Discusses amendments to the Act involving reinstatement of status that had been lost due to gender discrimination in the previous Act, the issue of transmission of status to children, difficulties in producing documentation, and band membership vs. status.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 139-147
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
Too Few To Count: Canadian Women In Conflict With The Law edited by Ellen Adelberg and Claudia Currie.
The Foot of the River by George Lalor.
Ste. Madeleine, Community Without a Town: Métis Elders in Interview by Ken Zeilig and Victoria Zeilig.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 46-50
Description
Talks about experiences working with the Communicable Disease Centre and the use of a new family planning educational aid kit, MAGNEL 88 used to educate people living in Aboriginal communities.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 2, no. 1, Racism ... Talking Out, 1986, pp. 159-170
Description
Discussion of the author's experiences involving racism while obtaining legal education. Also includes commentary regarding racism and disadvantage theories as well as coping strategies.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, 1987, pp. 21-24
Description
Reports Aboriginal health workers should receive training in antenatal care as well the female anatomy and sociology, the menstrual cycle, conception and diagnosis of pregnancy.
Tells the story of a Métis woman who appears to be quite happy and content in her common-law marriage to a Hudson's Bay Company clerk until he deserts her because of her background and company policy.
Duration: 57:01
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 37-41
Description
Recommends treating and curing sexually transmitted disease (STD) like syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes and genital worts in the mother before passing it on to the child.
Short documentary about services offered to battered women in the communities of Portage La Prairie and Thompson, Manitoba and the West Bay Reserve, Ontario.
Duration: 27:40.
Arkansas Law Review, vol. 40, no. 2, 1986, pp. 327-379
Description
Compares and contrasts the social and mores existing in American Indian societies of the nineteenth century with those of the Anglo-Europeans. The article also discusses the effects of assimilation and post-assimilation policies on those social structures.
Focuses on a group of women who ran a tribal council for over a year in the late 1960s. Discusses how they gained control, their impact on council activities and the long term effects on their community.