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A New Book: The Sweetness of the Fig

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Glenn Hennessy
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, p. 36
Description
Brief book review of Sweetness of the Fig by Virginia Huffer.
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New Indian Sketches

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Pierre-Jean] de Smet
Description
Includes the life of Louise Sighouin, a short catechism, and vocabulary of the Skalzi or Koetenay language.
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A Nice Story of Nohkom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lana Whiskey Jack
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 215-216
Description
Author reminisces about her grandmother.
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Nora Marks Dauenhauer's Life Woven With Song

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gladys Cardiff
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 65-73
Description
Discusses elements of Nora Dauenhauer's Life Woven With Song which uses a variety of genres including memoir, essay, fiction, poetry, and autobiographical to reflect the relationship between the Tlingit people and their landscape. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
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Ocean Man Makes History

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 18
Description
Ocean Man First Nation elects an all-female Council and Chief for the first time in this country. The first election for Chief resulted in a tie, and in the runoff one month later Chief Laura Big Eagle was elected on February 14, 1997.
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'Other' Voices: Historical Essays on Saskatchewan Women

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathryn McPherson
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 79, no. 2, June 1998, pp. 376-378
Description
Book review of: 'Other' Voices edited by David Debrou and Aileen Moffatt. Includes work of Miriam McNab discussing colonization influences on the women of Pinehouse Lake.
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Our Bit of Truth

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marie Anneharbe Baker
Canadian Dimension, vol. 25, no. 5, July 1991, p. 33
Description
Book review of: Our Bit of Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Native Writing edited by Agnes Grant.
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Our Elders: Interviews with Saskatchewan Elders

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
Description
Photographs, short interviews and statements appearing in earlier publications of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC) Saskatchewan Indian Elders, Enewuk, and All Nations
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Paddling To Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewomen

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tracey Lindberg
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. 226-227,14
Description
Book review of: Paddling To Where I Stand edited by Martine J. Reid, translated by Daisey Sewid-Smith.
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The Pathfinders: Women Leaders in the the Tribal College Movement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carrie Billy
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 4, Tribal College Women, Summer, May 5, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Article profiles two women who were instrumental in the creation of tribal colleges and universities (TCUs): Ruth Roessel founder and president of Navajo Community College (now Diné College), and Carol Davis, a founding member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
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Personalising the History Wars: Woretemoeteryenner's Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maggie Walter
Louise Daniels
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, pp. 35-44
Description
Chronicles the life of Tasmanian woman who was born before European colonialism took place. By the time of her death fewer than 50 traditional Tasmanians remained.
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Pocahontas

Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
[Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 93]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Grace Steele Woodward
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Postcards: A Source for Aboriginal Biography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Cane
Niel Gunson
Aboriginal History, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 171-174
Description
Looks at a collection of postcards that document a friendship between two women and offers a record of the Diyari language.
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Powerful Medicine: The Rhetoric of Comanche Activist Ladonna Harris

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Cobb
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2006, pp. 63-87
Description
Focuses on the life and activist work of Harris who devoted her life to her people, playing a critical role in shaping American Native policy working with the nonprofit advocacy organization she founded, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
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Province Honors Women

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 16
Description

For Women's History Month, ten Aboriginal women from British Columbia were honored for their contributions to the political and cultural lives of their communities.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

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The Queen Writes Back: Liliuokalani's Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lydia Kualapai
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 32-62
Description
Examines the memoirs of Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917) which challenged the United States colonial construction of the Hawaiian nation, and became the historical foundation of the 1993 congressional apology to the Hawaiian people. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
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Rebecca Belmore's Performance of Photography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amber-Dawn Bear Robe
Description
Overview of Belmore's art work, who often portrays images that don't adhere to the expected conceptions of Indigenous peoples of North America.
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[Recensions/Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edmund Searles
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 549-552
Description
Review of: Saqiyuq, Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women by Nancy Wachowich, in collaboration with Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, and Sandra Pikujak Katsak.
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The Reception of Indigenous Life Stories: The Case of The Days of Augusta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Warley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 45-71
Description
Discussses the ethical, political, and aesthetic issues surrounding the narrative exchange and the writing and editing process of Indigenous life stories. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
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Reclaiming My Indigenous Identity and the Emerging Warrior: An Autoethnography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie St-Denis
Christine Walsh
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-17
Description
Describes St-Denis’ journey through phases of awakening, exploring, indigenizing, reclaiming and belonging as an integral part of completion of a Indigenous social work degree. Offers a decolonizing critique of social work, its practice and its relationship to contemporary colonizing practices.
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