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Tribal Domestic Working Women in Delhi - India

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Samar Bosu Mullick
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous People in Urban Areas, 2002, pp. 16-21
Explores the exploitation that takes place with relatively young women who are placed in a new, urban culture. To access this article scroll down to page 16.
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Two Spirit and Queer Indigenous Resurgence through Sci-Fi Futurisms, Doubleweaving, and Historical Re-Imaginings: A Review Essay

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Smokii Sumac
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 168-175
Literary Criticism article examines Love Beyond Body Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson and Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill and how the speculative nature of the texts helps to reclaim IndigiQueer and LGBTQ identities.
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US Imperialism and the Problem of “Culture” in Indigenous Politics: Towards Indigenous Internationalist Feminism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie K. Yazzie
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 95-118
Uses cases studies from Nicaragua and South Africa to compare colonization and imperialistic practices and how these experiences helped with the formation of what the author describes as Indigenous internationalist feminism.
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Violence in Aboriginal Australia: Colonisation and Gender [Part 1]

Alternate Title
Violence in Aboriginal Australia: Colonization and Gender [Part 1]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judy Atkinson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, June 1990, pp. 5-21
Controversial report sparks conversations about hidden forms of violence and colonization. Part 2.
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Voices of Cherokee Women

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Victoria LaPoe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 3, Summer, 2016, pp. 277-280
Book review of: Voices of Cherokee Women edited by Carolyn Ross Johnston.
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Wapos Bay: Raven Power

Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 16
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
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.
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Wapos Bay: Raven Power: Study Guide

Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Raven Power. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
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We'wha and Klah the American Indian Berdache as Artist and Priest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 127-150
Looks into the lives of the Berdache or gender-mixed Indigenous leaders We'wha and Klah and how their gender status provided them with a variety of unique skills, insights, and interaction with the rest of American society.
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We Women of Izozog

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Zulema Barahona
Felicia Barrientos
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Bolivia, June 2002, pp. 46-47
Short article describes the history of Inter-Communal Body of Women of the Capaincy of Izozog, CIMCI. To access this article, scroll down to page 46.
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Weaving and the Construction of a Gender Division of Labor in Early Colonial Peru

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen B. Graubart
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Autumn, 2000, pp. 537-561
Author argues that the colonization of Peru by the Spanish created a radical shift in gender identities and roles in Indigenous societies, and that the shift has been made invisible by Eurocentric definitions of gender and gender roles.
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White Man's Law and the American Indian Family in the Assimilation Era

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda J. Lacey
Arkansas Law Review, vol. 40, no. 2, 1986, pp. 327-379
Compares and contrasts the social and mores existing in American Indian societies of the nineteenth century with those of the Anglo-Europeans. The article also discusses the effects of assimilation and post-assimilation policies on those social structures.
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Wiisaakodewikwe Anishinaabekwe Diabaajimotaw Nipigon Zaaga'igan: Lake Nipigon Ojibway Metis Stories About Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia D. McGuire
Kishshebakabaykwe
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
Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
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Witch Accusations in Jharkhand, India: A Few Recent Cases

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Samar Bosu Mullick
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 18-23
Findings indicate little change after the proclamation of the Prevention of Witch Act in 1999. To access this article scroll down to page 18.
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