Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses incorporating individual experiences and circumstances into discussions of collective self-determination and what strategies are needed to move forward.
Argues that issues regarding health, safety, wellness, equality and empowerment cannot be fully achieved without the recognition to the right to self-determination and the role women play in that right.
ssert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism and Film
Media » Film and Video
Description
Video presentation of Assert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism and Film, hosted by the Museum of Anthropology. Continuation from part one. Shows short films followed by discussion and question period with filmmakers and artists. Companion to exhibition: Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth
Duration: 2:55:59.
Part 1.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 487-516
Description
Book reviews of:
Living Relationships: The Treaty of Waitangi in the New Millennium by Ken S. Coates and P. G. McHugh.
Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government: The Canadian and Mexican Experience in North American Perspective edited by Curtis Cook and Juan D. Lindau.
Tribal Honors: A History of the Kainai Chieftainship by Hugh A. Dempsey.
The Myth of the Savage, and the Beginning of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Patricia Dickason.
The Pawnee Mythology by George Dorsey.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 381-404
Description
Book reviews of:
Legends of our Times: Native Cowboy Life by Morgan Baillargeon and Leslie Tepper.
The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America by Conlin Callway (Editor).
Women in Trouble: Connecting Women's Law Violations to Their Histories of Abuse by Elizabeth Cormack.
Leonard Bloomfield's Fox Lexicon: Critical Edition by Ives Goddard (Editor).
White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence by Sidney L. Harring.
Act allows signatory First Nations the authority to create their own system for making reserve land allotments as well as the authority to deal with matrimonial interests or rights.
Current as of May 12, 2016.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Description
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, 1990, pp. 15-38
Description
Analyzes the relationship between ethnicity and gender in two peripheral contexts, among Basotho women of Lesotho and Navajo women of the American Southwest.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues (IAGS)
Description
Framework for assisting with United Nations operational activities and programs at the country level regarding human rights-based and culturally sensitive development for and with indigenous peoples.
A registered nurse talks about her friendship with Malcolm Norris and the development of Friendship Centres in Prince Albert and Winnipeg and school integration in La Ronge.
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
Presents several key themes and trends: First Nations control over citizenship, the restitution of identity, language as a means of connection, and dealing with on-going issues of Indian registration.
Presents the Native Women's Association of Canada's (NWAC) perspective on Canada's compliance with articles in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
RCAP 133 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to forestry, women's rights, land claims, self-government and tourism.
File contains a general discussion on Metis issues by presenters Clem Chartier, Isabelle Impey, Cathy LaValley, Alphonse Janvier, Joyce Racette, Lyle Boland, Commissioners Rene Dussault and Viola Robinson. The topic of discussion is Metis issues in Saskatchewan. Topics covered include Metis rights, economics, self-governance, women and social issues.
File contains a presentation by Doris Young of the Indigenous Women's Collective regarding Aboriginal women's issues/views in the realm of the justice system, schools, the Indian Act, training and employment, political systems, and self-governance. Young also stresses the need for Aboriginal women's participation in the establishment of a Charter of Rights for Aboriginal People should such legislation be enacted.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenneth Deer
Eva Johnson
Elizabeth Beauvais
Description
This file contains a presentation by Eva Johnson and Elizabeth Beauvais that describes four "touchstones for change: A new relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples, self-determination, self-sufficiency, and healing." Beauvais reads from an unidentified document "that was presented to the governments in 1985" which expresses the wishes of the Five Nations Confederacy.
File contains a presentation by Jeannette Boivin, Director of the General Council of Atikamekw Women. Boivin delivers a presentation on democracy, self-governance, the need for consultation, decentralization, and enhanced powers for elected represetnatives. Boivin also discusses the importance of establishing an appeal system in the form of a parity system or ombudsman's office, and training and education concerns.
File contains a presentation by Marilyn Fontaine, Spokesperson, Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition. Fontaine discusses her organizations history, and the issues it deals with including sexism, violence, abuse, lack of political representation, self-government talks, and the environment.
File contains a presentation by Marlene Pierre and Bernadette Cook focusing on Aboriginal women in politics and they must be included in the decision-making process. She describes the clan system of government and how the benefits of that system could be used in an "Aboriginal Charter," a form of self-government established by Aboriginal women on paper. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.