Alternate Title
First Stories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gerald Auger
Description
Short film tells story of rap group that turned into a gang.
Duration: 6:46.
A Way of Life That Does Not Exist: Canada and the Extinguishment of the Innu
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Raymond J. Towse
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, September 2006, pp. 324-325
Description
Book review of: A Way of Life That Does Not Exist by Colin Samson.
"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 Among the Poor, the Powerless, the Inexperienced and the Inarticulate": Clyde Warrior's Campaign for a "Greater Indian America"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul McKenzie-Jones
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 224-257
Description
Comments on the work done by activist, Clyde Warrior, noting that his focus was always what could be done by and for American Indians, rather than focusing on what was being done against American Indians.
We Know Who We Are: Métis Identity in a Montana Community
E-Books
Author/Creator
Martha Harroun Foster
"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.
Weaving Partnerships: A Framework for Aboriginal Home Care in Nova Scotia: 2010-2011 Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nova Scotia Aboriginal Home Care Steering Committee
Description
Purpose of guide was to document findings and recommendations from the Steering Committee of the Aboriginal Home Care in Nova Scotia Project, provide a common set of definitions to facilitate shared understandings of program scope and purpose among those involved in service planning and delivery, and provide information for all those interested design and delivery of services to the on-reserve population in the province.
Weaving the Net
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pam Greer
Debbie French
Jo Campbell
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 14-15
Description
Introduces a culturally appropriate community development program, which focuses on providing information about child abuse, child sexual abuse and family violence.
Weaving Yarns: The Lived Experience of Indigenous Australians with Adult-onset Disability in Brisbane
Theses
Author/Creator
Julie Anne King
Description
Social Work and Human Service Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2010.
The Web of Justice: Restorative Justice Has Presented Only Part of the Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Gray (Kanatiiosh)
Pat Lauderdale
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 29-41
Description
Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.
Webequie First Nation Assessment Report, January 7-9, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North-South Partnership for Children in Remote First Nations Communities (Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win)
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
Welcome News as Mike Holmes Weighs in to Housing Issue
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 11
Description
Describes the partnering of celebrity contractor Mike Holmes with First Nations communities to build new schools and homes using green technology.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
The Well-Being of Inuit Communities in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sacha Senécal
Erin O'Sullivan
Wen:de Series of Reports Summary Sheet March 12, 2007
Alternate Title
Key Findings From Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day and Wen:de the Journey Continues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
List of the key findings of two reports done regarding the number of First Nations children in state care and examining ways to keep them safely at home.
See also : Wen:de: We Are Coming to the Light of Day and Wen:de The Journey Continues
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
Alternate Title
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Friessen
Lyle Dick
Winona Wheeler
Matt Dyce
James Opp
Kathryn McKay
Amber Dean... [et. al.]
Description
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.
What Are You In the Dark?: The Transformative Powers of Manitouminasuc Upon the Identities of Anishinabegi in the Ontario Child Welfare System
Theses
Author/Creator
Rose Ella Cameron
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2010.
What Causes Canadian Aboriginal Protest? Examining Resources, Opportunities and Identity, 1951-2000
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard Ramos
Canadian Journal of Sociology, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2006, p. 211
Description
Analyzes whether protest can be explained by resource mobilization, political opportunities or the construction of PanAboriginal collective identity.
What Other Canadian Kids Have: The Fight for a New School in Attawapiskat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Reimer
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
What's In It For Me? My Story of Becoming a Facilitator of an Aboriginal Empowerment Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cath Brown
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 12-15
Description
Author reflects on her personal courage when moving to a new job and the rewards received for facing her fears.
What Their Stories Tell Us: Research Findings From the Sisters in Spirit Initiative
Alternate Title
Sisters In Spirit 2010 Research Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
“What Was It They Lost?”: The Impact of Resource Development on Family Violence in a Northern Aboriginal Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathryn M. Campbell
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, vol. 5, no. 1, 2007, pp. 57-80
Description
Examines the social and emotional impact of being moved from an island to the mainland as a result of hydro-electric development on an Aboriginal community.
What Works: Effective Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natasha Caverley
Description
Overview of a project intended to identify effective human resource management strategies, practices and programs (specifically, within the areas of recruitment and career development).
When First Nations Culture Becomes Therapy
Alternate Title
Common Ground
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Cuthand
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2007, p. 6
Description
Comments on traditional ways being a solution for destructive lifestyles.
Article located by scrolling to page 6.
When Love Medicine is Not Enough: Class Conflict and Work Culture On and Off the Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reginald Dyck
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23-43
Description
Authors comments on the inequities that exist due to the Euro-American conquest of Native Americans by an analysis of Erdrich's Love Medicine.
