Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 166-179
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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.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 715-739
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Explores the concept of citizenship in relation to women and discusses problems of sexist and racist policies that impair the capacity of women for full citizenship in both the colonial state and First Nations.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, interviews, poems and various articles, including Aboriginal Women: No Rights to Land or Children by Mabel Nipshank.
Identifies problems in areas of time taken for processing applications and returning decisions on their success or failure, increasing rates of denial of status, and falling rate of restorations for women who lost status as a result of marriage
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.
Alternate Routes, vol. 8, Nation, Race, Gender and the International Division of Labour, 1988, pp. 144-152
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Reply to Jesse Russell's criticisms of approach to culture and class in the author's article, "The Development of Capitalism and the Subjugation of Native Women in Northern Canada".
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 166-179
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Book reviews of: Black Eyes All of the Time by Anne McGillivray, Brenda Comaskey; Discrimination and Denial: Systemic Racism in Ontario's Legal and Justice Systems, 1892-1961 by Clayton James Mosher; Essays in the History of Canadian Law VIII in Honour of R.C.B. Risk edited by G. Blaine Baker and Jim Phillips; The Expanding Prison: The Crisis in Crime and Punishment and the Search for Alternatives by David Cayley; Final Appeal: Decision Making in Canadian Courts of Appeal by Ian Greene ...
Bill was supposed to remedy the sexually discriminatory section 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act; deals with who is entitled to Status. Document covers issues such as reinstatement backlog and priorities, registration documentation, identification of father/illegitimate children, and funding issues (health, education, housing, child welfare) resulting from increase in status population.
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 23, no. 2, 2001, pp. 121-134
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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.