[What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2011-12: Appendixes B-D]
Alternate Title
Summary of Research and Evaluation Register Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Closing the Gap Clearinghouse]
Description
Appendixes to accompany What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2011-2012.
When is an Indian not an Indian? The "Friends of the Indian" and the Problem of Indian Identity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Harmon
Journal of Ethnic Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 1990, pp. 95-123
Description
Looks at the campaign to assimilate Native Americans in 1889 in order to eliminate the characteristics which set them apart.
When Size Doesn't Count: A Comparative Account of Language Endangerment in Australia and Pakistan
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Malik Adnan Hussain Bhatti
Jakelin Troy
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 132-144
Description
Authors examine government policies and a range of community, education, business, health, and media initiatives that variously support or hinder efforts to maintain or revive the use of Indigenous languages. Compares the effects of language devaluation in two different colonized nations.
When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children and Youth in B.C.
Alternate Title
Special Report (Representative for Children and Youth)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
Critiques government spending, mainly channelled through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, on initiatives that have not produced concrete, successful outcomes through delivery of front-line services.
When the Trickster Meets 'the big Other' Coyote Goes Cosmic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Revie
International Journal of Zizek Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, 2013, pp. 1-20
Description
Comments on two authors' use of the trickster to tackle contemporary problems within hegemonic racist and colonizing contexts.
When the Wolf Came: The Civil War and the Indian Territory
Alternate Title
The Civil War in the West
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Warde
"When You Change the Life of a Woman, You Change a Nation": Analyzing the Experiences of Indigenous Women's Organizations and Organizers in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Myers
Description
Global Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2017.
Where Did That Come From? Indigenous Activists Discuss the Creation of Canada's National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
Theses
Author/Creator
Lorimer S. Shenher
Description
Professional Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
Where is Dr. Leichhardt? The Greatest Mystery in Australian History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Carment
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 189-191
Description
Book review of: Where is Dr. Leichhardt? by Darrell Lewis.
Scroll down to page 189 to read review.
Where Is the Indigenous Law in State Sponsored Transitional Justice Processes? Witnessing and Truth-Telling in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Slakov
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together: Sobaipuri-O'Odham Contexts of Contact and Colonialism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gregory R. Campbell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 266-268
Description
Book review of: Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together by Deni J. Seymour.
Review located by scrolling to page 266.
Where The Water Meets the Land: Between Culture and History in Upper Skagit Aboriginal Territory
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Sue Malone
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2013.
[Where the Waters Divide: Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosie B. Simms
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 2013, pp. 1-4
Description
Book review of: Where the Waters Divide by Michael Mascarenhas.
Where the Wind Blows Us: Practicing Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North
Alternate Title
The Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Natasha Lyons
Where They Meet: Indigenous Activism and City Planning in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason Syvixay
Description
City Planning Thesis (MCP)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Which Justice and Which Politics? Rethinking Social Justice: From 'Peoples' to 'Populations'
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Diane Austin-Broos
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 117-124
Description
Book review of: Rethinking Social Justice: From 'Peoples' to 'Populations' by Tim Rowse.
Which Sámi? Sámi Inclusion Criteria in Population-Based Studies of Sámi Health and Living Conditions in Norway: An Exploratory Study Exemplified With Data From the SAMINOR Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Torunn Pettersen
Magritt Brustad
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21813
Description
Study of almost 15,000 participants revealed that the choice of Sámi inclusion criterion had a clear influence on the size and geographical distribution of the defined populations.
The White Earth Digital Tribal Museum: Creation of an Open-Access Online Museum Using 3D Images of Cultural Heritage Objects
Theses
Author/Creator
Larissa Harris
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
The White Man's Indian: Mythology Ignores Our Contributions to the World
Alternate Title
Dismantling the White Man's Indian
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dawn Martin-Hill
Description
Looks at the way Native Americans are portrayed, represented and thought about.
Duration: 26:00.
[White Man Water and Interview with Erica Prussing]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Erica Prussing
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with an author about her book White Man Water and research on the Northern Cheyenne First Nation.
Duration: 29:32.
White Nationalism and Native Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Stineback
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1977, pp. 19-22
Description
Looks at the convoluted logic used by New England Puritans to justify their treatment of the Indigenous people and similar threads that ran through American governments' developing policies.
Who Am I At Work? Work Life Identity Of Aboriginal Youth And The Role Of Employees On Career Success
Alternate Title
Work Life Identity Of Aboriginal Youth And The Role Of Employees On Career Success
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole E. Elliott
Description
Applied Psychology and Human Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2013.
WHO AM I NOW?: A QUESTION OF CREEK IDENTITY, 1830-1907
Theses
Author/Creator
DANIEL ANTHONY PATTERSON
Description
History Thesis (M.A) -- Appalachian State University, 2013
Who Are These People Anyway?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 122-123
Description
Book review of: Who Are These People Anyway? by Chief Irving Powless, Jr., of the Onondaga Nation, edited by Lesley Forrester.
Who is an Indian?: Race, Place, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maximilian C. Forte
Donna Patrick
Bonita Lawrence
Eva Marie Garroutte
C. Matthew Snipp ... [et al.]
Who Is Indian Enough? The Problem of Authenticity in Contemporary Canadian and American Gone Indian Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judit Ágnes Kádár
Review of International American Studies, vol. 6, no. 1-2, Decoding American Cultures in the Global Context, Spring-Fall, 2013, pp. 187-214
Description
Comments on aspects of literary ethnic/cultural shape-shifting in Canadian and American literature since the Millennium.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 187.
