Violence Against Women, vol. 26, no. 15-16, 2020, pp. 2083-2101
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An examination of the shift from Indigenous women being highly valued in traditional Indigenous communities to being devalued in modern times through colonial interventions.
Violence Against Women, vol. 19, no. 8, August 2013, pp. 1034-1058
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Uses the 2004 Canadian General Social Survey to interpret differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal postseparation violence. Highlights data on Aboriginal status and coercive control.
Discusses four priority areas for policy: equity and empowerment; health and safety; strengthening Inuit families and Inuit women's voice in global issues.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, pp. 2-3
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Reports on a program which encompassed older, influential women in a remote, outback community in Northern Territory, Australia empowering them to take responsibility for their own well being.
Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 293-334
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Argues that sentencing circles are of little use to the victim and that only a solution which addresses the imbalance of power between men and women produced by colonial policies will make a substantive difference.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 8-13
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Examines effects of colonization on a community of San in eastern Namibia and how gender relations have been altered.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous People in Urban Areas, 2002, pp. 16-21
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Explores the exploitation that takes place with relatively young women who are placed in a new, urban culture.
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American Indian Law Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Fall, 2013, pp. 275-299
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Looks at criminal jurisdictional hurdles that are being addressed with the Tribal Law and Order Act and Violence Against Women Act and the need for enforcement of legislation by Native government.