Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 166-179
Description
Book review of: Black Eyes All of the Time by Anne McGillivray and Brenda Comaskey. Focuses on Carol LaPrairie's chapter on sentencing of Aboriginal offenders.
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 274-279
Description
Examines health care utilization patterns and finds Native Hawaiian women with the highest rates of depression as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
Discussion of the methodologies, ethics, and background of study which centered on womens' experience of violence and doubts as to whether restorative justice would actually improve the situation.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 34, no. 4, February 2019, pp. 691-711
Description
Discusses results from interview with focus group of services providers in northern Saskatchewan. Identifies lack of safe shelters, transportation, and available services as barriers affecting women survivors.
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 23, no. 2, 2001, pp. 121-134
Description
Looks at the way violence against Aboriginal women is viewed and responded to in Australia and how the court system is bias against women in certain circumstances.
Historical Resilience: The Story of Violence against Native Women
More Than Seven Times for the Next Seven Generations
Save Our Sisters: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Sovereignty of Our Nations, in the Law and Over Our Bodies
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sarah Deer
Mary Kathryn Nagle
Jaime Black
Marita Growing Thunder
Cherrah Giles
Description
Videos of talks given at a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the American Indian.
"Historical Resilience: The Story of Violence against Native Women" by Sarah Deer.
"Sovereignty of Our Nations, in the Law, and Over Our Bodies" by Mary Kathryn Nagle.
"Dancing Myself Home" by Jaime Black.
"More Than Seven Times for the Next Seven Generations" by Cerrah Giles.
"Save Our Sisters: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls" by Marita Growing Thunder.
Panel Discussion.
Based on in-depth interviews with 9 women who had been involved in abusive relationships. Looks at the environmental and cultural factors which contribute to the situation and the culturally appropriate services that are needed to address the problem.