Who Owns the Land? Norway, the Sami and the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hanne Hagtvedt Vik
Ann Julie Semb
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 20, no. 4, 2013, pp. 517-550
Description
Discusses the internal political process the Norwegian government went through to support the Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention (C169)
Who Protected Him? How B.C.'s Child Welfare System Failed One of Its Most Vulnerable Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
Investigation conducted by the Representative of Children and Youth into the circumstances leading up to the Tasering of an 11-year-old.
Who Was Henry Standing Bear? Remembering Lakota Activism From the Early Twentieth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kiara M. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 157-182
Description
Overview of the Crazy Horse Memorial and Standing Bear's connection to it.
"Who We Was": Creating Witnesses in Joseph Bruchac's Hidden Roots
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary J. Couzelis
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, [Disability and Indigeneity], 2013, pp. 159-174
Description
Looks at a young adult historical novel which depicts a family's history in relation to the Vermont eugenics movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
Who We Were, Is Not Who We Are: Wa.zha.zhe Representations, 1960-2010
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas E. Smith
Description
[Global Indigenous Nations Studies] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas.
"Whoever Makes War Upon the Rees Will Be Considered Making War Upon the 'Great Father'" Sahnish Military Service on the Northern Great Plains, 1865-1881
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark van de Logt
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 9-28
Description
Discusses reasons Sahnish individuals enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Arthur Manuel ...
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Kanahus Manuel
Beverly Jacobs
Glen Coulthard ...
Murray Sinclair
Pamela Palmater
Description
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.
Whose War Was It?: African American Heritage Claims and the Second Seminole War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. S. Monaco
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 31-66
Description
Analyzes period before the conflict as well as the war itself in order to address the questions about leadership and sovereignty.
Why a Living Wage Matters in the North
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendall Hammond
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 60-62
Description
Discusses the cost of living and prevalence of poverty in the North.
Why Bluejay Hops
Alternate Title
Why Blue Jay Hops
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coast Area Planning Committee
Description
Children's book retells the Skokomish traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-5.
Related Material: Lesson Plan.
Why Did Charlie Wenjack Die?
Alternate Title
The Poverty Wall
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ian Adams
Description
Story of a twelve-year-old boy who perished from exposure and starvation while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario.
Chapter two from The Poverty Wall by the same author.
Why Does Africa Have So Many People With AIDS?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Laird
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 46-49
Description
Findings from conference revealed lack of health education, malnutrition, prostitution, lack of condom use, and improper protection in hospitals as factors in the spread of AIDS.
"Why Don't You Just Drop This Indian Stuff": The Living Legacy of Indigenous Selfhood
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Baird
Description
Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design (MFA)--OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) University, 2013.
Why is BC Best? The Role of Provincial and Reserve School Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance
Alternate Title
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 390
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute). Social Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute)
Why Run? Utah Candidate Cites Standing Rock as 'Awakening' #Nativevote18
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Ingenious Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Republished from Trahant Reports, April 26, 2017.
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations: Educator Guide for Grades 6-12
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frank Bibeau]
[Priscilla Giddings-Buffalohead]
[Jim L. Jones]
[Jack Judkins]
[Nanette Missaghi]
[Amanda Norman]
[Dennis Olson]
[Ramona Kitto Stately] ... [et al.]
Description
For use with the virtual exhibition Why Treaties Matter.
Wicubami: Honoring Alexis Nakota Sioux Ish?awimin through Kinship, Language, Spirit, and Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lia Ruttan
Sherry Letendre
Elizabeth Letendre
Tanja Schramm-Trethowan
Fay Fletcher ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 87-108
Description
Describes Elders' contributions to a community-based participatory research project, the Nimi Ichinohabi program, on substance abuse prevention for children at the community school.
Wiicitaakewin Workshop [with Bob Rae & Phil Fontaine at Confederation College]
Alternate Title
Confederation [College] Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Rae
Phil Fontaine
Description
Rob Rae speaks on the role of education and colleges for providing opportunity and support for First Nations people. Phil Fontaine speaks to First Nations education systems and lack of funding from the Federal government and potential of Aboriginal youth.
Duration: 1:16:09.
[A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada: a Conversation With Mary-Ellen Kelm]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Researcher looks at how rodeos bring people together across racial and gender divides.
Duration: 32:40.
William Apess, the “Lost Tribes,” and Indigenous Survivance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rochelle Raineri Zuck
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-26
Description
Discusses the orator's use of the theory that Native Americans were descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel, in arguments for rights and sovereignty, as well as to counteract the popular attitude that they were a "vanishing race".
Entire article on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
William Cooper Gentle Warrior: Standing Up For Australian Aborigines and Persecuted Jews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eve Darian-Smith
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 193-197
Description
Book review of: William Cooper Gentle Warrior by Barbara Miller.
Scroll down to page 193 to read review.
William Harding Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Harding
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Harding describes his impressions of Malcolm Norris and the two groups in which they met.
[William Singer III at Kainai High School Speaking For Treaty 7 Idle No More Group January 30, 2013]
Alternate Title
Blackfoot Digital Library
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
William Singer
Description
Explains the purpose of "Idle No More" and the Omnibus bill and other bills that are removing First Nations rights.
Duration: 20:14.