Tells the story of the woman who fought for more than two decades against the sex discrimination embedded in the Indian Act and became leader in the Canadian women's rights movement.
Duration: 34:07.
The Mobilization of Native Canadians During the Second World War
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Author/Creator
Michael D. Stevenson
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 205-226
Description
Discusses the government's attempts to enforce compulsory service and Aboriginals' reactions to them. Argues that while the government refused to listen to protests, in the end practical considerations such as geographic isolation and health of potential recruits, and barriers of language and culture caused the policy to fail.
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 112-136
Description
Looks at the rise and fall of two organizations: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and The British Columbia Association of Non-Status Indians (BCANSI) and how both groups dealt with land claim settlements.
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 1, Cultured Queer/Queering Culture Symposium, 2015, p. article 4
Description
Looks at use of Cree traditional law in relation to sexual diversity, regulation of Cree two spirit people by government and the church, and the Idle No More social movement.
Accompanying interview.
Accompanying presentation.
File contains information on activism, agriculture, reserve life, medical services, drug prescriptions, land claims, the Indian Act, Metis, Indigenous rights, chiefs, sterilization of indigenous women, the "Red Paper", discrimination, treaties 8 and 11, recreation, Liquor Act, provincial law, housing, Local Initiatives Programs, utilities on reserves, and poverty.
File contains a presentation by Marlene Pierre and Bernadette Cook focusing on Aboriginal women in politics and they must be included in the decision-making process. She describes the clan system of government and how the benefits of that system could be used in an "Aboriginal Charter," a form of self-government established by Aboriginal women on paper. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Reveals findings and recommendations from a hearing surrounding the events that took place at Kanesatake and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990.
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