Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Hillin
Rob McAlpine
Ros Montague
Ros Markham
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S80-S84
Description
Looks at a learning needs analysis which revealed adolescent mental health workers ranked their learning needs as high and their knowledge and skills in working with depression and other disorders as low.
Working in the Midst of Ideological and Cultural Differences: Critically Reflecting on Youth Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer White
Canadian Journal of Counselling, vol. 41, no. 4, October 2007, pp. 213-227
Description
Discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) and community capacity-building as approaches to suicide prevention. Concludes with recommendations.
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, Unlimited Things Can Happen': CDC, Tribes, Colleges Strive to Improve Native Health
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ron Selden
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
Description
Discussion of efforts to improve working relationships between tribes and government by developing a tribal consultation process for health issues.
Working towards Parity: Recommendations of the Aboriginal Human Capital Strategies Initiative
Alternate Title
Building the New West report ; no. 24
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ben Brunnen
Working Towards Policy Creation for Cruise Ship Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas of Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet R. Marquez
Paul F. J. Eagles
Tourism in Marine Environments, vol. 4, no. 2, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at policies and guidelines, the need for unity across the Arctic cruise ship tourism industry, and more government awareness and funding.
Working with Indigenous Peoples to Foster Sustainable Food Systems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent Mullinix
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, vol. 5, no. 4, Commentaries on Race and Ethnicity in Food Systems Work, Summer, 2015, pp. 3-6
Description
Describes the activities of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Workplace RAP Barometer 2014
Alternate Title
Workplace Reconciliation Action Plan Barometer 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darryl Nelson
Description
Results of survey conducted on behalf of Reconciliation Australia to monitor the impact of its action plan. Sample was 8788 working adults aged 16 or more.
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.
World AIDS Day: Sydney West Area Health Service
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Mundy
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, January/February 2007, pp. 6-8
Description
Reports on the activities held to mark the 2006 World AIDS Day (WAD) held at Mt Druitt Holy Family Church, Sydney, Australia.
"A World Full of Bones and Wind": Teaching Works by James Welch
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Charles
The English Journal, vol. 93, no. 4, March 2004, pp. 64-69
Description
Examines how the works of Blackfeet author James Welch can be used to overcome Native American stereotypes and be used to explore themes of identity, family and love.
"A World Where Butchers Sing Like Angels": German Poetry, Music, and (Counter) History in Louise Erdrich's The Master Butchers Singing Club
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie Eppelsheimer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 52-81
Description
Discusses the author's use of aspects of her German heritage, with particular reference to Fidelis Waldvogel, the central character of the novel.
A World You Do Not Know: Settler Societies, Indigenous Peoples, and the Attack on Cultural Diversity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jacob C. Jurss
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 147-149
Description
Book review of: A World You Do Not Know by Colin Samson.
Worldviews of Urban Iroquois Faculty: A Case Study of a Native American Resource Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Nix Hollowell
Rhonda Baynes Jeffries
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 764-785
Description
Looks at a unique public school in Buffalo known as P.S. #19, Native American Magnet School. Students come from six Iroquois tribes: Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tuscarora.
Would You Like To Hear a Story? Mohawk Youth Narratives on the Role of the History of Quebec on Indigenous Identity and Marginality
Theses
Author/Creator
Katsitsenhawe Linda David-Cree
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2004.
Wounded Hearts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, p. 351
Description
Poem that deals with the 1862 removal of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota from their lands, their forced march to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the execution of 38 men by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”
Wounds and Words: Nadia Myre's Want Ads and Other Scars
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stacey Abramson
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 4, June 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at an exhibition which includes graffiti slogans, scar paintings and wall sculpture.
Woven Histories, Dancing Lives: Torres Strait Islander Identity, Culture and History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard Davis
Jeremy Beckett
David Lawrence
Helen Reeves Lawrence
Ephraim Bani ... [et al.]
Wrapping Our Ways around Them: Aboriginal Communities and the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA) Guidebook
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ardith Walkem
Wright Findings Bittersweet For Aboriginals
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, October 29, 2004, p. A15
Description
Justice David Wright's final report on the Neil Stonechild Inquiry indicates Stonechild's death could have been avoided.
Writing and Remembering Frontier Conflict: The Rule of Law in 1880s Central Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Nettelbeck
Aboriginal History, vol. 28, 2004, pp. [190]-206
Description
Looks at the controversies among contemporary scholars surrounding historiography.
Writing Deeper Maps: Mapmaking, Local Indigenous Knowledges, and Literary Nationalism in Native Women's Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelli Lyon Johnson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter 2007, pp. 103-120
Description
Argues that there is a turning away from Western theories that have often been used to determine the social, psychological or cultural meanings of Indigenous literature from the outside.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 103.
Writing Heritage: The Depiction of Indigenous Heritage in European-Australian Writings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Davis
Writing in Dust: Reading the Prairie Environmentally
Theses
Author/Creator
Jenny Kerber
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2007.
