Lakota family violence expert and one of the founders of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, speaks at the Northern Michigan University's Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.
Encounters in Theory and History of Education, vol. 9, Fall, 2008, pp. 121-143
Description
Comments on concerns of Indigenous students and Indigenous women regarding cultural continuity and design and practice of Indigenous education within teacher education.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 5, no. 3, HIV/AIDS and Ethnic Minority Women, Families, and Communities, August 1999, pp. 236-248
Description
Study found that found that domestic violence and physical or sexual abuse were more relevant than attitudes toward the disease itself.
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 68-75
Description
Discusses Allen's many contributions as a scholar, poet, novelist, theorist, political activist, and professor.
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Extensive resource providing links to jobs and scholarships, nationwide programs and initiatives, medical and professional programs, and resources for IHS management.
French Colonial History, vol. 11, 2010, pp. 109-129
Description
Examines how gender and race in the social, economic, and political structures played a role in the lives of Marie Josephe Le Borgne de Belisle and Marguerite Guédry.
Canadian Political Science Association Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Heritz
Description
Looks at the movement between reserve and city (labelled as 'churn') and the concerns submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 1, In-home and Community Care for Seniors / Le soin des ainés à la maison et dans la communauté, 2008, pp. 112-125
Description
Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 28
Description
Discusses the annual Canadian Sisters in Spirit March which helps to raise awareness of violence against Aboriginal women and honour missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
Article located by scrolling to page 28.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2008, p. 3
Description
Looks at a walk to raise awareness of a missing woman, the victim of a murder, and the statistics that suggest Aboriginal women are more likely to be victims of assault.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Women of the community go on a retreat due to feeling unappreciated and as a result bring the community closer together in episode 16 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Raven Power: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02.
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
Discusses the impact of colonialism and how empowerment strategies are the key to creating generational change and establishing functional communities.
Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, The Border Politics of Whiteness, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Examines white foster/adoptive mothers of Indigenous children in Australia highlighting the problematic nature of research representing experiences that were never talked about.
Widening the Circle: Newsletter of the Native Mental Health Research Team
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kahá:wi Jacobs
Laurence Kirmayer
Jean Stevenson
Newsletter of the Native Mental Health Research Team, vol. 2, no. 2, Winter, 1999, pp. 1-9
Description
Information on the Urban Aboriginal health survey; Pimadiziwin Quebec Native Women’s conference; Aboriginal wisdom & wellness; NMHRT Advisory Committee meeting; calendar of events; video review; models for suicide prevention in Aboriginal communities; Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal begins fundraising campaign; resource materials.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 217-222
Description
Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
Description
Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.
The Woman Who Married a Beaver Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce M. White
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 109-147
Description
Analysis of roles and contributions of Southwestern Ojibwa (Anishinaabeg), particularly women, to the fur trade from the 17th century until recent times.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 19, no. 1/2, Women and Justice, 1999, pp. 24-29
Description
Argues that little has been done with respect to Aboriginal offenders other than accommodate them within the mainstream system and that traditional risk assessment is not valid when applied to Aboriginal women.