Family & Kinship
The Use of Media in Exploring Afro Indigenous Ancestry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rashida Symonds
Description
Lesson plan based on the article Black and Indigenous found on page 12 in Kayak children's magazine's special issue Black History in Canada. Suitable for Grades 5 to 8.
Using a Narrative Approach to Understanding the Frontline Practices and Experiences of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Child Protection Workers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherri Pooyak
Yvonne Gomez
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 10-17
Description
Discussion of how narratives of frontline child protection social workers with Cree First Nation worldviews and Western perspectives can be used to help improve child welfare services.
Using Goal Setting and Attainment to Impact Indicators of Health Behavior Change among Young American Indian Women: The We RISE (Raising Income, Supporting Education) Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lacey A. McCormack
Rae O’Leary
Alli Moran
Christine W. Hockett
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. 123-133
Description
Study of 60 young Indigenous mothers examines the association between setting and attaining goals and indicators of health behavior change. After six month of intervention it was found that goal attainment was not significantly associated with behavior change despite participants exhibiting confidence in completing goals and increased sense of agency.
Using Photovoice to Understand Intergenerational Influences on Health and Well-Being in a Southern Labrador Inuit Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea Gabel
Jessica Pace
Chaneesa Ryan
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 75-91
Description
Focuses on seniors' perspectives.
Using the Lōkahi Wheel: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Engage Native Hawaiians in Research Contexts
Alternate Title
Using the Lokahi Wheel: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Engage Native Hawaiians in Research Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tammy Kaho‘olemana Martin
Meripa Godinet
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 22-40
Description
Authors examine the Lōkahi Wheel’s potential as a culturally sensitive tool for use with families engaged in non-voluntary involvement with Hawai’i’s child welfare system.
The Values Carry On: Aboriginal Identity Formation of the Urban-Raised Generation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean-Paul Restoule
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 15-33, 174
Description
Examines how Aboriginal cultural values are ingrained in families, passed down through generations and absorbed implicitly.
Values of Urban Aboriginal Parents: Food Before Thought
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Nelson
Heather Allison
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 47, no. 1, 2000, pp. 28-40
Description
Qualitative study involving five urban-dwelling families with children between the ages of 18 months and 25 years. Set of values were, in order of importance, parenting, education, culture, family and community, socio-economics, impact of history, and health care and disability.
Vern Harper Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Vern Harper
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he tells of life in a foster home and cultural suppression; gives a description of suppression on reserves in the 1950's; and gives a description of native values and philosophy and the role of sweat lodges.
Verna Patronella Johnston Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Keeshig
Verna Patronella Johnston
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.
Verna Richards Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Verna Richards
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.
Virtual Whanaungatanga: Māori Utilizing Social Networking Sites to Attain and Maintain Relationships
Alternate Title
Virtual Whanaungatanga: Maori Utilizing Social Networking Sites to Attain and Maintain Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Acushla Deanne O'Carroll
AlterNative, vol. 9, no. 3, 2013, pp. 230-245
Description
Looks at the practice of attaining and maintaining relationships from both customary and contemporary perspectives.
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.
A Vision of Trust: The Legal, Moral and Spiritual Foundations of Shingwauk Hall
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean L. Manore
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 2, l993-1994, p. 1–21
Description
Discusses the development of respectful relationships between the Garden River Anishinaabe and the Anglican Diocese of Algoma from the beginning to the present.
The Vitruvian Man and Beyond: Spirit Imperative in the Life and Poetry of Ralph Salisbury
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ingrid Wendt
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 131-169
Description
The author, Ingrid Wendt who is also the wife of Ralph Salisbury, reflects on Salisbury’s spiritual practice and the ways that it both influenced and appeared in his writing.
Voices for Reform: Options for Change to Saskatchewan First Nations Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute
Description
Includes comprehensive literature review and results from engagement process which involved seven participant groups, key informant interviews and 24 focus groups. Five themes emerged: programs and services (family centered), honouring youth (child centered), capacity building (community centered/stewardship), practice approach (guardianship), and systemic factors (all functions).
