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.
Victims of Benevolence: The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Evan J. Habkirk
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 182-183
Description
Book review of: Victims of Benevolence by Elizabeth Furniss.
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'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.
Victoria's Secret: How to Make a Population of Prey
Alternate Title
Indivisible: Indigenous Human Rights
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mary Eberts
Description
Chapter 7 in book: Indivisible: Indigenous Human Rights edited by Joyce Green. Discusses Canada's Indian Act.
Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study: Patterns, Trends and Disparities in Mortality Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Infants and Children, 1999-2008
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jane Freemantle
Rebecca Ritte
Kristen Smith
Dulce Iskandar
Tess Cutler ... [et al.]
Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study: Patterns, Trends and Disparities in Mortality Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Infants and Children, 1999-2008: Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Freemantle
Rebecca Ritte
Kristen Smith
Dulce Iskandar
Tess Cutler ... [et al.]
Description
Research has initiated high-quality information describing the health of Victorian Aboriginal infants and children and more accurate information on births and deaths of Aboriginal infants and children.
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.
A View Into The Sahtu: Land Claims And Resource Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Mikes Smart
Description
Social & Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2014.
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 from the North: Photographs, Generations and Inuit Cultural Memory
Alternate Title
North at Trent 2014 Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Payne
Description
Speaker describes the "Views from the North" project which involved students from Nunavut Sivuniksavut showing Elders from their community photographs housed at Library and Archives Canada and interviewing them about images.
Duration: 41:37.
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.
Views of Native Parents About Early Childhood Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy Gillis
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 73-81
Description
Using interviews with Indigenous parents the author discusses the importance and cultural value of play in early childhood education programs.
Views on Alternatives to Imprisonment: A Citizens Jury Approach: Report prepared for the Lowitja Institute
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul Simpson
Jill Guthrie
Melissa Lovell
Corinne Walsh
Tony Butler
Views on Collecting: Multiple Meanings and Perspectives Surrounding Lower Colorado River Yuman Women's Beaded Capes
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Elizabeth Brooks
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.
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.
Scroll down to access article.
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 and Girls: A Consolidated Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Description
Provides list of 40 reports provided by federal government when arguing that there is no need for a national inquiry concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: A Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns and Call to Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International Canada
Description
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.
Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: Review of Reports and Recommendations: Preliminary Research Outcomes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Description
Reviews 50 reports containing over 700 recommendations and identifies and lists 17 recurring "themes" from these reports.
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."
To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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 towards Aboriginal People: Consulting with Aboriginal Community Members to Develop Culturally Safe Victim Service
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie Janet Haldane
Description
Community Development Thesis (M.A.)--North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, 2014.
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.
Visions of Conquest
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Ayre
The Beaver, vol. 72, no. 5, October/November 1992, pp. 39-[?]
Description
Book review of: Stolen Continents: The 'New World' Through Indian Eyes Since 1492 by Ronald Wright.
Visions of the Way Forward
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sheila Cote-Meek
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations , February 2014, pp. 97-99
Description
Discusses vision for the future of the Indigenous Social Work Program.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 97 to read article.
Visitors examine teepees
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Ruth Miller
Description
Two images of visitors examining teepees at the indoor display at Wanuskewin Heritage Park near Saskatoon.
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 Language of Wabanaki Art
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jeanne Morningstar Kent
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.
Visualities: Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, Winter, 2014, pp. 106-107
Description
Book review of: Visualities edited by Denise K. Cummings.
Visualizing Humanitarian Colonialism: Photographs from the Thomas Indian School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Montez de Oca
José Prado
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 58, no. 1, Special Issue Title: Indigenous Peoples, Genocide in California, and Politics of the Academy: Inters, January 2014, pp. 145-170
Description
Analyzes photographs taken between the 1890s and 1950s to illustrate how they reflect belief systems and the context in which they were taken.
Visually Depicting Cancer Fears: Beyond Biomedical Concerns
Theses
Author/Creator
Carolyn Brooks
Jennifer Poudrier
Roanne Thomas
Aporia: The Nursing Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 7-21
Description
Using a photovoice method to discuss the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer experiences.
"Vitalizing the Things of the Past": Museum Representations of Native North American Art in the 1990s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo and Ruth B. Phillips
Museum Anthropology, vol. 16, no. 1, February 1992, pp. 29-43
Description
Assesses two major museum exhibits as individual projects and as illustrations of broader issues concerning the representation of Native Americans: Objects of Myth and Memory: American Indian Art at the Brooklyn Museum and Chiefly Feast: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch at the American Museum of Natural History.0892-8339
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 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Aboriginal Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Sudaba Mansuri
Description
Nutritional Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2014.
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.
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.