Gender Roles

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Eekwol on Gender

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eekwol
Presents an interview with Eekwol and her views of gender roles in hip-hop.
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Embodiment and the Meaning of the “Healthy Body”:

An Exploration of First Nations Women’s Perspectives

of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Poudrier
Janice Kennedy
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Womens Health, January 2008, pp. 15-24
Description of the first phase of a project carried out in the Battleford Tribal Council area. Used community-based research methods, including a sharing circle and a focus group.
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Equality Among Women

Alternate Title
The Red in Winter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mingwôn Mingwôn (Shirley Bear)
Emma LaRocque
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 133 - 136

Discussion on the power of women and the inequality of paternalism, racism, sexism, and the materialistic society. Attached is a short poem titled The Red in Winter by Emma LaRocque. Entire issue on one pdf. 

Scroll down to page 133 to read article.

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Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives on an Athapaskan Moose Kill

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Jarvenpa
Hetty Jo Brumbach
Arctic, vol. 36, no. 2, June 1983, pp. 174-184
Looks at how archaeological remains are created by studying how moose are killed, butchered and meat is used by Athapaskans in northern Saskatchewan.
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The Ethnographic Perspective: Early Recorders

Alternate Title
North American Indian Thought and Culture
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Kathleen Mullen Sands
Chapter excerpted from American Indian Women Telling Their Lives (p. [27]-46).
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An Ethnography of the Navajo Reproductive Cycle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Wright
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 52-70
Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.
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Excursions in Siouan Sociology

Alternate Title
Review Essay: Excursions in Siouan Sociology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Reed Miller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 1985, pp. 49-57
Book review of: Two Crows Denies It: A History of Controversy in Omaha Sociology by R. H. Barnes.
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Expanding Interpretations of Native American Women's History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kiara M. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 131-144
Review essay of: Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Sa by Tadeusz Lewandowski. A Warrior of the People: The Indomitable Courage of Susan la Flesche - America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita. Medicine Woman directed by Christine Lesiak and Princella RedCorn. American Indian Women by Patrick Deval and translated by Jan-Marie Todd.
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Explaining Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Inequalities in Postseparation Violence Against Canadian Women: Application of a Structural Violence Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanette Somlak Pedersen
Lorraine Halinka Malcoe
Jane Pulkingham
Violence Against Women, vol. 19, no. 8, August 2013, pp. 1034-1058
Uses the 2004 Canadian General Social Survey to interpret differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal postseparation violence. Highlights data on Aboriginal status and coercive control.
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Exploring Potential Archaeological Expressions of Nonbinary Gender in Pre-Contact Inuit Contexts

Alternate Title
Explorer les potentielles expressions archeologiques du genre non-binaire inuit de la periode de pre-contact
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meghan Walley
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 269-289
Author notes that in spite of evidence within the anthropological record of nonbinary gender categories in Inuit Culture and tradition, there is still a lack of archeological study of the concept; suggests a framework for study that might be more inclusive of gender diversity.
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Extermination of the Joyas: Gendercide in Spanish California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. Miranda
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 253-284
Examines the various strategies employed to both joyas (two-spirited people) and the Indigenous community to accomplish gendercide.
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Farming and Foraging at the Crossroads: The Consequences of Cherokee and European Interaction Through the Late Eighteenth Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amber M. VanDerwarker
John B. Marcoux
Kandace D. Hollenback
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 68-88
Shows how changes to food production and collection was affected by uncertainty brought about by disease, colonial competition and loss of community members.
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Fatherhood Roles and Drug Use among Young American Indian Men

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Neault
Britta Mullany
Julie Powers
Valerie Coho-Mescal
Sean Parker ... [et al.]
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 38, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 395-402
Recommends early prevention measures and intergenerational approaches to reduce substance abuse and improve parenting.
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Fathering in the Shadows: Indigenous Fathers and Canada's Colonial Legacies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 624, Fathering Across Diversity and Adversity: International Perspectives and Policy Interventions, July 2009, pp. 29-48
Looks at history and demographics of communities where there is a lack of care by fathers. Presents a multidimensional vision for positive change.
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Feminism and First Nations: Conflict or Concert?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Brown
Cindy Jamieson
Margaret Kovach
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 35, 1995, pp. 68-78
Looks at how mainstream feminism works in a First Nation context.
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First Nations Women Make Wellness First Priority

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tanis Doe
Herizons, vol. 7, no. 1, April 30, 1993, pp. 10-[?]
Highlights the First Nations Women and Wellness Conference in Vancouver, B.C. that began to identify wellness in a radical, new way.
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The Flexibility of Greenlandic Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gitte Tróndheim
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 58-66
Looks at the past and present progression of women's rights in Greenland. To access this article, scroll down to page 58.
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Forging the Prairie West

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
George Hoffman
Prairie Forum, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 1998, pp. 290-292
Book review of: Forging the Prairie West by John Herd Thompson.
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From Dezba to "John": The Changing Role of Navajo Women in Southeastern Utah

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert S. McPherson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, 1994, pp. 187-209
Looks at Gladys A. Reichard's book Dezba: Woman of the Desert, a fictional novel based upon her work among the Navajo, which discusses the struggles of a "traditional" mother.
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