Gender Roles

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Mapping Our World: A Children's Rights Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Linda Dale
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on Childrens Rights, Summer, 2000
Description
Comments on a children's rights and research project aimed at providing a forum for children from around the world, one in which the children speak and the adults listen.
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Matriarchy and the Canadian Charter

Alternate Title
NWAC Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
NWAC Discussion Paper
Description
Depicts the status of Iroquoian Matriarchy, focusing on its structures, powers and functions, and presents recommendations for the matriarchal system within the Canadian Constitution and the Charter.
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Maya Cranial and Dental Modifications

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Pritchard
Totem, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. 57-77
Description
Looks at intentional body changes as an expression of gender ideology. Shows there are no differences between males and females in modifications.
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McIvor: Justice Delayed-Again

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Eberts
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-46
Description
Reviews decisions of Madam Justice Ross of the British Columbia Supreme Court and Justice Groberman of the Court of Appeal.
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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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“The Men in the Bar Feared Her”: The Power of Ayah in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Lullaby

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrice Hollrah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 1-38
Description
Examines how the author's knowledge of the Navajo culture and the concept hozho allow her to transform a character who could be viewed as victim into a powerful individual. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Men's and Women's Spheres among Couples from Maniitsoq (Greenland)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karla Jessen Williamson
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des sexes / Gender issues, 2006, pp. 123-133
Description
Discusses what gender roles look like through Inuit eyes and presents the three models of couplehood in the region: traditional, detached, and reversed.
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Mental Health Issues for Elders With a Focus on Grannies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gwen Seru
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, p. 13
Description
Explains the traditional role older women play in the family and community and how that role has changed.
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Mikmaq Women: Their Special Dialogue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Anne Battiste
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 61-63
Description
Looks at the woman's role within the Mikmaq worldview.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Midolo
Footnotes: Undergraduate Feminist Journal, vol. 11, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Investigation into the Canadian government's role in enforcing colonial gender ideology and its impact on Indigenous women.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women The Role of Grassroots Organizations and Social Media in Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kaitlyn Watson
Canadian Women Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Women's Human Rights: Changing the World, 2018, pp. 204-210
Description
Discusses the importance of grassroots movements and social media to educate the general public about the impact of colonization and patriarchy in regards to violence against Indigenous women.
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"Mix-Ups, Messes, Confinements, and Double-Dealings": Transgendered Performances in Three Novels by Louise Erdich

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. James Iovannone
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 38-68
Description
Looks at theme of characters who are a combination of masculine and feminine genders in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Master Butchers Singing Club, and Four Souls. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.
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Mobile Miners: Work, Home, and Hazards in the Yukon's Mining Industry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Jones
Chris Southcott
Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 111-137
Description
Interviews workers who commute long distances about their concerns with the work place culture, safety and commuting.
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Mother of Many Children

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Film examines the pressure put on traditional matriarchal societies. Duration: 57:55.
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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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Narratives of Peace: Naga Women in the Self Determination Struggle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meneno Vamuzo
InTensions, no. 6, The Resurgence of Indigenous Womens Knowledge and Resistance in Relation to Land and Territoriality, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses relationship with the land and Naga women's reactions to internal political struggles.
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A Nation of Families: Traditional Indigenous Kinship, the Foundation for Cheyenne Sovereignty

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Kevin Killsback
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, 03 2019, pp. 34-43
Description
Outlines the negative effects that colonialism has had on traditional Cheyenne kinship systems and gender relations. Examines familial relationships in terms of roles and responsibilities, and as a means of imparting the traditional values of respect, reciprocity and balance.
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