One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert.
Duration: 51:49.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 7, September/October 1994, p. 15
Description
This is the third in an ongoing series of stories on successful First Nations women. Features Lenore Stiffarm who holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard, teaches with the Indian and Northern Education Program (INEP) in Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan.
Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance ; preface by Emma LaRocque ; introduction by Gloria Bird.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn, 1994, pp. 40-62
Description
Discusses The Ways of My Grandmothers by Beverly Wolf, Talking Indian: Reflections on Survival and Writing by Anna Lee Walters, Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing by Luci Tapahonso, and Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko.