American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 2, 2017, pp. 76-98
Description
Analysis of responses from 298 individuals found that 29.7% experienced symptoms in the second year. Authors concluded that there should be intensive screening performed at that time.
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.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 23-24
Description
Conference held in 1995 looks at the imbalance in health circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and provides recommendations to address the situation through policy changes and funding.
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Travis Hay
Kristin Burnett
Lori Chambers
Description
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.
Looks at women's experiences in Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Research involved literature review and interviews with forty-six Inuit women, twenty-two service providers, and, when possible, focus groups. Four objectives of study were to identify motivations for migration/relocation to urban centres, examine challenges faced, discuss primary effects on roles and responsibilities, and to identify supports 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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1996, pp. [13]-24
Description
Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 23-42
Description
Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.
Article explores the posts and comments from three different Blogs by Indigenous women; examines how intersectional rhetoric is constructed and used in these spaces, and how it serves to defend Indigenous rhetorical sovereignty.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [13]-20
Description
Traces the manifestations of power in four generations of fictional women: Pauline Puyat, Marie Lazarre, Zelda Kashpaw and her daughter Albertine.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Voices From The Commons, Spring, 1996
Description
Promotes womens' input into decisions about the future of the fisheries industry, arguing that women are familiar with the needs of the rural communities that they live in.
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tina Hotton Mahony
Joanna Jacob
Heather Hobson
Description
Statistics on violent crime, criminal and violent victimization, childhood assault, spousal violence, homicide, and females charged with violent offences.