[Where the Blood Mixes]
Alternate Title
Hinterviews ; no. 7, 2009-10
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Peter Hinton
Kevin Loring
Description
Kevin Loring discusses the evolution of his play, which was featured at the National Arts Centre's English Theatre. Play focuses on the effects of residential schools.
Duration: 28:11.
White Picket Fences: Whiteness, Urban Aboriginal Women and Housing Market Discrimination in Kelowna, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheila Elaine Lewis
Description
Human Geography & Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, (Okanagan), 2010.
Why Is Adoption Like a First Nations’ Feast?: Lax Kw’alaam Indigenizing Adoptions in Child Welfare
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Bertsch
Bruce A. Bidgood
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 96-105
Description
Looks at the cultural significance of adoption and recommendations toward a more culturally-sensitive practice.
Why the World Needs to Watch: The Canadian Government Held to Account for Racial Discrimination Against Indigenous Children before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Alternate Title
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Forum on Indigenous Child and Youth Rights, Vancouver, Canada, March 2-5, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Submission presents evidence of failure to provide equitable and culturally based welfare and education on reserves, and outlines the complaint currently before the Tribunal and the government's response, which is aimed at preserving the status quo.
Wicihitowin: Aboriginal Social Work in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shelly Johnson
BC Studies, no. 167, Autumn, 2010, pp. 140-142
Description
Book review of: Wicihitowin by Raven Sinclair, Michael Anthony Hart and Gord Bruyere.
Scroll down to page 140 to read review.
Willy Hodgson
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 26
Description
Chronicles the life of the 1994 Saskatchewan Order of Merit recipient who advocated on behalf of equality for Aboriginal people within the justice system.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Women in Between: Filmic Representations of Gender, Race, and Nation in Ramona (1910) and The Barrier (1917) During the Progressive Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominique Brégent-Heald
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 145-176
Description
Compares the films Ramona and The Barrier to shed light on the complex discourses of gender, race, ethnicity, region, and nation.
Women Leaders on Leadership: Much to Laud, Much to Lament
Alternate Title
Executive Action (Conference Board of Canada) ; June 2006
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 014-07]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Conference Board of Canada
Description
Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.
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.
Working on the Domestic Frontier: American Indian Domestic Servants in White Women's Households in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1920-1940
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret D. Jacobs
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1,2, 2007, pp. 165-199
Description
Examines the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and colonization via domestic service or by a BIA approved marriage.
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Parker
Debra Rickwood
Pat Dungeon
Heather Gridley
Michael Wright … [et al.]
Description
1st edition.
Working With Youth: A Visioning Journey
Theses
Author/Creator
Verena Gibbs
Description
Integrated Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Athabaska University, 2010.
Workplace and Occupational Aggression in First Nations and Inuit Health Nursing Stations in the Manitoba Region: Incidence, Types and Patterns
Theses
Author/Creator
Wendy (Hawrychuk) Ducharme
Description
Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
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.
Writing the Circle: Judicially Convened Sentencing Circles and the Textual Organization of Criminal Justice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Emma Cunliffe
Angela Cameron
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 19, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-35
Description
Examines judgements regarding sentencing circles and cases of intimate violence.
You Can Eliminate the Stuff But Not the Memories
Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 10, October 2010, p. 5
Description
Author reflects on the challenges, adventures, and dangers of living in a small shack.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
"You Do Not Understand ME": Hybridity and Third Space in Age of Iron
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Giorgia Severini
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 182-192
Description
Discusses the adaptation of the Clements' play regarding the hybrid character representing First Nations women and fulfills the role of mythological prophet.
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
Youth Apprenticeship Programs for Aboriginal Youth in Canada: Smoothing the Path From School to Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Brigham
Alison Taylor
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, pp. 165-181
Description
Examines one school to work transition program, called the Aboriginal Youth Career Pathway, which operates in Alberta.
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 Custody: Exercising Our Rights and Responsibilities to Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Molly Wickham
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 57-66
Description
Examines why the youth justice system in B.C. fails Indigenous youth, and discusses the need for programs built on respect and cultural values.
Yukon First Nation Mental Wellness Workbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Duu Chuu Management
Marilyn Van Bibber
Tandi Brown
Heather Holland
Description
Workbook was designed to create a toolkit of resources for front line workers, and health and social directors and staff.
Yukon First Nations and the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 12-19
Description
Overview of pipeline project and analysis of its economic impacts.
To access this article, scroll down to page 12.
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