[What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10]: Appendix B: Summary of Assessed Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Closing the Gap Clearinghouse]
Description
Appendix B, Summary of Assessed Items, to accompany What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10.
Whatever Happened to the Kanakas?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
The Beaver, vol. 77, no. 6, December/January 1997, pp. 12-?
Description
Describes the settlement history of Indigenous Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest.
When Consumerism and Art Collide: A Question of Identity
Alternate Title
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brian Jungen
Kitty Scott
Nam Kiwanuka
Description
Artist Brian Jungen and a curator from the Art Gallery of Ontario discuss his art and the exhibition Brian Jungen: Friendship Centre.
Duration: 26:39.
When Did Indians Become Straight?: Kinship, the History of Sexuality, and Native Sovereignty
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Rifkin
When Did Indians Become Straight? Kinship, the History of Sexuality, and Native Sovereignty
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Clark D. Hafen
The Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Fall, 2011, p. 343
Description
Book review of: When Did Indians Become Straight? by Mark Rifkin.
When Disinformation Turns Deadly: The Case of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canadian Media
Alternate Title
Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elisha Corbett
Description
Argues that the way women are framed in mainstream news suggests that they are to blame for the violence against them because they indulge in "high-risk" lifestyles and discusses how initiatives like #MMIWG are combating stereotypical representations and raising awareness.
Paper from Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century edited by Joseph McQuade, Tiffany Kwok, and James Cho.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 19.
When Do Ideas of an Arctic Treaty Become Prominent in Arctic Governance Debates?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 116-130
Description
Article identifies and examines the social and geopolitical factors and questions which contribute to the prominence of the idea of an international Arctic governance treaty over time; author traces the evolution of the Arctic treaty debate from 1970 to the current moment.
"When I Am Lonely the Mountains Call Me": The Impact of Sacred Geography on Navajo Psychological Well Being
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trudy Griffin-Pierce
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 7, no. 3, 1997, pp. 1-10
Description
Explores the extent of the geographical bond with an emphasis on world view, myths and ceremonies.
When is Indigeneity: Closing a Legal and Sociocultural Gap in a Contested Domestic/International Term
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia Bello-Bravo
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 111-120
Description
Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.
When is Research Relevant to Policy Making? A Study of the Arctic Human Development Report
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David M. Brock
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 125-149
Description
Discussion on the frustration felt, by northern Aboriginal peoples, that research conducted in the north is invariably not relevant to the people or to pubic policy.
"When My Hands Are Empty / I Will Be Full": Visualizing Two-Spirit Bodies in Chrystos's Not Vanishing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Crystal Veronie
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 83-114
Description
Literary criticism article that gives close readings of work from Chrystos's Not Vanishing; argues that Chrystos’s poetry work combat the rhetorical invisibility experience by two-spirit and queer Indigenous people in contemporary feminist movements.
When Our Words Return: Writing, Hearing, and Remembering Oral Traditions of Alaska and the Yukon
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wendy Wickwire
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 78, no. 2, June 1997, p. 327
Description
Book review of: When Our Words Return edited by Phyllis Morrow and William Schneider.
When Research is Relational: Supporting the Research Practices of Indigenous Studies Scholars
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Danielle Cooper
Description
Overview of project which explored practices across Canada and the United States in order to support scholars in ways which would also benefit Indigenous communities. Eleven studies were undertaken by academic libraries with direction from Indigenous scholars and librarians. Provides details on how initiative was developed, designed, and fielded, and highlights key themes which emerged.
When the Children Left
Alternate Title
NSI IndigiDocs
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Angelina McLeod
Charlene Moore
Ryan Cooper
National Screen Institute
Description
Short documentary about a woman's sister who died while completing her high school away from home.
When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Victoria Freeman
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 378-380
Description
Book review of: When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990 by Emma Laroque.
When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
When The Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jesse Rae Archibald Barber
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, p. 214
Description
Book review of: When The Other Is Me by Emma LaRocque.
Where Are Our American Indian/Alaska Native Boys and Young Men?: Understanding Postsecondary Education Trends
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Description
Reviews data from 10 states to examine possible contributing factors which would explain why male enrollment is less than half of that of female.
Where Are We Going?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Sloan
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 46-47
Description
Presents the short story, Where Are We Going by Brian Sloan, that discusses the viewpoint that each generation seems to be moving further away from nature.
Where Do Policy Makers And Politicians Look For Policy Directions?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Clem Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 25-28
Description
Instructive article for Australian rural health research workers provides an understanding of the role that various politicians play in developing health policy.
Where Does Policy Come From?: Exploring the Experiences of Non-Aboriginal Teachers Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into the Curriculum
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cara Zurzolo
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 19, no. 3, Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action, Spring , 2010, pp. 275-289
Description
Comments on the need to increase the knowledge about Aboriginal peoples for Canadian students, many who graduate high school with less than adequate levels of information.
[Where the Blood Mixes]
Alternate Title
Hinterviews ; no. 7, 2009-10
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Peter Hinton
Kevin Loring
Description
Kevin Loring discusses the evolution of his play, which was featured at the National Arts Centre's English Theatre. Play focuses on the effects of residential schools.
Duration: 28:11.
Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programmes for Student Audiences; 2009-2010 Season
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Moore
Description
Guide includes: synopsis of the play, history of Aboriginal theatre in Canada, information on residential schools, resources for further study, etc.
