Western Medicine and Australian Indigenous Healing Practices
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don Gorman
Anne-Maree Nielsen
Odette Best
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, January/February 2006, pp. 28-29
Description
Studies the outcomes of patients treated by both western and Indigenous forms of medicine.
"What a Women Can Do With an Auto": American Women in the Early Automotive Era
Theses
Author/Creator
Carla Rose Lesh
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Albany, State University of New York, 2010.
What Are Our Expectations Telling Us?: Encounters with the NMAI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwyneira Isaac
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 574-596
Description
Describes four viewpoints about the National Museum of the Native American (NMAI) garnered through two personal visits and the others through newspaper articles and discussions.
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 Does it Mean to Say That Aboriginal Suicide is Different? Differing Cultures, Accounts, and Idioms of Distress in the Context of Indigenous Youth Suicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Reser
Australian Aboriginal Studies, no. 2, 2004, pp. 34-53
Description
Presents an invited response and commentary to Colin Tatz's article entitled Aboriginal, Maori and Inuit Youth Suicide: Avenues to Alleviation?
What Good Condition? Reflections on an Australian Aboriginal Treaty 1986-2006
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 13
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Read
Steven Churches
Ravi de Costa
William Jonas
Roderic Pitty ... [et al.]
Aboriginal History Monograph
What is the Degree of Mātauranga Māori Expressed Through Measures Of Ethnicity?
Alternate Title
What Is the Degree of Matauranga Maori Expressed Through Measures Of Ethnicity?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shaun Awatere
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-14
Description
Study that looks at the link between Māori cultural identity and concern for the environment.
“What is the proper word for people like you?”: The Question of Métis Identity in In Search of April Raintree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Smulders
English Studies in Canada , vol. 32, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 75-100
Description
Discusses the significance of identity in the novel due to varying definitions of the term Métis.
What it Means to be an Indian
Alternate Title
One Native Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 8-9
Description
Story about accepting who you are.
What Makes Culture: Cwik'em
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nora Billy
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 4, Women the World Must Hear, Winter, 2004
Description
Comments on the importance of passing culture from one generation to another.
What Nurses Should Know When Working in Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline H. Foster
Canadian Nurse, vol. 102, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 28-31
Description
Argues that nurses need to understand the specific history, culture and the concept of respect, in Aboriginal terms, within a particular community and then apply this knowledge to their relationships in that community.
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 a Dedication? On Being a Warlpiri DJ
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melinda Hinkson
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, vol. 15, no. 2, 2004, pp. 143-162
Description
Discusses the on air practices of a group of young Walpiri women broadcasters at PAW radio in north central Australia.
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's the Score?: A Survey of Cultural Diversity and Racism in Australian Sport
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul Oliver
What Sort of Indian Will Show Me the Way?: Colonization, Mediation, and Interpretation in the Sun Dance Contact Zone
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandra Garner
Description
Comparative Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2010.
What the White "Squaws" Want From Black Hawk: Gendering the Fan-Celebrity Relationship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tena L. Helton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 498-520
Description
Looks at the culture of celebrity in the early nineteenth century focusing on Black Hawk, a Sauk Indian war chief.
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 to the American Indian is the Fourth of July? Moving Beyond Abolitionist Rhetoric in William Apess's Eulogy on King Philip
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew Lopenzina
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 673-699
Description
Looks at Apess's historical address given in 1836 in which he uses the power of the role as a Christian minister and the rhetoric of the abolitionist movement to argue for Native rights.
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).
What Works: The Work Program, Improving Outcomes for Indigenous Students: Successful Practice
Alternate Title
Successful Practice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Geoff Ainsworth
David McRae
What Writer Would Not Be an Indian for a While?: Charles Alexander Eastman, Critical Memory, and Audience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gale P. Coskan-Johnson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 105-131
Description
Contends that the work of Sioux writer Alexander Eastman reflects not only an assimilationist perspective but also examines Native Americans within the oppressive socio-cultural context of 19th and 20th century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 105.
