
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three boys go back in time in an attempt to halt a mining project in episode 27 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59.
Wapos Bay: Tricks n' Treats: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Tricks 'n' Treats. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: Ways of the Quiet
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 28
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Youth train for a triathlon and a bear problem is solved by conservation officers in episode 28 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration 21:59.
"A War Without Bombs": The Government's Role in Damming and Flooding of Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Howard Adler
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.
Warriors, Empowerment, and Social Work
Theses
Author/Creator
Sharon Big Plume
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2008.
Waseskun Healing Center: A Successful Therapeutic Healing Community
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Collection ; APC 28 CA (2008)
The History, Lessons and Observations of Waseskun Healing Center ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shawn Bell
Aboriginal Peoples Collection
Water Vulnerability in Arctic Households: A Literature-based Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Sohns
James Ford
Mylene Riva
Brian Robinson
Jan Adamowski
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 306-316
Description
Narrative review of 112 documents (articles, book chapters, proceedings papers, etc.), identifies two main categories of factors affecting water vulnerability in Arctic communities: Biophysical: climate change, extreme weather, etc.; Anthropogenic: infrastructure, economics, governance, etc. Discusses the need to consider the range of factors in policy frameworks.
Watered by Tempests: Hurricanes in the Cultural Fabric of the United Houma Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Daniel D'Oney
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 11-26
Description
Examines several hurricanes and how they affected the history and culture of the Houma people in Louisiana.
Waves of Change: Economic Development and Social Wellbeing in Cardwell, North Queensland, Australia
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison Reif
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2008.
A Way to See Gratitude: Enpaauk's Visual Storytelling
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Morin
Brunt, no. 4, September 2008, pp. 50-52
Description
Discusses Andrew Enpaauk's stories including the graffiti story.
Scroll down to page 50 to read article.
"Ways To Help And Ways To Hinder": Climate, Health, And Food Security In Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Philip A. Loring
Description
[Cross-Cultural Studies]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010.
We Are All Treaty People
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ethan Baptiste
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 168-171
Description
Book review of: We Are All Treaty People by Roger Epp.
“We Are Not Privileged Enough to Have That Foundation of Language”: Pasifika Young Adults Share their Deep Concerns about the Decline of the Ancestral/Heritage Languages in Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina-Jodi Vaine Samu
Helen Moewaka Barnes
Lanuola Asiasiga
Tim McCreanor
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 131-139
Description
Pasifika youth (aged 18-25) are interviewed in focus groups in which they express their distress about the diminishing presence of Indigenous language use and preservation, article notes that there is no comprehensive language policy to preserve these languages and that losing them has profound negative effects for the youth of culturally marginalized communities.
"We Do Not Talk About Our History Here": The Department of Indian Affairs, Musqueam-Settler Relations, and Memory in a Vancouver Neighbourhood
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sanya Pleshakov
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2010.
We're Better Off When Our Diet is Traditional
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, March 17, 2008, p. A3
Description
Outlines the results of a study done comparing urban and on-reserve health.
"We were told we were going to live in houses": Relocation and Housing of the Mushuau Innu of Natuashish from 1948 to 2003
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisabeth Thørring Dalsbø
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Tromsø, 2010.
Wealth Transmission and Inequality Among Hunter-Gatherers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Alden Smith
Kim Hill
Frank W. Marlowe
David Nolin
Polly Wiessner
et al.
Current Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 19-34
Description
Looks at the role and impact of wealth in hunter-gatherer societies.
Weaving and Baking Nation: The Recognition Politics of the Métis Sash and Bannock in the 1990s
Theses
Author/Creator
Dane Allard
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2019.
Looks at the Oral History Project of the Métis Women of Manitoba Inc.
Well-Being in First Nations Communities: The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, 2006: Alberta [Map]
Alternate Title
[Community Well-Being Maps]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Well-Being in First Nations Communities: The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, 2006: Atlantic Region [Map]
Alternate Title
[Community Well-Being Maps]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Well-Being in First Nations Communities: The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, 2006: British Columbia [Map]
Alternate Title
[Community Well-Being Maps]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Well-Being in First Nations Communities: The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, 2006: Canada [Map]
Alternate Title
[Community Well-Being Maps]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Well-Being in First Nations Communities: The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, 2006: Manitoba [Map]
Alternate Title
[Community Well-Being Maps]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.