The Viability of the Forthcoming Norwegian Sámi Parliament: An Assessment
Alternate Title
The Viability of the Forthcoming Norwegian Sami Parliament: An Assessment
Theses
Author/Creator
Ingrid Schild
Description
Polar Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Cambridge, 1989
Viable Reserve Economy Can Fix Housing Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 3, 2006, p. A11
Description
States that reserves need to recycle money through economic development by constructing more housing, not exporting cash off the reserve.
A Vicious Circle: Child Welfare and the First Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Monture
Canadian Journal of Women & the Law, vol. 3, no. 1, 1989, pp. 1-17
Description
Argues that failure to recognize the importance of culture and traditions in matters of child custody has resulted in the racism in child welfare law.
A Victim-Centered Approach to Crimes Against American Indian & Alaska Native Children: Resource Guide and Workbook for Drafting New or Amended Tribal Laws on Crimes Against Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pat Sekaquaptewa
Roe Bubar
JoAnne Cook
Description
Workbook and resource guide provides examples, narratives and discussion questions to target law services for the community.
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.
A Victim of Its Own Success: The Story of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Fair, 1910-13
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josh Clough
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 35-61
Description
Argues that the success of the Native American fair is a rare example of a government program for Native Americans that was going in the right direction.
Victimization and Offending Among The Aboriginal Population in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi-Anne Brzozowski
Andrea Taylor-Butts
Sara Johnson
Juristat, vol. 26, no. 3, June 2006, pp. 1-31
Description
Reports that Aboriginal peoples were three times as likely to experience a violent victimization and that this was more likely within the youth population. Data from the 2004 General Social Survey.
Victimization, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors among Gay/Bisexual/Two-Spirit and Heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City
Alternate Title
Victimization, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors among Gay / Bisexual / Two-Spirit and Heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane M. Simoni
Karina L. Walters
Kimberly F. Balsam
Seth B. Meyers
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 12, December 2006, pp. 2240-2245
Description
Argues that two-spirited men are a vulnerable population whose victimization must be understood within an appropriate historical and political context.
Victoria's "Red Children": The "Great White Queen Mother" and Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines how, in spite of increasingly hostile Colonial, then Canadian government relations toward First Nations people, they still maintained a strong attachment to the monarchy.
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.
The View From Eagle Butte: National Archives Field Branches and the Writing of American Indian History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick E. Hoxie
Journal of American History , vol. 76, no. 1, June 1989, pp. 172-180
Description
Author comments on his historical research into the impact of the 1908 statute on the Cheyenne River Sioux and an opportunity to examine everyday life of American Indian communities.
Viewing Oka Through Aboriginal Lens Valuable
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, September 15, 2006, p. A11
Description
Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.
Views and Reviews
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Houston
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 128, Fall, 2006, pp. 112-115
Description
Critiques various articles within the issue as they pertain to regional identity and discusses Aboriginal Canadian drama in theatre as a mode of engagement.
Views from Fort Battleford: Constructed Visions of an Anglo-Canadian West
Alternate Title
Canadian Plains Studies ; 58
E-Books
Author/Creator
Walter Hildebrandt
Village Public Safety Officer [VPSO] Turnover and Reported Violent Crime in Alaska Native Villages
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl S. Wood
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 246-260
Description
Study findings found villages with a VPSO generally had similar crime rates to those without. These results indicate that violent crime rates are partly a function of having a person to report a crime to.
Vine and the Divine, Revisited: Vine Deloria, Jr. and the Holy
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2008 Western Social Science Association Meeting, American Indian Studies Section
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Hoffman
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Deloria's approach to religion and spirituality in Western and Nonwestern traditions.
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Vine Deloria Jr. and Indigenous Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David E. Wilkins
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 151-155
Description
Memorial to a knowledgeable, witty, and intelligent writer who struggled to achieve national sovereignty for First Nations peoples.
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and the Criminal Justice Response: What is Known
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ronet Bachman
Heather Zaykowski
Rachel Kallmyer
Margarita Poteyeva
Christina Lanier
Description
Provides an overview of the epidemiology of violence and criminal justice responses.
Violence Against Native Women: A Guide for Practitioner Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelby Settles Harper
Christina Marie Entrekin
Description
Discusses background to the rise in abuse and barriers to justice and healing, reviews various governments' responses, and provides practice tips.
Violence Against Native Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Saylors
Nalini Daliparthy
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 1, 2006, pp. 32-51
Description
Looks at the relationship between abuse, mental health, substance abuse, and high risk sexual behavior in the American Aboriginal women populations.
Violence and the Effects of Trauma on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sadie Willmon-Haque
Dolores Subia BigFoot
Journal of Emotional Abuse, vol. 8, no. 1-2, Special Issue: Children Exposed to Violence: Current Issues, Interventions and Research, 2008, pp. 51-66
Description
Looks at cultural and shared beliefs, poverty, historical trauma in tribes and families, suicide, and substance abuse and treatment.
The Violence Continuum: Australian Aboriginal Male Violence and Generational Post-Traumatic Stress
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline Lisbeth Atkinson
Description
Education, Health and Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Charles Darwin University, 2008.
Violence in the Lives of Girls in the Kainai First Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen McPhaden
Janet Sarson
Description
Looks at project to find the root causes for young Aboriginal women and girls to become more violent, aggressive and prone to gang involvement.
The Violence of Collection: Indian Killer's Archives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Dean
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Winter, 2008, pp. 29-51
Description
Explores Sherman Alexie's novel, Indian Killer, focusing on the final chapter entitled, "Creation Story."
