First Nations, Tribes, Reserves
Whose Land Is It Anyway? National Interest, Indigenous Stake Holders, and Colonial Discourses: The Case of Jubiluka Uranium Mine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee
Organization & Environment, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 3-38
Description
Examines case where Indigenous interests were put last when permission was given by the Australian government to mine in the Kakadu National Park, a world heritage site and home to the Mirrar people.
Whu'Neeh'Nee (Guiders of Our People): Strengthening Carrier First Nations Law Through Research and Training
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travis Holyk
Perry Shawana
Warner Adam
Description
Describes recent history of movements to re-establish legal responsibility for community social order, repair damages of Carrier institutions and future directions of social movements such as the Sekani Family Services Project.
Why Children With Diabetes Matter to All of Us: The Seven Generations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Dean
Elizabeth A. C. Sellers
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 38, no. 4, August 2014, pp. 217-218
Description
Discusses a lifecylce approach to diabetes and the need to balance basic science research to understand causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children.
Why Indigenous Nations Studies?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert B. Porter
Michael J. Yellow Bird
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 71-82
Description
Discusses mission statement of new master's degree program at the University of Kansas.
Why No Iroquois Fiction?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jan Wojcik
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 205-215
Description
Examines the fragmentary nature of Native American literature and argues that the literature represents but a tiny fraction of Indigenous diversity and life.
Why They Fought: Native American Involvement in the American Civil War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Connole
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 6, Issue 274, January-February 2011, pp. 12-16
Description
Discusses motivations for involvement such as old feuds, loyalty to treaties with the government, and proving patriotism.
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations: Educator Guide for Grades 6-12
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frank Bibeau]
[Priscilla Giddings-Buffalohead]
[Jim L. Jones]
[Jack Judkins]
[Nanette Missaghi]
[Amanda Norman]
[Dennis Olson]
[Ramona Kitto Stately] ... [et al.]
Description
For use with the virtual exhibition Why Treaties Matter.
Wicubami: Honoring Alexis Nakota Sioux Ish?awimin through Kinship, Language, Spirit, and Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lia Ruttan
Sherry Letendre
Elizabeth Letendre
Tanja Schramm-Trethowan
Fay Fletcher ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 87-108
Description
Describes Elders' contributions to a community-based participatory research project, the Nimi Ichinohabi program, on substance abuse prevention for children at the community school.
'Will Making Movies Do the Sheep Any Good?: The Afterlife of Native American Images
Alternate Title
Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michelle H. Raheja
Description
Looks at responsibilities of Native American filmmakers.
Chapter from Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.
William Apess
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Michael Berthold
Description
Includes biographical and critical essay about William Apess, most famous for his autobiography, A Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Apess, A Native of the Forest, Comprising a Notice of the Pequot Tribe of Indians and a list of his writings.
William Beynon and the Anthropologists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara J. Winter
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1984, pp. 279-292
Description
Examines field notes by William Beynon, a Tsimshian, working in British Columbia for anthropologists Franz Boas and Marius Barbeau.
William Okeymaw Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
Willie Eagle Plume Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Willie Eagle Plume
Harry Shade
Indian History Film Project
Description
Includes an account of the signing of Treaty #7; allocation of lands;leasing land to Mormons; trust fund.
Windspeaker Sports Briefs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 21
Description
Discusses the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce Northern Outreach Project and the distribution of spirit boxes to remote northern Aboriginal communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
Winifred David Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Winifred David
W.J. Langlois
B. (Dr.) Efrat
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she tells the story of the first encounter between Captain James Cook and the Nootka Indians.
Winter and Summer Dance Series in Zuni in 1918
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.17, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elsie Clews Parsons
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol 17, (pp171-216).
Wintu Myths
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.28, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cora Du Bois
Dorothy Demetracopoulou
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 28, (pp279-403).
The Wintun Hesi Ceremony
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.14, no.4
E-Books
Author/Creator
S. A. Barrett
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 14, (pp437-488).
Wisdom of the People: Potential and Pitfalls in Efforts by the Comanches to Recreate Traditional Ways of Building Consensus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ladonna Harris
Stephen M. Sachs
and Benjamin J. Broome
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 114-134
Description
Comanche community in Oklahoma introduced a strategic planning process to restore harmony into the governance process.
Witchcraft and the Colonization of Algonquian and Iroquois Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Porterfield
Religion and American Culture, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 103-124
Description
Examines how accepted beliefs in witchcraft were used to explain cultural confusion, social stress and extensive suffering and death.
With Reserves: Colonial Geographies and First Nations Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
Sean Maurice
Travis Holyk
Margo Greenwood
Warner Adam
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 102, no. 5, Geographies of Health, 2012, pp. 904-911
Description
Looks at health data from interviews with members of First Nations in Carrier, Sekani, Wet'suwet'en and Babine territories.
Without Reservation: The Chatham-Kent Community Network & Caldwell First Nation Land Dispute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Johnathan W. L. Rose
Native Studies review, vol. 21, no. 1, 2012, pp. 43-60
Description
Overview of organization formed to investigate the 1998 agreement-in-principle negotiated with the Federal Department of Indian Affairs.
Wiyot Grammar and Texts
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.22, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gladys A. Reichard
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 22, (pp1-215).
A Woman's Song of the Kwakiutl Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Comfort Fillmore
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 6, no. 23, October-December 1893, pp. 285-290
Description
Author listened to Duquayis women sing during their visit to Chicago and he wrote music to "Song of the Chieftainess at the Potlatch."
The Woman Who Married a Beaver: Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Alternate Title
The Woman Who Married a Beaver Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce M. White
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 109-147
Description
Analysis of roles and contributions of Southwestern Ojibwa (Anishinaabeg), particularly women, to the fur trade from the 17th century until recent times.
Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues, and Resistance
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rita Shelton Deverell
Shirley Bear
Dorothy Christian
Ruth Cuthand
Joan Glode
Ursula A. Johnson
Mount Saint Vincent University
Description
Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations.
Duration: 1:22:38.
Women Finding the Way: American Indian Women Leading Intervention Research in Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
Josephine Chase
Jennifer Elkins
Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Nanez
Jennifer J. Mootz
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 24-47
Description
Looks at literature about community engagement in research and the traditional roles of American Indian women.
The Work of Sovereignty: Tribal Labor Relations and Self-Determination at the Navajo Nation
Alternate Title
The Work of Sovereignty: Tribal Labour Relations and Self-Determination at the Navajo Nation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michelle Hale
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 119-123
Description
Book review of The Work of Sovereignty by David Kamper.