American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
Proposes a variety of solutions to issues such as inadequate housing and income, low levels of employment, education, and overall economic advancement for Aboriginal women.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 36-38
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Looks at the Quebec Native Women (QNW) Association's mandate to help improve Indigenous women's rights and living conditions of their families.
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In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization
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Dawn Martin-Hill
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Presents life stories from the women of Lubicon Cree Nation.
Chapter 18 from In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization edited by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit and Glenn McRae.
Lists sources dealing with causes and effects of domestic violence, studies which have measured the effectiveness of restorative justice, key concerns, and discussion on the efficacy of restorative justice in cases of violence against and abuse of female intimate partners.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
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Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 8-13
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Examines effects of colonization on a community of San in eastern Namibia and how gender relations have been altered.
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Speaker discusses Amnesty International report, Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada and her part as an independent researcher contributing to it.
Duration: 1:08:26.
Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 28-31
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Examines the Touareg or Tamachek women and their loss of ancestral lands and control over decisions concerning well-being, economic, social and cultural lives.
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Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
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Travis Hay
Kristin Burnett
Lori Chambers
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Looks at media coverage of the Declaration of Emergency which was issued for the housing crises in the communities of Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Fort Albany in 2012, with particular attention to the backlash that occurred against Chief Teresa Spence's hunger strike.
Chapter six from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
AIDS and Behavior, vol. 8, no. 1, March 2004, pp. 33-45
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Findings suggest that as part of HIV prevention and intervention, clinicians and outreach workers should routinely perform assessments on trauma and make appropriate referrals when needed.
Statistics for sexual assault, maltreatment of Indigenous girls before the age of 15, spousal violence, injury, interpersonal violence after separation, and contact with victim services.
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 70-86
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Identifies factors effecting the high rates of violence against American Native women and presents a readiness model to help tribal communities deal with the violence.