Voices of Students: We Are Here! We Are Ready to Care for the Next Generations! “Gathering & Sharing Wisdom
Conference” and the Indigenous Child Welfare Research
Network
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacquie Green
Rebecca Taylor
Rakiva Larken
Margaret Brier
Trevor Good
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-21
Description
Highlights the presentations of Indigenous youth sharing their stories and knowledge on life challenges.
Voices of the Dropout: A Study of Early School Leavers at One First Nations School
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 106
Teaching and Learning Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joseph Belhumeur
Rick Closs
Mario Kaun
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Research indicates that the reasons for students to leave school include academic challenges, family responsibilities, drugs and alcohol and crime.
Volkswagen Blues Twenty-Five Years Later: Revisiting Poulin's Pitsémine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Macfarlane
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. [5]-21
Description
Comments on an award winning novel by Jacques Poulin that tells the story of a writer who takes a road trip to look for his brother and to overcome his writer's block.
Waasaabikizo: Our Pictures are Good Medicine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celeste Pedri-Spade
Decolonization, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 45-70
Description
Looks at how Anishinabe photography taken between 1917 and 1969 has complimented Anishinabe stories about history and has aided in decolonization
[Wab Kinew on the Legacy of Residential Schools]
Alternate Title
The Next Chapter ; Oct. 19, 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Wab Kinew
Shelagh Rogers
Description
Podcast of interview with author about his book The Reason You Walk, the story of his father Tobasonakwut Kinew, and their relationship.
Duration: 17:49.
Wahkohtowin: The Relationship of Cree People and Natural Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Allen Benson
Patti Laboucane-Benson
Lese Skidmore
George Brertton
Fred Campiou
Isaac Chamakese
William Dreaver
Description
Explains Wahkohtowin, the foundation of Cree Natural law passed down orally through language, song, prayer and storytelling from family to family.
Duration: 23:47.
Wahkootowin: Family and Cultural Identity in Northern Saskatchewan Metis Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda MacDougall
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 3, 2006, pp. 431-462
Description
Examines the history and way of life since 1776 of the Métis families of Ile à la Crosse (known in Cree as Sakitawak).
"Wait a Second. Who Are You Anyways?" The Insider/Outsider Debate and American Indian Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 440-461
Description
Comments on issues concerning insider Indigenous research, the advantages of being both an insider and outsider when researching, and a brief overview of the author's dissertation research.
Scroll down to read article.
"Waiting Halfway in Each Other's Bodies": Kinship and Corporeality in Louise Erdrich's Father's Milk
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Riche
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 4, Animal Studies, Winter, 2013, pp. 48-68
Description
Examines the story's theme of intimate human-animal relationships.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 48.
The Waitohu Stream, Swimming and Food Gathering - an Interview with John Huff
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pataka Moore
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Commentary from the interviewee about life on the Waitohu Stream, in New Zealand, from a childhood perspective and, later, his adult observations of the same stream.
A Wake-Up Call
Alternate Title
Commentary: Tribal Voices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy L. Taylor (Kiowa)
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 103-105
Description
Discusses how the need for elder care will increase in the future due to people living longer.
'Walking between worlds': The Experiences of New Zealand Māori Cross-Cultural Adoptees
Alternate Title
'Walking between worlds': The Experiences of New Zealand Maori Cross-Cultural Adoptees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Haenga-Collins
Anita Gibbs
Adoption & Fostering, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 62-75
Description
Looks at the narratives of six adults who were part of the system of closed stranger adoption, which placed children with white families and denied access to birth records.
Walking the Line: Do Heroes Help us Choose the Red Road?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorreen Yellow Bird
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Comments on the need for Native American heroes and role models for youth to look up to and follow in their footsteps.
Walking Together: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
[Learn Alberta]
Description
Excellent teacher resource includes links to information and videos about the following topics: worldviews, oral traditions, Elders, culture and language, kinship, Aboriginal and treaty rights, healing historical trauma, symbolism and traditions, connection to land, Indigenous pedagogy, well-being, and traditional environmental knowledge.
Related material: Talking Together: A Discussion Guide.