Gender Roles

Looks at the determinants of Indigenous health including poverty, violence, and access to health care.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.11 (p.645-678).

Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p.837-851).

Book review of: Spaces Between Us by Scott Lauria Morgensen.

Book review of: The Spirit and the Flesh by Walter L. Williams.

Contends that the policy is contingent on Western notions of feminism and gender roles.

Dual History and Archives Management Thesis (M.A.)--Simmons College, 2012.

Documents the activities of a Netsilik family unit hunting seal on the spring ice floes. Shows techniques of stalking, killing, skinning, butchering and preparing the hide and internal organs for use. Also depicts the division of labour between the men and women. Duration: 24:31.

Documents the activities of a Netsilik family unit hunting seal on the spring ice floes. Shows techniques of stalking, killing, skinning, butchering and preparing the hide and internal organs for use. Also depicts the division of labour between the men and women. Duration: 33:45.

Discusses women's predisposition for innovations due to their traditional cultural backgrounds. Focus is placed on the Navajo's shift from self-sufficient agricultural work to wage-based work in the service, industrial and large farm-based industries.

Contains links to a series of eight modules and videos in the series In Conversation with Lewis Cardinal. Designed to educate staff and participants in Sharing Circles about Indigenous history, culture and knowledge. Topics include Indigenous worldviews, missing and murdered Indigenous women, treaty relations, building relationships, women in Indigenous societies, contemporary women's leadership, and the circle process.

Uses pūrākau storytelling to analyze the use of the Haka by women in tribal narratives in relation to identity around the sport of rugby.

Describes the evolution of the project from a poster campaign to a video for Australian communities with Indigenous fathers.

Discusses the absence of positive representations of gay men in contemporary Indigenous novels generally, and Welch’s novel specifically. Speculates that the editing out of non-heteronormative or queer identities is a result of colonial social structures in which the price of personhood is the performance of straight masculinity.

Book review of: Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival edited by Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence.

Book review of: Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival edited by Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence.

Article describe different models for understanding the intersecting relationships between the movement/migration of Indigenous youth who trade sex, the sex trade as a whole, and the social and cultural institutions which define, criminalize/prosecute, and intervene in the sex trade. Authors argue that the mobility of Indigenous youth in the sex trade is not always “trafficking” and can often be a response to marginalizing factors, rather than a source of marginality.

Explores consequences resulting from ethnic discrimination, racism, sexism, exploitation, poverty and political violence. To access this article, scroll down to page 16.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1994.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of British Columbia, 1994.

Looks at attitudes towards Aboriginal women in British Columbia's past.

Describes the issues and methods that were used by a group of non-conforming youth to enable them to have a successful entrance into university.

Examines the textbook by Kim Anderson used in Grade 11 and 12 Social Studies classes in Aboriginal schools.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2000.

Looks at some beliefs and practices historically associated with hair.

Women's Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2012.

Describes the inherent respect and esteem that Native American women have and why. Particular reference is given here to the matrilineal culture of the Navajo.

Chronology of the influence Iroquoian women exerted on the practice warfare.

Report demonstrates that the objectifying space of the traditional beauty pageant has been appropriated by the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics (WEIO), and reconstructed as a space focused on developing community-centered leadership skills in the young women that participate.

Looks at gender representation of the male protagonist and female divinity in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel.

Focuses on how Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) women who had intermarried with French traders contributed to the development and sustainability of the fur trade economy.

Examines the role played by Navajo women in major historical events in the United States.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (MPhil)--UiT Arctic University of Norway, 2019.

Interview with Cherokee author who discusses personal, familial, cultural, social, literary, and popular expectations about American Indians. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.

Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2002.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2007.

Introductory article to themed issue about family planning.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1992.

Describes the origins of the ubar logs and the ceremony surrounding their use.

An examination of ethnographic material and published life histories to assess the quality and quantity of information regarding Navajo women's traditional roles and significance in Navajo society.

Studies the status and changing roles of First Nation, Inuit and Métis women in the past, utilizing the viewpoints of contemporary Indigenous women.

Samples of teachings and life stories by Elders from Plains Cree, Dakota, Dene, Nakota and Saulteaux First Nations of Saskatchewan taken from the full length videoTraditional Teachings: A Journey From Young Child to Young Adult. Duration: 9:37.

Results indicated mother's association with traditional values improved school outcomes for her children, while the father's association had no appreciable effect.

Comments on the love, support and hard work Aboriginal women put into all they do and the benefits due to this. Article located on page 5.

Book review of: Trail Sisters by Linda W. Reese.

Uses Kaupapa Maori theory as a tool to explore relationship between identity and social power. Accompanying interview. Accompanying presentation.

Women's Studies/Anthropology Interdisciplinary Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.