Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Olga Marques
Lisa Monchalin
Description
Chapter from Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women edited by Lily George, Adele N. Norris, Antje Deckert, Juan Tauri. A discussion on the high incarceration of Canadian Indigenous women due to the impact of both historical and present day colonial practices.
Metis Women Gathering: Visiting Together and Voicing Wellness for ourselves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Corrigal Flaminio
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Leah Marie Dorion
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 55-63
Description
Authors examine the ways that gathering to share knowledge and community affects the wellness of Métis women; focus on themes of (a) Importance of Métis women gathering together; (b) Visiting is changing; (c) Learning-by-doing and kinship; (d) Métis women’s gatherings, community, and wellness; (e) Métis-specific spaces to share stories; and (f) Pride in Métis women’s identity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 121-130
Description
While others celebrate the 'discovery' of the New World, the 1.5 million Aboriginal peoples in the United States will celebrate their survival against centuries of genocide, legal restrictions on religion and language and other oppressive measures.
This file contains recommendations by Nelson Mayer, Vice-President, United Native Nations. Mayer compiled four reports from the four workshop groupings from the previous day's session (7 June 1993) and labelled the reports Ownership, Governments, Community and Resources. Mayer offers numerous recommendations under each report.