Where the River Flows Fast
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Barei
Description
Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2011.
Whispering Tales: Using Augmented Reality to Enhance Cultural Landscapes and Indigenous Values
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruno Marques
Jacqueline McIntosh
Hannah Carson
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 193-204
Description
Describes a project in which digitally augmented reality (AR) is used to engage people in traditional Māori land-based narratives, values, and storytelling. Argues that Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, a design approach developed to illustrate narratives using contemporary media, helps to promote “bicultural engagement with landscape.”
Whispers of the Ancients: Native Tales for Teaching and Healing in Our Time
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tamarack Song
Moses (Amik) Beaver
Whit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Orlando White
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 155-156
Description
Poem by Orlando White.
White Eyes' Lies and the Battle for Dzil Nchaa Si'an
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R. Welch
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 75-109
Description
Author examines stereotypes about the Apache people and how these narratives affect the way that the Apache people are perceived and engaged with by the United States government in land disputes generally, and specifically in relation to the Mt. Graham Observatory case.
White Lies About the Inuit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frank Tester
Northern Review, no. 32, Spring, 2010, pp. 207-209
Description
Book review of, White Lies About the Inuit by John L. Steckly.
White Lies, Native Revisions: The Legacy of Violence in the American West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R. Legg
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 331-340
Description
Author explores the contested historical memory of violent engagement between the Unites States government and Indigenous peoples in the mid to late 1800s, and how those narratives have contributed to the idea of American innocence in relation to the displacement genocide of Indigenous peoples.
White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marinella Lentis
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 96-98
Description
Book review of: White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation by Jacqueline Fear-Segal.
White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laura J. Beard
Intertexts, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 61-63
Description
Book review of: White Man's Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation by Jacqueline Fear-Segal.
White Man's Water: The Politics of Sobriety in a Native American Community
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Erica Prussing
White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Trish Luker
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 51-53
Description
Book review of: White Mother to a Dark Race by Margaret D. Jacobs.
White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynette Russell
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 71-72
Description
Book review of: White Mother to a Dark Race by Margaret D. Jacobs.
The White People Problem: Experiments in the Reverse Gaze.
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristy Boyce
Description
Digital Futures Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ontario College of Art and Design University, 2019.
White Picket Fences: Whiteness, Urban Aboriginal Women and Housing Market Discrimination in Kelowna, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheila Elaine Lewis
Description
Human Geography & Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, (Okanagan), 2010.
White Shadows: The Use of Doppelgangers in Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Jorgensen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997
Description
Explores the author's use of Indian characters, shadowed by non-Indian doubles, to illuminate the differences in the mores of the two cultures.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Whiteman's Aborigine
Theses
Author/Creator
Jeanine Leane
Description
Arts and Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 2010.
Whites Singing Red Face in British Columbia in the 1950s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Keyes
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 32, no. 1, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Analyzes two operas, The Lake and Ashnola: A Legend of Sings Water.
Who and What Is a Canadian Indian? The Impact of Bill C-31 Upon Demographic and Epidemiologic Measures of the Registered Indian Population of Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Harpa Kolbrun Isfeld
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1997.
Who are Indigenous, and How Should it Matter? Discourses on Indigenous Rights in Norway and Nepal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
Ethnopolitics Papers, no. 13, November 2011, pp. 1-31
Description
Presents a comparative study of similarities and differences regarding conflicts over Indigenous rights in two dissimilar countries.
Who Is a Status Indian?
Alternate Title
Citizenship Issue: Who Is a Status Indian?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Evann Goltz]
Description
Timeline from the General Enfranchisement Act to the Indian Act and pertinent court cases and decisions which resulted in legislation to amend the Act.
Who Joins the Canadian Forces?: Developing a Framework for Analysis Using Bourdieu, Habermas, and Giddens
Theses
Author/Creator
Victoria Rose Mowat
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.
Who Knows What about Gorillas? Indigenous Knowledge, Global Justice, and Human-Gorilla Relations.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Pérou Hermans Amir
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
Author asserts that Indigenous African knowledge about gorillas has been excluded from contemporary conservation efforts and that this limits their effectiveness. Argues that in order to engage Indigenous knowledge conservationists must reflect on their own ways of knowing and accept different understandings of ecology.
Who Lies Buried in Satanta’s Tomb? Co-memorating a Kiowa Warrior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew Lopenzina
Travis Franks
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 249-280
Description
Authors re-examine the discourse surrounding the life and death of the Kiowa leader Satanta; discuss how even contemporary perceptions of Indigenous historical figures are rooted in colonial narratives of conquest which sought to diminish the humanity of Indigenous peoples and extinguish Indigenous title in favour of white settler expansion.
Who Lived In This House? A Study Of Koyukuk River Semisubterranean Houses
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Raymond LeBlanc
Arctic, vol. 50, no. 2, June 1997, pp. 183-185
Description
Book review of: Who Lived In This House? by A. McFadyen Clark.
Who Owns the Arctic?: Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica M. Shadian
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, 2011, pp. 191-193
Description
Book review of: Who Owns the Arctic? by Michael Byers.
Who's Afraid of Kaassassuk? Writing as a Tool in Coping with Changing Cosmology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 107-127
Description
Investigates the transformation in symbolic definitions of the setting of a orphan Kaassassuk from Inuit myths.