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Whatever Happened to Jordan's Principle?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dan Lett
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 178, no. 12, June 3, 2008, pp. 1534-1535
Discussion of special needs children from Norway House Cree Nation going without medical and social services due to federal-provincial wrangling over which level of government bears financial responsibility; this is contrary to the policy of "children first" drafted in response to the death of Jordan River Anderson.
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When I Close My Eyes and Think of My Home Place

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Temashio Anderson
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 226-227
Poem which recalls the authors experience of their childhood home and community.
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"When You Follow Your Heart, You Provide That Path for Others": Indigenous Models of Youth Leadership in HIV Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renee Monchalin
Sarah Flicker
Ciann Wilson
Tracey Prentice
Vanessa Oliver ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 135-158
Project proved that youth can play active roles in influencing policy, programming and education.
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Where Are the Children Buried?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Hamilton

General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.

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White Bear Youth Participate in Cultural Science Camp

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Maxie
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 9, September 2007, p. 12
Comments on a youth camp, held at White Bear Lake Resort, which focused on discovering the beauty of the land and natural resources. Article located by scrolling to page 12.
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The White Father: Denial, Paternalism and Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Probyn
Cultural Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, May 2003, pp. 60-76
Comments on Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to listen to or apologize to Australian's stolen generations.
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White Girl [by] Sylvia Olsen: A Novel Study

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regional Vancouver Island Aboriginal Circle

Young adult novel about teen's move to a reserve when her mother marries an Aboriginal man and the challenges she faces as she tries to adjust to the new way life and community. Recommended for Grades 8 and 9.

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Who Is a Status Indian?

Alternate Title
Citizenship Issue: Who Is a Status Indian?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Evann Goltz]
Timeline from the General Enfranchisement Act to the Indian Act and pertinent court cases and decisions which resulted in legislation to amend the Act.
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“Who is there to support our women?”: Positive Aboriginal Women (PAW) Speak Out about Health and Social Care Experiences and Needs During Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[Saara Greene
Allyson Ion
Kerrigan Beaver
Valerie Nicholson
Rachel Derr
Mona Loutfy]
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 7, Winter, 2015, pp. 1-32
Study surveyed 29 women from Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia about their experiences, including HIV testing, perinatal care, and interactions with the child welfare system.
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Who Should Make Child Protection Decisions for the Native Community?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip Zylberberg
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice , vol. 11, 1991, pp. 74-106
Discusses model used in the United States which depends on American Indian tribunals and protection agencies to made decisions and looks at supporting legislation as well.
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"Who We Was": Creating Witnesses in Joseph Bruchac's Hidden Roots

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary J. Couzelis
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, [Disability and Indigeneity], 2013, pp. 159-174
Looks at a young adult historical novel which depicts a family's history in relation to the Vermont eugenics movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Beverly Jacobs
Melina Laboucan-Massimo ... [et al.]
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.
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Why a Living Wage Matters in the North

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendall Hammond
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 60-62
Discusses the cost of living and prevalence of poverty in the North.
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Why are Some Children Left Out? Factors Barring Canadian Children From Participating in Extracurricular Activities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Li Xu
Anne H. Gauthier
Lisa Strohschein
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 36, no. 3-4, pp. 325-345
Information from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth looks at family income, neighborhood environment, and demographic characteristics and parental preferences.
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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
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.
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Why Did Charlie Wenjack Die?

Alternate Title
The Poverty Wall
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ian Adams
Story of a twelve-year-old boy who perished from exposure and starvation while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. Chapter two from The Poverty Wall by the same author.
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Why Do I Need to Sign It? Issues in Carrying Out Child Assent in School-Based Prevention Research Within a First Nation Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lola Baydala
Sherry Letendre
Lia Ruttan
Stephanie Worrell
Fay Fletcher
Fay Fletcher
Liz Letendre
Tanja Schramm
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 99-113
Discusses the practice of, procedures for, and the ethics of obtaining a child`s consent when undertaking research that may affect the community. One of the recommendations discussed is that any child who signs should be surrounded by family or other community members.
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Why do they do it? Proposals for a Theory of Inuit Suicide

Alternate Title
Cahiers d'études inuit ; 4
Inuit Studies Occasional Papers ; 4
Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990
Regard sur l'avenir: Communications du Septième Congrès D'études Inuit, 19-23 Août, 1990
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jørgen Thorslund
Paper from Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990 edited by Marie-Josée Dufour and François Thérien.
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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
Describes Elders' contributions to a community-based participatory research project, the Nimi Ichinohabi program, on substance abuse prevention for children at the community school.
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The Widow and the Child

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Brook
Aboriginal History, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 63-79
Follows the life of an Aboriginal girl from early childhood until her passing circa 1867.
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"Wig Wams of Indians on the Prairies", "View of Indian Camp ground"

Images » Photographs
2 photographic processes of same image (one black and white, the other sepia toned). Indian encampment on top of hill at Battleford, in sight of Government House. In the photo 5 youths, one infant in mossbag and three adults. Two teepees and Red River cart also in image.
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Wiicitaakewin Workshop [with Bob Rae & Phil Fontaine at Confederation College]

Alternate Title
Confederation [College] Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Rae
Phil Fontaine
Rob Rae speaks on the role of education and colleges for providing opportunity and support for First Nations people. Phil Fontaine speaks to First Nations education systems and lack of funding from the Federal government and potential of Aboriginal youth. Duration: 1:16:09.
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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
An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.
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Wilfred McKay Standing in Lake

Images » Photographs
Metis boy Wilfred McKay, standing in a lake. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
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William & Helen Trudeau 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.
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Windspeaker Sports Briefs

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 17

Highlights a pilot program called P.L.A.Y. (Promoting Lifeskills for Aboriginal Youth), a new coach for the Akwesasne Warriors, Aboriginal inductees to the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and the uncertain future of Wade Redden of the New York Rangers.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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[Wise Practices]: Annotated Bibliography

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wise Practices [Project]
Annotated list of journal articles dealing with youth suicide prevention. Grouped into: systematic reviews of research literature, community-wide interventions, youth engagement, system-level change, creative partnerships, and culturally and socio-politically informed approaches.
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Within the Hidden Epidemic: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS Among American Indians Indians and Alaska Natives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol E. Kaufman
Laura Shelby
Debra J. Mosure
Jeanne Marrazzo
David Wong ... [et al.]
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 34, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 1-11
Reviews causes, transmission and prevention programs for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV/AIDS. Recommends incorporating frameworks of existing health and healing into prevention programs, increasing local involvement and cultural content and further research for STDs.
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