Women

Description, field diary and pictures of Alice Fletcher's (1834-1923) six-week travels to Dakota territory in the fall of 1881. Includes photos of Sitting Bull.

Comments on various activities in the Native Studies Department at the University of Saskatchewan, including a possible name change. Article located by scrolling to page 10.

Discusses the performance piece entitled Vigil, which was a commentary on the murdered and missing women from Vancouver's downtown Eastside.

Report looks at the real possibility of a confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities based on five determinants.

Article update on the status on midwifery regulation in the Canadian provinces.

Short article discussing the 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing in the past 25 years, a number disproportionate to the general population.

Viewpoint on impahi-kitimakisowin, a Cree word for extreme poverties, and the failure of the health system over generations.

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: October 2014.

Contends that Canada has failed to implements the standards required to meet due diligence obligations and has violated the rights of Aboriginal women.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2012.

Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.

Explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG), and questions the exclusion of Indigenous males. Discusses the need for a more comprehensive and holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities.

Information provided by the Government of Canada under the follow-up procedure to the concluding observations of the Committee.

Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.

Highlights cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls over the last three decades. Discusses why this group is at risk and makes recommendations to address the problem.

Refers to specific articles in the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), outlines concerns about Canada's implementation, and makes recommendations.

Relevant sections deal with violence against Indigenous women and girls and discrimination in the Indian Act.

Reports on a UN committee's criticism of the Government of Canada for deferring responsibility for living conditions to the provinces and how this has contributed to poverty.

International Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2018.

Analyzes the cumulative fertility of Canadian Aboriginal women as compared to non-aboriginal Canadian women.

Argues cycle of violence and criminality has emerged from the colonial legacy of assimilationist policies and offers strategies for breaking the cycle.

Argues that changes in economic and social conditions have lead women to identify more strongly with Euro-Canadian values than men.

Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2016.

Verifies the social and economic impoverishment of urban Aboriginal women, especially female lone parents, and the increasing poverty of women in metropolitan Toronto.

Explores the concept of citizenship in relation to women and discusses problems of sexist and racist policies that impair the capacity of women for full citizenship in both the colonial state and First Nations.

Covers literature dealing with rates of the disease, reasons for its occurrence and screening issues.

Examines the role culture plays in a successful community based program aimed at promoting healthier pregnant women and offspring.

Argues that the story of Eunice Williams's 1704 captivity by Mohawks forms part of the groundwork for the Indian Act of 1876.

History Thesis (M.A.)--North Carolina University, 2008.

Book review of: The Captive White Woman of Gippsland by Julie E. Carr.

Discusses the literary treatment of Pocahontas in: The Death of Jim Loney and The Powwow Highway. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book review of: Captivity & Sentiment by Michelle Burnham.

Book review of: The Captors' Narrative by William Henry Foster.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2000.

Book review of: Capturing Women by Sarah Carter.

Book review of: Capturing Women: The Manipulation of Cultural Imagery in Canada's Prairie West by Sarah Carter.

Book review of: Capturing Women: The Manipulation of Cultural Imagery in Canada's Praire West by Sarah Carter.

Comments on two Native American novels which discuss different ways of managing Native American spaces and bodies.

Argues that interventions are needed to reduce the many cardiovascular risk factors among Alaska Aboriginal women.

Book review of: Caregiving on the Periphery edited by Myra Rutherdale.

An examination women's efforts to obtain education for their girls through negotiations with Quaker missionaries during the 1790s. This research challenges the belief that education was forced upon Indigenous peoples and restores their agency in the creation of the educational progress.

Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.

Focuses on women who left the institution, became professional writers, and used their literacy skills to subvert the assimilationist goals of the boarding school system.

Book review of: Carnal Crimes by Constance Backhouse.

Interview with a filmmaker who tells stories from an Aboriginal perspective. Duration: 5:20.