When a Native "Goes Researcher" : Notes from the North American Ingenious Games
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle M. Jacob
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 450-461
Description
Discusses how an Aboriginal researcher analyzes the effects of "authentic Indianness" and "white privilege" on the research process.
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
Essay arguing for a way of reading responsibly that takes into account socioeconomic realities. The essay further argues that the roles of reader and critic must also become that of active teacher and citizen to become agents for change.
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.
When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
When the Women Heal: Aboriginal Women Speak About Policies to Improve the Quality of Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 550-561
Description
Discussion of the dilemmas when conducting research that is culturally appropriate.
When You Sing It Now, Just Like New: First Nations Poetics, Voices, and Representations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
Jillian Ridington
Where Are We Going?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Sloan
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 46-47
Description
Presents the short story, Where Are We Going by Brian Sloan, that discusses the viewpoint that each generation seems to be moving further away from nature.
[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.
Which Place, What Story? Cultural Discourses at the Border of the Blackfeet Reservation and Glacier National Park
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donal Carbaugh
Lisa Rudnick
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2006, pp. 167-184
Description
Looks at the ways place-naming and storytelling work together to create a sense of place.
White Images in the Indian Mind: A Study of the American Indian Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
Janet Zimmerman Marsh
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Illinois University, 2006.
Discusses works by S. Alice Callahan, Mourning Dove (Christal Quintasket), D'Arcy McNickle, Anna Lee Walters, Thomas King and Sherman Alexie.
White Lies About the Inuit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frank Tester
Northern Review, no. 32, Spring, 2010, pp. 207-209
Description
Book review of, White Lies About the Inuit by John L. Steckly.
White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marinella Lentis
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 96-98
Description
Book review of: White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation by Jacqueline Fear-Segal.
White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laura J. Beard
Intertexts, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 61-63
Description
Book review of: White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation by Jacqueline Fear-Segal.
The White Man's Gonna Getcha: The Colonial Challenge to the Crees in Quebec
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Caroline Desbiens
Canadian Geographer, vol. 48, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 86-87
Description
Book review of: The White Man's Gonna Getcha by Toby Morantz.
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
Trish Luker
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 51-53
Description
Book review of: White Mother to a Dark Race by Margaret D. Jacobs.
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.
White Writing Black: Issues of Authorship and Authenticity in Non-Indigenous Representations of Australian Aboriginal Fictional Characters
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda Miley
Description
Creative Writing and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2006.
The Whiteman's Aborigine
Theses
Author/Creator
Jeanine Leane
Description
Arts and Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 2010.
Whitening Race: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism
Alternate Title
UQP Symposium Series ; no. 1.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Ravenscroft
Fiona Nicoll
Toula Nicolacopoulos
George Vassilacopoulos
Jane Haggis ... [et al.]
Whitewashing History: Social Constructions of Whiteness in Armstrong, B.C., 1890-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Robyn S. Bourgeois
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.
Who Are Indigenes: A Comparative Study of Canadian and American Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Granville Miller
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, d 2006, pp. 462-477
Description
Looks at policies regarding unrecognized Aboriginal communities and how they are assessed for recognition.
Who Owns Native Culture?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jason Baird Jackson
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 119, no. 474, Fall, 2006, pp. 492-493
Description
Book review of: Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown.
"Who Were These Mysterious People? çəsna:m, the Marpole Midden, and the Dispossession of Aboriginal Lands in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Roy
BC Studies, no. 152, Past Emergent, Winter, 2006/2007, pp. 67-95
Description
Traces the history of archaeological digs and subsequent Western theories about the identity of the peoples who inhabited the Lower Fraser River area of BC.
Whose “Distinctive Culture”?: Aboriginal Feminism and R. v. Van der Peet
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Luther
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 29-52
Description
Article draws on works of Aboriginal feminists and analyzes the ramifications of the courts' decision in terms of the oppression of Aboriginal women.
Why Didn't You Listen: White Noise and Black History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mitchell Rolls
Aboriginal History, vol. 34, 2010, pp. 11-33
Description
Comments on a bestselling book, Why Weren't We Told by Henry Reynolds, which reveals suppressed Australian history regarding race relations.
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.