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The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Castillo
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2 : Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [89]-96
Description
Book review of: Blue Jay's Dance by Louise Erdrich. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Helen Agger
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-121
Description
Review of: First Voices: An Aboriginal Women's Reader edited by Patricia A. Monture and Patricia D. McGuire.
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Book Reviews/Recensions

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carolyn Redl
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 1991, pp. 157-159
Description
Book review of:Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada: An Anthology edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance with preface by Emma LaRocque.
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The Braiding Histories Stories

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Michael R. Dion
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 77-100
Description
Looks at an alternative way to address Aboriginal subject material, shifting the focus from an essentializing or "othering" exploration of the attributes of Aboriginal peoples to a focus on historical experiences that inform our understanding of contemporary relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
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Buffy Saint-Marie: An Unsung Hero for Far Too Long

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Simard
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, p. 58
Description
Brief discussion of the documentary Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life directed by Joan Prowse.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie

Web Sites » Personal
Description
Features the award-winning Aboriginal singer/songwriter/visual artist. Includes biography, recordings, interview, photos, artwork, and audio clips....
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Building on Her Legacy of Leadership

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Lin
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 12, March 2006, p. 5
Description

Recounts the achievements of Wendy Grant-John, the recipient of the 2006 National Aboriginial Achievement Award for community development.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.

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A Busy Life for Indian Lady

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Beatty
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 3, March 1974, p. 22
Description
Life and times of Angelique Ballantyne.
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Cameron Lineage a Proud History of Service

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, July 21, 2006, p. A11
Description
Family history of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable, the late Robin Cameron, the Constable who was killed in the line of duty in Saskatchewan in 2006.
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Campaign Honours Missing Native Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Devine
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 1, January 2004, p. 2
Description
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), the Anglican Church and the United Church of Canada form coalition to raise awareness of the disappearance of 500 aboriginal women in the last 20 years through the Sisters in Spirit promotion.
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Canada's Indian Peoples

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Verna Kirkness
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, pp. 7-8
Description
Essay by Verna Kirkness of the Fisher River First Nation, Manitoba, publishes report in Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first Indigenous person to do so.
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Carol Couchie

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 8, November 2005, p. 16
Description

Interview with the chair of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada's Aboriginal Health Issues Committee who helped create the Association of Aboriginal Midwifes and Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

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Carrying The Pipe: Maliseet Elder, Healer, and Teacher Imelda Perley

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maura Hanrahan
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. 200-203
Description
Author describes the challenges facing Indigenous women who strive to assume leadership roles in their communities.
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Cathy Mattes

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cathy Mattes
Description
Autobiographical sketch of the Métis freelance contemporary art curator and writer from rural Manitoba.
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A Choctaw Odyssey: The Life of Lesa Phillip Roberts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Roberts
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 259-276
Description
Author describes the life of his grandmother, articulating the ways that the United States has changed and developed since her birth in 1890, discusses the effects of these changes and and developments on the Choctaw Nation.
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Christine Quintasket

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather Andrews Miller
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 30
Description

Chronicles the life and works of the novelist and advocate of Aboriginal land rights.

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Citizen of the Year: An Inspiration To All

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lorie-Ann LaRocque
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 21, no. 3, May 1992, p. 1
Description
Freda Ahenakew of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation named Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations' Citizen of the Year.
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"Close in Our Hearts": Debbie Sloss' Story

Alternate Title
Storytelling: Debbie's Story
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief biography based on remembrances of a young woman who police say died of an overdose, but whose family believe may have been murdered.
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Connecticut River Valley Awakening

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Azure
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 115-137
Description
Author looks at her formative years, living with her parents and living in a Children's Home. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.
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Consuming Passions: Reconciliation in Women's Intellectual Memoir

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian Whitlock
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 23, no. 1, Where in the World is Transnational Feminism?, Spring, 2004, pp. 13-28
Description
Focuses on three autobiographies: How Should I read These? Native Women Writers in Canada by Helen Hoy, Tiger's Eye by Inga Clendinnen and My Skull by Antjie Krog.
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Contemporary Native Women's Voices in Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Agnes Grant
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 124-132
Description
Looks at one way to cross the cultural boundary in Native literature by examining the purpose of author Maria Campbell, in Halfbreed, Beatrice Culleton, in In Search of April Raintree, and Lee Maracle, in I Am Woman. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 124 to read article.
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A Conversation With Mary Brave Bird

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Wise
R. Todd Wise
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3, Summer, June 1, 2000, pp. 482-493
Description
Interview with the author of Lakota Woman and Ohitika Woman.
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Conversations with Remarkable Native Americans

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Caroline Laurent
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 125-127
Description
Book review of: Conversations with Remarkable Native Americans by Joëlle Rostkowski.
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Culture and Intercultural Dynamics: The Life Stories of Three Women from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Volume II)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Camil Gerard
Anne-Marie Siméon
Yvette Maltais-Jean
Ivy Bradbury
Description
One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
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Culture Change and Continuity: A Winnebago Life

Alternate Title
North American Indian Thought and Culture
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Kathleen Mullen Sands
Description
Chapter excerpted from American Indian Women Telling Their Lives (p. [69]-82)
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A Culture of Loss: The Mourning Period of Paper Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Apryl Gladue
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. 204-207
Description
Author reflects on the effects of her mixed heritage and non-Aboriginal upbringing in rural Alberta.
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