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Violence Perpetuated by Indifference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 28
Description
Discusses the annual Canadian Sisters in Spirit March which helps to raise awareness of violence against Aboriginal women and honour missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
Article located by scrolling to page 28.
Visible Minority, Aboriginal and Caucasian Children Investigated by Canadian Protective Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantal Lavergne
Sarah Dufour
Nico Trocmé
Marie-Claude Larrivée
Child Welfare, vol. 87, no. 2, 2008, pp. 59-76
Description
Compares profiles of Aboriginal and caucasian children and other visible minority groups and examines different forms of maltreatment.
The Vision of a Native Filmmaker
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sara Brandon
Doc On-Line: Revist Digital de Cinema Documentario, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 148-151
Description
Book review of Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker by Randolph Lewis.
A Visit Home
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kecia Cook
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 119-124
Description
Poems. Also included are: I Am a Number and For Mother Earth.
Visit Ignites Enthusiasm For College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary-Anne Stoutsenberger
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 4, Reforming Our Schools, Native Style, Summer, 2006
Description
Describes a mentorship program between a Navajo family and a NASA professional.
Visiting the Six Worlds: Shamanistic Journeys in Canadian Mi'kmaq Cosmology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne-Christine Hornborg
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 119, no. 473, Summer, 2006, pp. 312-336
Description
Studies the Mi'kmaq Indians' descriptions of journeys between six parallel worlds as found in tales collected from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth.
Visitors’ Voices: Lessons from Conversations in the Royal Ontario Museum’s Gallery of Canada: First Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cory Willmott
Material Culture Review, vol. 67, Spring, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Uses viewers' remarks as a basis for assessing whether the exhibition had achieved the curators' educational goals.
The Visual Discourse of Ninth-Century Stelae at Machaquila and Seibal
Theses
Author/Creator
Bryan R. Just
Description
Art History and Linguistics (Ph.D.)--Tulane University, 2006.
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.
Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Film Festivals: A Case Study on the Native Crossroads Film Festival
Theses
Author/Creator
Caitlin Severs
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 2019.
Visual Voices: A Festival of Canadian Aboriginal Film and Video
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan J. Ryan
Description
Viewers guide to 13 films, by eleven Canadian Aboriginal directors, spanning the years 1987-2002 and produced by/in association with the National Film Board of Canada.
Films include:
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Alanis Obomsawin (writer, director) - 1993, 119 minutes.
No Turning Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Greg Coyes (director) - 1996, 47 minutes.
How the Fiddle Flows by Greg Coyes (director) - 2002, 48 minutes.
Singing Our Stories by Annie Fraziér Henry (director) --1998, 49 minutes.
Hands of History by Loretta Todd (direct
Vitamin D and Living in Northern Latitudes--An Endemic Risk Area for Vitamin D Deficiency
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Huotari
Karl-Heinz Herzig
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 2-3, June 2008, pp. 164-178
Description
Concludes that fortification or supplementation of vitamin D is necessary for most of the people living in the northern latitudes during the winter season.
Vitamin D Deficiency in a Nonrandom Sample of Southeast Alaska Natives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph T. Frost
Lani Hill
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 108, no. 9, September 2008, pp. 1508-1511
Description
Results of a two year study conducted through the Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Clinic which tested levels of the vitamin and serum glucose.
Vivre Comme Frères: Native-French Alliances in the St. Lawrence Valley, 1535-1667
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Cook
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D)--McGill University, 2008.
Voice and Obviation in Athabaskan and Other Languages
Theses
Author/Creator
Chad Lawrence Thompson
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 1989.
The Voice in the Margin: Native American Literature and the Canon
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
The Voice of Power and the Power of Voices: Teaching with Native American Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marlinda White-Kaulaity
ALAN Review, vol. 34, no. 1, Fall, 2006, pp. 8-16
Description
Argues for a curriculum of inclusion rather than exclusion as demonstrated by incorporating Native American literature into the mainstream Language Arts programs.
A Voice of Presence: Inuit Contributions Toward the Public Provision of Health Care in Canada, 1900-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Paule McNicoll
Histoire Sociale / Social History, vol. 41, no. 82, November 2008, pp. [535]-561
Description
Looks at the threat to the health of Inuit by whalers and traders and the contribution made by Inuit to public health policy.
Voices From the Indigenous Leadership Forum
Articles » General
New Socialist, no. 58, Special Issue on Indigenous Resurgence, Sept-Oct 2006, pp. 21-22
Description
Highlights discussions that took place at the 2006 Indigenous Forum held June 5 to 16 at the University of Victoria.
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Voices from the Margins: The Muskekowuck Athinuwick / Cree People of Northern Ontario and the Management of Wabusk / Polar Bear
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Harvey Lemelin
David Peerla
Brian Walmark
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 1, March 2008, pp. 113-115
Description
Suggests that polar bear management must address social changes and engage co-management policies that include traditional ecological knowledge.
The Voices of Warriors: Urban Girls Unite To Address Violence and Victimization
Theses
Author/Creator
Janice Haley
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.
Volunteerism in Aboriginal Communities: Volunteer - Who Me?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brandy Mowatt
Jacqueline Young
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, Being An Account of His Travels and Experiences Among the North American Indians, From 1652 to 1684
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pierre Esprit Radisson
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.
Vulnerability to Climate Change in Igloolik, Nunavut: What We Can Learn From The Past and Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Barry Smit
Johanna Wandel
John MacDonald
Polar Record, vol. 42, no. 221, 2006, pp. 127-138
Description
Focuses on how the Inuit in Igloolik have been very adaptable to climate stress.