Writing Indian Nations: Native Intellectuals and the Politics of Historiography, 1827-1863
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maureen Konkle
Writing Inuit by Disney Comparing Representations of Inuit and Native American Folktales in Disney's Brother Bear
Theses
Author/Creator
Soňa Prudíková
Description
English Thesis (MA) -- Masaryk University, 2015.
Writing On Ice: The Ethnographic Notebooks of Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Macdonald
Native Studies Review, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 114-117
Description
Book review of: Writing on Ice by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, edited by Gisli Palsson.
Writing: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Terri Janke
Robynne Quiggin]
Description
2nd edition.
Writing, Speaking, and Gender Blending: Reading Greek Allusions in Truth and Bright Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Rintoul
Mosaic : A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, vol. 40, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 123-137
Description
Argues that Thomas King draws on connections between orality, mother tongue and maternity, and between written language and paternity; also notes that King writes to encourage readers to question what they "think they know about history" and to consider whose history is being questioned.
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.
Written as I Remember It: Teachings (ʔəms taʔaw) From the Life of a Sliammon Elder
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dorothy Kennedy
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 113-114
Description
Book review of: Written as I Remember It by Elsie Paul in collaboration with Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 113.
A Written Response from Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo J. Omani
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2004, pp. 283-288
Description
Discusses the commemorative march of 2002, and recounts the 1862 forced removal of the Dakota people from their Minnesota homeland.
Xʷay'Xʷəy' and Stanley Park: Performing History and Land
Alternate Title
Xwayxwey and Stanley Park
Theses
Author/Creator
Selena Marie Couture
Description
Theatre and Film Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2015.
Xweliqwiya: The Life of a Stó:lō Matriarch
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Leslie Robertson
BC Studies, no. 186, Summer, 2015, pp. 156-157
Description
Book review of Xweliqwiya by Rena Point Bolton and Richard Daly.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 156.
Yamǫ́rıa: The One Who Travels
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Description
Yamǫ́rıa was a powerful man who helped the ancient Dene by destroying giant animals, separating animals from humans, and giving laws to enable the people to live together in harmony.
Website contains links to biographies of Dene Elders and recorded stories by them and Dene legends, laws and artwork.
A Yandeyarra Health Worker
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margaret Taylor
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, March 1985, pp. 42-43
Description
Briefly describes provision of health services in remote Western Australia community of approximately 200 people.
Yanktonai Beadwork and Other Souvenir Items From Cannon Ball Community, North Dakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 3, Issue 295, February 2015, pp. 10-12
Description
Looks at moccasins, stone-headed war club, canes and other articles made to sell at Cannon Ball.
Yaqui World View and the School: Conflict and Accommodation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John H. Chilcott
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 1, January 1985, pp. [21-32]
Description
Yaqui community and school cultures were studied and suggestions made for reduction of dissonance within the schools through teacher training and curriculum development.
A Year Inland: The Journal of a Hudson's Bay Company Winterer
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scoutt P. Stephen
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 85, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 593-595
Description
Book review of: A Year Inland edited by Barbara Belyea.
Yellow Quill Struggles to Find Solutions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hans Peterson
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 11, February 2004, p. Insert
Description
Examines how experts addressed Yellow Quill First Nations' poor water quality.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.15.
Yí:sàum: Parker McKenzie's Double Vision of Kiowa Culture and Language
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Fredrick Roy
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2007.
Yirrkala Active Cooking
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Craig Edwards
Angela Colbey
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes program in East Arnhem, Northern Territory that provides opportunities for young people to learn about food shopping, food hygiene, cooking skills and be physically active at the same time.
Yohahí:yo Yakothahol:^u = She Has Found a Good Path: A Discussion of Commitment to Onyota'a:ka Language Revitalization
Theses
Author/Creator
Adriana Poulette
Description
Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.
You Do the Crime, You Do the Time: Best Practice Model of Holistic Health Service Delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inmates of the ACT Prison
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nerelle Poroch
You Don't Have to Fall Into the Christmas Trap
Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 9
Description
Discusses enjoying a simpler, non-commercialized Christmas.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
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
"You Know, We Are All Indian": Exploring White Power and Privilege in Reactions to the NCAA Native American Mascot Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen J. Staurowsky
Journal of Sport and Social Issues, vol. 31, no. 1, February 2007, pp. 61-76
Description
Looks at issues involved in refraining from the use of Native American mascots at National Collegiate Athletic Association sponsored events.
"You're Always More Famous When You Are Banished": Gerald Vizenor on Citizenship, War and Continental Liberty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Eils
Emily Lederman
Andrew Uzendoski
Gerald Vizenor
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, 2015, pp. 213-227
Description
Interview with Vizenor reflects on the White Earth delegation, their constitution and influence on two of his novels.
You Should Know That I Trust You ... : Cultural Planning, Aboriginal Children and Adoption: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carrière
Description
Shows how the Cultural Planning Policy has impacted adoption of Aboriginal children into non-native families.
You Still Know Nothin' 'Bout Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Alternate Title
You Still Know Nothing About Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
McGill Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 4, 2007, pp. [725]-756
Description
Looks at the impact of culture and methodology on creating a cross-cultural moral theory.