Women

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Memory, History, and Contested Pasts: Re-imagining Sacagawea/Sacajawea

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally McBeth
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 1-32
Description
An investigation into Native Americans worldviews in relation to many versions of the life and death of Sacajawea, the interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark.
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Métis Matriarchs

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doris Jeanne Mackinnon
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 6, December-January 2017-2018, pp. 38-43
Description
Looks at the lives of Bella Hardisty (later Lady Lougheed) and Buckskin Mary (Marie Rose Delorme).
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Métis Writers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion
Darren R. Préfontaine
Description
Biographical sketches of Beatrice Culleton, Dr. Anne Anderson, Olive Dickason, and Rita Bouvier.
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The Mohawk Princess

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Unwin
The Beaver, vol. 79, no. 5, October/November 1999, pp. 15-[?]
Description
Brief biography of poet Pauline Johnson.
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Molly Wardaguga

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sue Kildea
Molly Wardaguga
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 3-5
Description
Biography and interview with Burarra Aboriginal elder and retired senior Aboriginal health worker (SAHW) with over 40 years experience in Northern Territory, Australia. NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)
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“Mother Of U.S. Senator An Indian Queen”: Cultural Challenge and Appropriation in The Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Brandon
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [5]-22
Description
Article contends that these practically forgotten memoirs deserve much more critical attention than they have received because they offer insight into the unique set of circumstances surrounding Owen's life. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Mourning Dove

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
Description
Includes biographical and critical essay, list of writings and further readings about the author of Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range and Tales of the Okanogans. Author explores the issue of assimilation and its effect on Native American cultures.
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Mourning Dove's Canadian Recovery Years, 1917-1919

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown

Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 113 - 122
Description
Discusses the period in Christine Quintasket's life, where her health improved and she regained the strength to pursue her ambitions as a writer. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 113 to read article.
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Mourning Dove's Textual Frontier

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura G. Godfrey
Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, vol. 62, no. 1, 2006, pp. 65-83
Description
Discussion of how the narrative by Mounring Dove (or Hum-ishu-ma) is a complex read due to intrusion of the collaborating author, nevertheless reveals her perspectives, which places Metis women in roles equal to men.
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Mrs. Catherine Gillespie Motherwell, Pioneer Teacher and Missionary

Articles » General
Author/Creator
L.L. Dobbin
Saskatchewan History, vol. 14, no. 1, 1961, 1961, pp. 17-26
Description
Describes Motherwell’s work as a teacher in various locations in what is now Saskatchewan: Orkney, Katepwa, Balcarres, the Crowstand Mission School and the Mistawasis Mision of the Presbyterian Church, and later she was appointed Principal of File Hills Indian Residential School. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 25.
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Multiculturalism in Select Canadian Writings

Theses
Author/Creator
K. E. Padmam
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Madurai Kamaraj University, 2015. Includes discussion of Jeanette Armstrong's Slash and Beatrice Culleton's In Search of April Raintree.
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My Family History, Mrs. Harriette McCallum

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria P. McCallum
Saskatchewan Indian, April 1989, p. 14
Description
Born in Sandy Bay, speaks of memories of her life and of traditions learned in her childhood.
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My Heart Is Lakota

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nelle Oosterom
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 29
Description
Relates personal search for Lakota roots as a direct descendant of the Sitting Bull tribe who settled in the Wood Mountain area of Saskatchewan.
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"My Life in Keg River" by Mary Percy Jackson

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 169-186
Description
Dr. Jackson's presentation of her experiences in the Keg River, Northern Alberta and her knowledge of the Métis. Previously published in Journal of the Medical Women's Federation of Great Britain.
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"A Nation of Artists": Alice Ravenhill and the Society for the Furtherance of British Columbia Indian Arts and Crafts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
LiLynn Wan
BC Studies, no. 178, Summer, 2013, pp. 51-70
Description
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.
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Native Americans Serving in Iraq

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, April 14, 2003, pp. 2003-05-14
Description
Reflects on the death of Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, the first American female soldier killed in Iraq.
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Native Women Writing: Tracing the Patterns

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverly Rasporich
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 1996, pp. 37-50
Description
Examines the style of women writings: the projection of intimate, first person, voice and the confessional, all displaying a common thread of orality.
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Natives and Nationalism: The Americanization of Kateri Tekakwitha

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Greer
Catholic Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 2, April 2004, pp. 260-272
Description
Looks at the significance of Kateri Tekakwitha, and the nostalgic, fictionalized autobiography The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha written by Ellen Walworth.
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