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.
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.
Victorian Aboriginal Health Service: Celebrating 25 Years 1973-1999
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Victorian Aboriginal Health Service
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1999, p. 13
Description
Brief article describes the accomplishments of the organization located in the state of Victoria in southeast Australia.
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.
Views from Fort Battleford: Constructed Visions of an Anglo-Canadian West
Alternate Title
Canadian Plains Studies ; 58
E-Books
Author/Creator
Walter Hildebrandt
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 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, Resistance, and Myth in the Texts of Silko, Kingston, Mukherjee, and Erdrich
Theses
Author/Creator
Maureen Markel
Description
English Thesis, (Ph.D.)--City University of New York, 1999.
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.
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.
A Visit Home
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kecia Cook
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 119-124
Description
Poems. Also included are: I Am a Number and For Mother Earth.
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.
Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Film Festivals: A Case Study on the Native Crossroads Film Festival
Theses
Author/Creator
Caitlin Severs
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 2019.
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 Deficiency in Three Northern Manitoba Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Joy Smith
Description
Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 1999.
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.
A Voice and a Plan: Key Steps Toward Economic Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Wanlin
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 44-48
Description
Examines the structure and mandate of the Windigo Interim Planning Board, formed as part of Windigo-Shibogama-Ontario Planning Agreement; board deals with issues surrounding the development of a gold mine on traditional lands in North Caribou Lake and Cat Lake First Nations.
A Voice Great Within Us: The Story of Chinook
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Trower
BC Studies, no. 121, Spring, 1999, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: A Voice Great Within Us by Charles Lillard with Terry Glavin.
Scroll to page 132 to read review.
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 Hudson Bay: Cree Stories from York Factory]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Miriam McNab
Oral History Forum, vol. 19-20, Indigenous Voices from the Great Plains, 1999-2000, pp. 138-139
Description
Book review of: Voices From Hudson Bay by Flora Beardy and Robert Coutts.
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.
Vulnerability of Subsistence Systems Due to Social and Environmental Change: A Case Study in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole M. Herman-Mercer
Melinda Laituri
Maggie Massey
Elli Matkin
Ryan Toohey ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 258-272
Description
Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.
Vuntut Gwitchin Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Use Practices Associated with Their Subsistence Harvest of the Porcupine Caribou Herd
Theses
Author/Creator
Vesna Madjaric
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1999.
Wac’inyeya: Hope among American Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline S. Gray
Lisa Schrader
Devon S. Isaacs
Megan K. Smith
Naomi M. Bender
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 151-171
Description
Study of 56 Indigenous youth uses focus groups and a strengths based perspective to understand what gives them hope and how they demonstrate this hope to others in their community.
The Wäda-Tika of the Former Malheur Indian Reservation
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Jane Stowell
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2008.
Wāhine Māori: Keeping Safe in Unsafe Relationships
Alternate Title
E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denise Wilson
Juanita Sherwood
Debra Jackson
Alayne Mikahere-Hall
Wai 2575: Māori Health Trends Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Li-Chia Yeh
Peter Himona
Natalie Talamaivao
Kirk Paterson
Gemma Wong
Description
Tracks trends from 1990-2015.
Waiting for the Spirit to Speak in Diocese of Keewatin
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Devine
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 10, December 1999, p. 17
Description
Discussion of the unique administrative model of the Diocese of Keewatin and their interest in having material in Oji-Cree.
Walk Ended Just Days Before Missing Woman's Body Found
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Warren Goulding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2008, p. 3
Description
Looks at a walk to raise awareness of a missing woman, the victim of a murder, and the statistics that suggest Aboriginal women are more likely to be victims of assault.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Walk-Through at the Hammer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Luna
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 33-36
Description
Artist James Luna discusses what it means to be accepted as an American Indian by examining the criteria for tribal enrollment and critiques the work of self-declared Cherokee artist Jimmie Durham.
Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the CCF
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tony Hall
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 80, no. 1, March 1999, pp. 126-129
Description
Book review of: Walking in Indian Moccasins by F. Laurie Barron.
The Walking-out Ceremony: A Model for Development of Character
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Davis
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 71-81
Description
An official tour guide of the James Bay Region invites tourists to discover the region and gives a description of the Cree Walking-out ceremony that celebrates the complex link between people and environment.
Walking the Red Road: Aboriginal Federally Sentenced Women's Experiences in Healing, Empowerment, and Re-creation
Theses
Author/Creator
Felice Yuen
Description
Recreation and Leisure Studies Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Waterloo, 2008.
Walking Through Fire and Surviving: Resiliency among Aboriginal Peoples with Diabetes
Theses
Author/Creator
Josephine Auger
Description
Medical Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1999.
Walking with Our Sisters: Healing through Storytelling
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Rowat
Description
Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2019.
Walking with the Earth - Pimohtiwin: Lessons to Support Science 10
Alternate Title
Teaching Materials from the Stewart Resources Centre
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Chamakese
David Hlady
Anna-Leah King
Duane Johnson
Marcia Klein ... [et al.]
Description
Pre-, on- and post-site lessons based on experiences at the Brightwater Science and Environment Centre. Topics such as cultural perspectives on sustainability, biodiversity within local ecosystems and personal responsibilities to the environment are explored.
Wapos Bay: A Mother's Earth
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 14
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Two boys help prepare for a sweat lodge ceremony and a student has difficulty determining her identity for a school assignment in episode 14 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: A Mother's Earth: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02.
Wapos Bay: All Access: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: All Access. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: All's Fair: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: All's Fair. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: As Long As The River Flows: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 11
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lynd Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: As Long as the River Flows. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.