Gender Roles

Report commissioned by the Department of Justice. Volume contains annotated bibliographies, including documents, reports and position papers.

Reviews customary Aboriginal health practices based on social and spiritual dysfunction and discusses how this information can provide a framework of understanding for Western medical systems.

Book reviews of: Indian Water Policy In a Changing Environment: A Symposium on Indian Water Policy edited by Patricia Zell. Languages and Their Roles in Educating Native Children by Barbara Burnaby. Changing Economic Roles for Micmac Men and Women by Ellice B. Gonzalez. Native American Art at Philbrook by N. P. Paper. The Upward Moving and Emergence Way by Father Berard Haile. People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879; with an epilogue, 1964-1974 by Father Peter John Powell.

Book reviews of: A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark. Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell. American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman. New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac. Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.

Book reviews of: American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk edited by Troy Johnson, Joane Nagel, and Duane Champagne. As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity edited by William S. Penn. Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Thomas E.

Book reviews of: The Allegany Senecas and Kinzua Dam: Forced Relocation Through Two Generations by Joy A.

Looks at women missionaries and missionary wives who came to the arctic with pre-conceived ideas and a lack of understanding of native culture.

Article examines the role and effects of the Office of Indian Affairs’ (OIA) Field Matron Program; considers the evolution of the program to include Indigenous women as Matrons and examines the assimilation and resistance seen as a result.

American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 1998.

Looks at the post-Pratt school era which provided vocational education that included arts and crafts and athletic programmes.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2009.

Brief article focuses on the role of women in northern Russia.

[History?] Thesis (Ph.D.?)--University of London, Queen Mary College, 1975.

Author examines writings from a variety of historical sources—including those penned by explorers, historians and anthropologists—in an attempt to cultivate some increased understanding of the gender roles and power dynamics in early 19th century Omaha and Pawnee societies.

File contains a presentation by Andrea Currie focusing on working with women and men involved in street prostitution in Halifax. Her organization has teams that work with Aboriginal people who are on the street. Her group also attempts to help those sex workers who have dealings with the law.

File contains a presentation by Karen Pine-Cheechoo. Pine-Cheechoo,an Ojibway woman in a Cree community, discusses her life experiences. In particular she discusses struggles with alcoholism and gender relations in her community.

File contains a presentation by Professor Patricia Monture-Okanee. She discusses her identity as a Mohawk woman and as a lawyer, about different conceptions of justice, and about patriarchy and colonialism.

Looks at the historical concept of Maori and how colonial Maori masculinity was created from the 1880s to the early twentieth century.

Looks at Aboriginal women's human rights, women and customary law, and experiences with mainstream law.

Theological Thesis (M.A.)--Union Theological Seminary, [2017?]

Examines effects of colonization on a community of San in eastern Namibia and how gender relations have been altered. To access this article, scroll down to page 9.

Web page provides links to 18 original documents regarding case which addresses gender discrimination in the Indian Act.

Author uses archival census and records and counts to examine the changing family dynamics of the Crow peoples during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

International Relations from An Historical Perspective Thesis (M.A.)--University of Utrecht, 2011.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2004.

Looks at current data on employment segregation.

Contends that in order for decolonization to fully occur political, social, cultural, and economic development must be met for Indigenous women.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 1994.

Describes equal protection guarantees, tribal statutory and constitutional law, and tribal cases focused on discrimination.

Comparison between a Native American group and a predominately white group using Bem Sex Role Inventory shortform. Researchers believe their findings may help mental health professionals understand their clients better and avoid stereotyping.

Canadian and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2005.

Literature review of experiences of Indigenous youth with sexual health in Australia.

Reports Western mainstream health services are not meeting the need of Aboriginal people. First published in Venerology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1995, pp. 13-14.

Focuses on western tribes to examine the existence of variant gender roles in precolonial times.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Voices the perspective of Inuit women into the conversation on domestic violence.

Women Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Book review of: Sioux Women by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.

Briefly reports on the culturally sensitive campaign aimed at promoting condom use among transgendered individuals in Australia.

Describes the challenges and acceptance issues faced by transgender/sistergirl people in Australian society.

Blog uses a discussion of the "skirt protocol" (the practice which, in some Indigenous communities, requires women wear long skirts to participate in spiritual ceremonies) as starting point to explore how clothing is related to culture, religion, tradition, gender, colonialism, and identity. Includes links to lesson plan, backgrounder, activities, teaching resources, and consolidated materials.

Discusses the positive role Indigenous mothers play in their communities despite years of colonialism and sexist patriarchy.

Study of 200 Indigenous women aged 18 and over in Western Australia revealed a smoking rate of 49% compared with 28% of the total Australian population.

Paper for the World Health Organization (WHO) addressing the social determinants and potential solutions for Aboriginal women's health issues.

Book review of: The Social Economy of the Tlingit Indians by Kalervo Oberg. Scroll down to page 59 to read review.

Looks at how age, sex, education and household type affect the importance of Indigenous language for Indigenous people living in urban communities.

Looks at the many cultural changes over the past fifty years and how artists are expressing these complex matters through their artwork.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Virginia, 2002.