Gender Roles

Looks at portrayal of father and traditional male gender norms in Luther Standing Bear's autobiography. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.

Comments on the need for a closer look at some Indigenous economic successes including a gendered analysis.

Author examines the interplay between physical housing structures and the make-up of the households that occupy them, considers different types of kinship that might be found in a single household. Examines census data to reveal changes, but also notes possible site for imbedded cultural biases.

Examines the influence of four Native American women academics on the authors personal journey as an indigenous feminist.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Portland State University, 2004.

Article examines the ways that cultural expectations and gender roles intersected with Grey Owl's performance of Indigeneity and permitted/inhibited his work as a conservationist.

Reviews content from Revitalizing Indigenous Laws: Accessing Justice and Reconciliation conference, Indigenous law in a garnered context, and bringing gendered analysis into the work of Indigenous law.

Briefing notes present key issues/challenges and implications of a gender perspective.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1999.

Uses Kogan' attitude scale and Cattell's 16 Personality Factors to measure attitudes. [Psychology] Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Laurentian University, [2015].

Presents a study that looks at health and environmental risk perspectives associated with gender and place in two sets of northern Canadian Aboriginal communities.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1989.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Looks at the evidence that suggests status was mediated by class as well as by gender.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2005. Considers the extent to which traditional gender roles are reflected in writings of authors including: Charles Eastman, Zitkal-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Ella C. Deloria, Joseph Marshall and Elizabet Cook Lynn.

Discusses the Canadian government's perspective on equality and its failure to achieve it, both for women in general and First Nations women in particular.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.

Examines how new structures of human relationships are formed to replace traditional ones in Louise Erdrich's The Beet Queen. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Study looks at gender imbalance in wildlife co-management boards in the Yukon. Current female representation ranges from 0 percent to 83 percent.

Book review of: Gender, Culture and Northern Fisheries edited by Joanna Kafarowski.

Studies the relationship between gender and decision making on co-management boards in the Yukon.

Examined 89 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 and found common displays of conduct disorder but a varied display of other psychiatric disorders.

Examines intellectual property rights issues associated with traditional knowledge in medicine from a gender perspective, and looks at the implications for the wellbeing of the Indigenous populations.

Reports discrimination remains in the registration provision of the Indian Act and is found in the second generation cut-off rule which was not looked at in the McIvor case.

Thematic Studies Department, (Undergraduate Thesis)--Linkoping University, 2005.

First known study of its kind finds that Alaskan Native women are earning bachelor degrees at a rate triple that of men. Study suggests making education more compatible with traditional male roles.

Analyzes the effects of inequality on populations based on three aspects of socioeconomic inconsistencies: Indigeneity, gender and geography.

Evaluation found no significant difference between the frequency of burial, or grave goods, between male and female graves.

Looks at the role of women in resource development and community governance from an economic, socio-cultural and political point of view.

Looks at Arctic Indigenous peoples whose lifestyles no longer are tied to nature. To access this article, scroll down to page 52.

Includes stories that are used in the Gender Inside Indigenous Law Toolkit to teach methods of engaging with stories as law or work with critical issues surrounding gender. Divided into three parts: stories, case briefs to be used with toolkit, and feminist legal analysis of stories.

Designed to provide facilitators with basic background, lessens and activities to generate discussions about Indigenous law and issues around gender.

Excerpt from AHDR: Arctic Human Development Report .

Analyzes the gender parity proposal debate in Nunavut.

Discusses the relationship between the symbolism associated with the polar bear and the boundaries of gender among the Inuit.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Regina, 2016.

Compares policies that oppressed Aboriginal women in Australia and Canada during the 19th and 20th centuries. Special Joint issue with Labour History, volume 71.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2001.

Looks at the drum dance by the Netsilik and Caribou Inuit on Baffin Island in the community of Arviat.

Examines gender differences in five Native American societies in order to see the extent to which social conditions have molded gender roles in Native American cultures.

Despite rapid social changes, and changes in parental roles, author found gender identity of youth remained unchanged.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 2001.

Presents information pertaining to an overview of historical perspectives, as they relate to gender, and sexuality in Native American societies.

Discusses the challenges faced by Canadian First Nations' women as they seek to rebalance the role of women in governance.

Examines changes in 1983 and 1985 constituencies and legislative amendments reversing the consolidated Indian Act of 1876.

Focuses on the Kumivit, or Gabrielino, Indians and documents the resistance and responses of women to the new colonial order. The time period covered for this topic includes Toypurina’s revolt and Bartolomea’s bitter recollections of the destruction of her culture.