Personal Narratives & Interviews
What We Want to Be Called: Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Identity Labels
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Yellow Bird
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 1-21
Description
Article presents the results of a study conducted among Indigenous Academics relating to the ethnic/racial labels they preferred to use when describing their Indigeneity.
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 Patlatches Are Observed
Alternate Title
When Potlatches Are Observed
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Deans
The American Antiquarian , vol. 18, 1896, pp. [329] -331
Description
These brief 19th century observations about the potlatch were initially published in the American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal.
When the Earth Shakes: A Status Report on Dissertation Research Regarding Mexican Volcanoes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan McDonie
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 4, 2018, pp. 167-175
Description
Discusses the author’s experience of seismic and volcanic activity, while visiting Mexico to study the influence of Indigenous knowledge of volcanic topography on the outcomes of historical land/property disputes.
When White People Talk About Their Country Being Stolen (I Throw Up in My Mouth a Little Bit)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tiffany Midge
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 108-109
Description
Creative piece that examines the relationship between Indigenous people and liberal Americans during the protests following the election of Donald Trump in the United States.
'When You Admit You're a Thief, Then You Can Be Honourable': Native/Non-Native Collaboration in the Book of Jessica
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Hoy
Canadian Literature, no. 136, Spring, 1993, pp. 24-44
Description
Argues work is an example of cultural appropriation and discusses the pitfalls of a non-Aboriginal writing about Aboriginal literature.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 24.
Where Are Our Warriors, Where Are Our Leaders?
Alternate Title
Dee's Words
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deidre Badger
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 3, March 2008, p. 5
Description
Looks at some reasons the author chose to be a journalist including wanting to change racist views.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
Where are the Children?: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
James Lamouche
Richard Niquay
Madeleine Dion Stout
Jeff Thomas
Gordon Williams
Description
Video produced in conjunction with the exhibition. Primarily personal narratives of survivors of the system.
Duration: 27:50.
"Where I have to Learn the Ways How to Live:" Youth Resilience in a Yup'ik Village in Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stacy M. Rasmus
James Allen
Tara Ford
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, 2014, pp. 712-734
Description
Reports results from the Alaskan Yup'ik site of the Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood (CIPA) study.
Where is Here?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Grimes
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 2020, pp. 151-158
Description
Using their own personal reflections the author looks at Ontario Indigenous land claims and its impact into modern times.
[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 There Are Always Wild Strawberries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ethel B. Gardner
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Q epethet ye Mestiyexw, 2000, pp. 7-13
Description
Presents author's personal life experiences using traditional Stó:lõ narrative style and metaphor and the importance of reviving the Halq'emeylem language.
Which Way that Empowerment?: Aboriginal Women's Narratives of Empowerment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 6-19
Description
Discusses the impact of colonialism and how empowerment strategies are the key to creating generational change and establishing functional communities.
[White Man Water and Interview with Erica Prussing]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Erica Prussing
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with an author about her book White Man Water and research on the Northern Cheyenne First Nation.
Duration: 29:32.
White Men Can't Teach: Native Authors, White Teachers, and Classroom Authority
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Burns Cooper
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 11-23
Description
Looks at an experimental section of a composition course with a reading list composed almost entirely of American Indian and Alaska Native authors. The article also discusses how the controversies about the readings were attributed to fundamentalist views, lack of experience in reading literature, sensitivity about ethnic issues, and feminism.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Who Gets to Tell the Stories? Carlisle Indian School: Imagining a Place of Memory Through Descendant Voices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louellyn White
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 122-144
Description
Examines boarding school through the lenses of the student's descendants recollections of their families experiences. Through these means the stories will continued to be told once there are no more living alumni.
Who Killed Alberta Williams?
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Connie Walker
Marnie Luke
Description
Eight part podcast and slideshow about an unsolved 27 year old murder that took place along the Highway of Tears near Prince Rupert, B.C. and the investigation by lead investigator Gary Kerr.
Episodes run between 35:00 - 45:00 minutes. Includes transcripts.
Who Me?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chris Martinez
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006, pp. 30-31
Description
Presents a poem titled, Who Me?, written by a student of Fort Peck Community College.
Who We Are and What We Do
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Barnes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 67-70
Description
The author recounts how he has become a writer and shares his experience in discovering who he is and what he does.
A Whole Person
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dave Madden
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 51-52
Description
Presents a personal narrative titled, A Whole Person, written by a student of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS.
Whose Land Is It? Rethinking Sovereignty in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas XemŦoltW̱ Claxton
John Price
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, 01 09, 2020, pp. 115-138
Description
Examines the foundations and depth of Indigenous peoples’ claims to and resistance to seceding their traditional territories in British Columbia. Provides a venue for W̱SÁNEĆ and Mowachaht/Muchalaht communities to articulate their relationship to the land, each other, and their understandings of their sovereignty.
Why Native Alaskans Didn't Surrender
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julia O'Malley
American Theatre, vol. 26, no. 3, March 2009, p. 23
Description
Brief discussion of the play Battles of Fire and Water by Dave Hunsaker. The playwright used oral and written histories about battles (in 1802 and 1804) fought by Russians and the Tlingits over land, as the basis for the play.
Why We Are Sticking To Our Stories
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tina Deschenie
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Describes stories told to the author by her mother and father in Diné and English and comments on the necessity of preserving both languages and stories.
Wife, Mother, Provider, Defender, God: Women in Lakota Winter Counts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Risch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 2003, pp. 1-30
Description
An historical perspective on gender in relation to waniyetu wowakapi (winter counts) or hekta yawap. reveals evidence of women's roles; author suggests further historical research.
Wildlifewriting?: Animal Stories and Indigenous Claims in Ernest Thompson Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manina Jones
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 133-149
Description
Examines a collection of short stories by Ernest Thompson Seton that explores communication and powers of premonition among wild and domesticated animals.
Wilfred & Harriet Chocan Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Wilfred Chocan
Harriet Chocan
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.
[Will Truth Bring Reconciliation?]
Alternate Title
ReVision Quest ; July 7, 2010
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Darrell Dennis
Leanne [Slay?]
Lyn Bishop
Eric Robinson
Chuck Strall
Description
Features stories of people participating in the sharing circle held at the Winnipeg event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 27:30.
William Beaver Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Beaver, a 41-year-old councillor at Trout Lake, complains that members of the Bigstone band who live away from Wabasca receive no help from the band, and stresses the need for a reserve in the Trout Lake area, with sports facilities.