Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 131-144
Description
Review essay of:
Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Sa by Tadeusz Lewandowski.
A Warrior of the People: The Indomitable Courage of Susan la Flesche - America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita.
Medicine Woman directed by Christine Lesiak and Princella RedCorn.
American Indian Women by Patrick Deval and translated by Jan-Marie Todd.
Includes stories that are used in the Gender Inside Indigenous Law Toolkit to teach methods of engaging with stories as law or work with critical issues surrounding gender. Divided into three parts: stories, case briefs to be used with toolkit, and feminist legal analysis of stories.
Reports on responses to 13 questions about experiences of Indigenous girls, consultations with community members about what is happening, and what is needs to be done, and concludes with four recommendations based on research.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
The Skirt Project: Resources for TEachers and Communities
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Author/Creator
Natalia Sudeyko
Description
Blog uses a discussion of the "skirt protocol" (the practice which, in some Indigenous communities, requires women wear long skirts to participate in spiritual ceremonies) as starting point to explore how clothing is related to culture, religion, tradition, gender, colonialism, and identity.
Includes links to lesson plan, backgrounder, activities, teaching resources, and consolidated materials.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 19-32
Description
Looks at settler colonialism and the 1850 Act for the Government and Protections of Indians paving the way for victimization and criminalization of American Native women.