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.
The Victor Buffalo Case: Cautionary Tale or Radical Hope Vindicated
Alternate Title
Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations Perspectives on Consultation January 17-18, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter W. Hutchins
Description
Looks at the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal Judgments in the Samson Cree Nation case and the Victor Buffalo v. Her Majesty the Queen case.
The Victor Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment and the Mushkegowuk Territory First Nations: Critical Systems Thinking and Social Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel B. McCarthy
Graham S. Whitelaw
Leonard Tsuji
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 83-116
Description
Looks at the experiences of the Fort Albany First Nation during the Environmental Assessment process of the proposed Victor Diamond Mine and reflects on associated social justice issues.
Victoria Mary Dumont Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Victoria Mary Dumont
Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
Description
This interview did not include include abstract information or subject terms.
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.
Victorine Gardiner Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Victorine Gardiner
Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
Description
Victorine Gardiner gives a general account of her life. No index terms are included.
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.
Viewing Violence, Mental Illness and Addiction Through a Wise Practices Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia C. Wesley-Esquimaux
Andrew Snowball
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], 2010, pp. 390-407
Description
Comments on a concept entitled "wise practices" introduced through the Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network (CAAN) based on the Seven Sacred Values (courage, honesty, humility, respect, truth, wisdom, love)
Views from Fort Battleford: Constructed Visions of an Anglo-Canadian West
Alternate Title
Canadian Plains Studies ; 58
E-Books
Author/Creator
Walter Hildebrandt
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.
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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Violence Against Aboriginal Women and Girls: An Issue Paper
Alternate Title
National Aboriginal Women' Summit, June 20-22, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women’s Association of Canada
Description
Describes the impacts of violence, current policies, strategies, action plans, and presents recommendations.
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 Indigenous Women in Canada: A Resource List
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regan Mancini
Description
Annotated list of: books, audiovisual resources, articles, reports, declarations, conventions, and acts, and website. Current as of November, 2007.
Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada: A Top 20 Resource List
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regan Mancini
Description
Current as November 2007.
Full List.
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.
Violence Prevention Toolkit: Facilitator Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWAC Youth Council
Description
Developed to provide Aboriginal youth and girls with tools to protect themselves, teach about safety nets and community resource people, and provide communities with tools to prevent youth violence.
Violet Marie Arnault Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Violet Marie Arnault
Ingrid Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
Description
The interview is a general account of Violet Marie Arnault's life.
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.
Visible Sexualities or Invisible Nations: Forced to Choose in Big Eden, Johnny Greyeyes, and The Business of Fancydancing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 157-181
Description
Discusses the construction of two-spirit identities, and the theme of division in three contemporary narrative films, showing how they continue to mirror the ongoing legacy of settler colonialism.
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.
The Vision of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
René Dussault
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 70, 2007, pp. 93-98
Description
Discussion of the sweeping social adjustments needed and recommended by this Royal Commission.
Vision, Voice, and Intertribal Metanarrative: The American Indian Visual-Rhetorical Tradition and Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly Roppolo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Fall, 2007, pp. 94-110
Description
Critical analysis of Almanac of the Dead which argues that Native Americans can gain knowledge visually through mind, body and spiritual means.
Visioning Thanadelthur: Shaping a Canadian Icon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. McCormack
Manitoba History, no. 55, June 2007, pp. [2-6]
Description
Looks at the history of Thanadelthur, a young Dene women who is famous for her involvement in the early Canadian fur trade, linking together the Hudson's Bay Company and northern Dene peoples living west of Hudson's Bay.
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.
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.
The Visualization of Native-American Peoples in a Late-Nineteenth-Century Sculpture Program in Vienna, Austria
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerard W. Van Bussel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, 2007, pp. 99-119
Description
An analysis of the cultural values and perspectives manifested within the sculpture program in Vienna, Austria during the 1870s.
Vital Health Tests Can Save Your Life
Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 9, September 2007, p. 8
Description
Discusses ovarian cancer, nudges women to be tested for this type of cancer, and lists some warning signs.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Vital to Divert Youths From Gangs, Drugs, Streets
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, September 14, 2007, p. A15
Description
Canada West Foundation's report, Hard Times, highlights the devastating issues needed to be addressed by Aboriginal organizations in order to avoid a 'social catastrophe'.
Vitamin A and D Intakes in Food Mail Pilot Project Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith Lawn
Dan Harvey
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.
Vitamin D Status of Inuit Preschoolers Reflects Season and Vitamin D Intake
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse EL Hayek
Grace Egeland
Hope Weiler
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1839-1845
Description
Study investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors (gender, age, vitamin D intake, and socioeconomic status) for low vitamin D in 16 Arctic communities.
Vitamin D Supplementation: Recommendations for Canadian Mothers and Infants
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John C. Godel
Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 12, no. 7, 2007, pp. 583-589
Description
Looks at vitamin D deficiency in Canadian children and adults, especially among Aboriginal people living in Arctic regions.
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 In Text: Translating Orality In Robert Bringhurst’s A Story As Sharp As A Knife, Harry Robinson's Write It On Your Heart, And War Party's The Reign
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Watkins
Description
English Thesis (M.A.) -- University of British Columbia, 2010.
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.
Voice of an Elder: Zhaawonde - Dawn of a New Day
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon Shawanda
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 22-39
Description
Presents some of the author's personal life experiences.
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 an Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness, Prevention and Teaching Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Eskes
Description
Human Nutrition Thesis (M.S)--University of British Columbia, 2010.
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.
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.
Voicing Individuality: Creating a Hybrid Identity in First Nations Theatre
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melanie Bennett
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 129, Winter, 2007, pp. 92-95
Description
Reviews various plays including The Trickster of Third Avenue East by Darrell Dennis, Wawatay by Penny Gummerson and Birthright by Constance Lindsay Skinner.