Book review of: Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Ruby Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson. This is the life story of "the only Native woman in Canada serving a twenty-five-year sentence for first-degree murder".
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 154 to access review.
Canadian Materials, vol. 7, no. 6, November 17, 2000
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Review of National Film Board video designed for Grade 10, which uses the traditional story of Siwash Rock with a contemporary application concerning teenage pregnancy.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 7, September/October 1994, p. 15
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This is the third in an ongoing series of stories on successful First Nations women. Features Lenore Stiffarm who holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard, teaches with the Indian and Northern Education Program (INEP) in Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan.
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 121-123
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Book reviews of: Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter by Janet Campbell Hale and Feminist Readings of Native American Literature: Coming to Voice by Kathleen M. Donovan.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews scroll to p. 121.
She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.
Public Health Reports, vol. 109, no. 1, January-February 1994, pp. 99-103
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Looks at challenges for a health care center to get services to eligible women and address non-financial barriers such as language, transportation and gender issues.
MELUS, vol. 25, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 2000, pp. 31-64
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Discussion on the poetic re-imaginings in Tekonwatonti, Molly Brant by Maurice Kenny, in order to reconstruct the times, life, and land of Molly Brant.
Critical Public Health, vol. 10, no. 2, 2000, pp. 243-256
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Examines the holistic and spiritual concepts of health among Indigenous peoples in North America and Australia as opposed to western medicine's linear approach.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Racism and Gender, Spring, 1994, p. 114
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Author discusses the influence of oral traditions, storytelling, and the "grandmother's voice" on her work, with emphasis on characters Coyote Girl and Rat Lady in the play Albeit Aboriginal.
Reminiscences of relatives, friends and acquaintances of Louisa Anderson, a Tsimshian Elder from Hartley Bay, British Columbia. Supplemented by contextual information.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 51-76
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Looks at how the negative representations of women in N. Scott Momaday’s novels demonstrates a lack of harmony and balance, and an underlying of dislike, or mistrust of women.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, National Identity and Gender Politics, Summer, 2000, pp. 143-148
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Looks at the complexities of the ongoing debate between feminists and nationalists saying that feminist theories need to integrate issues of race, lands, sovereignty, and colonialism.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, Women Entrepreneurs, 1994, pp. 54-58
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Looks at a micro-enterprise model for female entrepreneurship in Native communities, and programs which encourage self-reliance and the economic independence of women.
Her Majesty The Queen v. Native Women's Association of Canada, file 23253
Native Women's Assn. of Canada v. Canada, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627
The Queen v. Native Women's Association of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court Reports, vol. 3, October 27, 1994, pp. 627-669
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Association argued it suffered from inequitable funding and insufficient rights of participation in comparison to the four male-dominated national Aboriginal organizations.
Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 293-334
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Argues that sentencing circles are of little use to the victim and that only a solution which addresses the imbalance of power between men and women produced by colonial policies will make a substantive difference.
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; 2000-7e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Giff
Description
Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada.
"Unrevised".
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 48-50
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Discussion of programs offered by the Lodge which are meant to enhance womens' chances of success upon release; follows principles outlined in the Creating Choices Report.
Anthropology of Work Review, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2000, pp. 12-17
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Discusses Tsimshian women's experience as laborers and producers and their exclusion from wage work and independent harvesting over the past 100 years.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, p. 20
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Reports on the awarding of the Queensland (Australia) Health Outstanding Achievement Award to Maureen Kirk, Project Officer, Women's Cancer Screening Services, Public Health Services in Brisbane, Australia.