Women
Towards an Art History of Northwest Coast First Nations: A Review Essay of Recent Literature
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ira Jacknis
BC Studies, no. 135, Perspectives on Aboriginal Culture, Autumn, 2002, pp. 177-185
Description
Book reviews of:
Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia, 1774-1910 edited by Steven C. Brown.
Souvenirs of the Fur Trade: Northwest Coast Indian Art and Artifacts Collected by American Mariners, 1788-1844 by Mary Malloy.
The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations by Bill McLennan and Karen Duffek.
Northwest Coast Indian Paintings: House Fronts and Interior Screens by Edward Malin
Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist edited by Gary Wyatt.
Tribute to LaVonne Brown Ruoff
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 75-76
Description
Outlines several of her accomplishments and contributions to Native American Literary Studies.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 75.
A Tribute to Mary John and to the Synergy of Bridget Moran and Mary John
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Mills
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 529-551
Description
Describes the contributions and collaboration between the Stoney Creek, B. C. Elder Mary Quaw John and Bridget Moran who together produced two important books.
Twenty Five Years Of Community Service Recognised
Alternate Title
Twenty Five Years Of Community Service Recognized
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, January/February 1997, p. 27
Description
Brief article describing Kemarre Margaret Mary Turner's accomplishments in the Aboriginal community in Central Australia on the occasion of her receiving the Order of Australia.
Unbecoming a "Dirty Savage": Jane Willis's Geniesh: An Indian Girlhood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Warley
Canadian Literature, no. 156, Spring, 1998 , pp. 83-103
Description
Comments on an autobiography that was published the same year as Halfbreed by Maria Campbell but lacked critical attention.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
"The Way I Heard It": Autobiography, Tricksters, and Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Domina
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 45-67
Description
Explores the book for autobiographical sections and passages that could also be classified as myth, legend or fiction and how this influences the reader's treatment of the work as life writing.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
A Weasel Pops In and Out of Old Tunes: Exchanging Words
Alternate Title
A Weasel Pops In and Out of Old Tunes: Exchanging Words. (Marie Annharte Baker's Poetry)(Interview)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Annharte Baker
Lally Grauer
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, Winter, 2006, pp. 116-128
Description
Presents a joint paper done, by the author, with Marie Annharte Baker, the noted Chippewa/Cree/French author of three books of poetry: Being on the Moon, Coyote Columbus Cafe and Exercises in Lip Pointing.
Weaving a Transnational Narrative: Yellow Women and Orature in Almanac of the Dead
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Toll
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 65-82
Description
Article focuses on the similarities between Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller and Almanac of the Dead, examining the recurrence of Yellow Woman.
Willy Hodgson
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 26
Description
Chronicles the life of the 1994 Saskatchewan Order of Merit recipient who advocated on behalf of equality for Aboriginal people within the justice system.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
The Woman Who Married a Beaver: Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Alternate Title
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.
“Women in Between”: Indian Women in Fur Trade Society in Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Van Kirk
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 12, no. 1, 1977, pp. 30-46
Description
Explores the unique role women played in the fur trade and their motivations for becoming fur traders' wives.