Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 86-106
Description
Argues that while the story focuses on the trauma and loss resulting from colonization, it also shows the resilience of tribal women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 86.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 193-196
Description
Book review of: Narratives of Citizenship edited by Aloys N. M. Fleischmann, Nancy Van Styvendale and Cody McCarroll.
Review located by scrolling to page 193.
Profiles woman who was one of the main figures in revitalizing artistic production during the 1930s and was the author of the influential book A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture: An Outline of the Arts and Crafts of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia.
Presents an updated draft regarding factors effecting high rates of violence against First Nations women and girls, and discusses strategies to address the cause and effect.
Includes workbooks for developing a national action plan and national public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, and lists of reports, recommendations, and resources.
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 30, July-Sept 2017, pp. 6-10
Description
"This article will provide an overview of the context surrounding the national crisis, as well as outline the bottom-up initiatives which have provoked a political response".
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.
Languages, Literatures and Cultures Thesis (M.A)--Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2013.
Looks at how Aboriginal women are represented in The Lone Ranger and Tonto FistFight in Heaven, The Toughest Indian in the World and Ten Little Indians.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: NWAC Report Card
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Update and assessment of the progress made by the National Inquiry Commission to the families of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to the public.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin, a National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia O'Reilly
Thomas Fleming
Description
Analyzes shortcomings of the investigation and police attitudes towards victims and their families.
Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, April 2013, pp. 4-17
Description
Examines issues surrounding the controversial series of paintings which depict murdered and missing women (predominately Aboriginal) from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 32, no. 1-2, Violence in Education: Transnational, Global and Local Perspectives, 2017-2018
Description
Focuses of the National Operational Overview on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women (NOOMMIW) to demonstrate how state-produced and supported documents, and narratives around gender and sexual violence against Indigenous girls and women constitute a form of public education which sustains rather than prevents these crimes.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health, vol. 10, no. 8, 2013, pp. 1119-1127
Description
Examines the need to assess the importance of understanding cultural attitudes and beliefs to improve physical activity levels among Indigenous populations.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 82, April 2013, p. 51–57
Description
Presents results of the study on the physical, sexual, or psychological harm of violence by a partner and the related socioeconomic and demographic variables.
File contains information on activism, agriculture, reserve life, medical services, drug prescriptions, land claims, the Indian Act, Metis, Indigenous rights, chiefs, sterilization of indigenous women, the "Red Paper", discrimination, treaties 8 and 11, recreation, Liquor Act, provincial law, housing, Local Initiatives Programs, utilities on reserves, and poverty.
Women's Health Issues, vol. 23, no. 5, 2013, pp. e319-e325
Description
Research suggests that aboriginal women experience health inequalities in cancer screening that are less influenced by personal risk behaviors and more so by societal forces.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 6, April 2, 2013, pp. e256-e262
Description
Results of a study shows that stillbirth rates in Aboriginal populations are higher than in the general population and offers evidence that health problems linked to obesity and smoking may be behind the gap.