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Different Reality For Aboriginal Cancer Patients

Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 11
Description
Looks at the lack of groups providing support and education for Aboriginal victims of cancer. Article located by scrolling to page 11.
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Digital Stories: First Nations Women Explore the Legacy of Residential Schools

Alternate Title
Am My Mother`s Daughter
Mary-Lou and Me
My Journey Into Motherhood
nikâwiy ekwa niya
Walking In A Good Way on Mother Earth
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Claudette Michell
Lisa Forbes
Lisa Murdock
Lorena Fontaine
Roberta Stout
Wendy McNab
Description
Six brief videos by daughters of women who are residential school survivors. Done in conjunction with the kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Inter-generational Effects on Professional First Nations Women Whose Mothers are Residential School Survivors project.
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Dildos, Hummingbirds, and Driving Her Crazy: Searching for American Indian Women's Love Poetry

Alternate Title
Dildos, Hummingbirds, and Driving Her Crazy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. Miranda
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002, pp. 135-149
Description
Argues that there are American Indian authors, writers, and poets, often unrecognized, and that there are very few courses to take that cover their works.
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Dionne Brand and Alanis Obomsawin: Polyphony in the Poetics of Resistance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Lúia Milléo Martins
Ilha Do Desterro, no. 56, Jan./June 2009, pp. 151-164
Description
Looks at Dionne Brand's poetry and documentaries, Sister in the Struggle and Long Time Comin' and Alanis Obomsawin documentaries, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance and Rocks at Whiskey Trench.
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"Dirty Domestics and Worse Cooks": Aboriginal Women's Agency and Domestic Frontiers, Southern Australia, 1800-1850

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynette Russell
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, 2007, pp. 18-46
Description
Discussion on the domestic relationships of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal men who worked in the sealing industry. The article also discusses how the women were able to maintain traditional activities and practices, and how the teaching of native languages ensured the cultural and physical survival of the Aboriginal community.
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Dis/engagement: Zitkala-Ŝa's Letters to Carlos Montezuma, 1901-1902

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Spack
MELUS, vol. 26, no. 1, Varieties of the Ethnic Experience, Spring, 2001, pp. 172-204
Description
Article explores the biographical, historical and sociocultural context of the correspondence housed by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Disability

Alternate Title
2011 Census Paper Series
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Mandy Yap
Matthew Gray
Description
Uses data from 2006 and 2011 Australian censuses to analyze geographic and demographic distribution of disability within Indigenous population and compare results to non-Indigenous population.
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"The Disappearance of Aboriginal Women in Canada"

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrigan Desjardins
Description
Looks at Canadian government response towards inquiry, how public inquiry should be addressed and prevention of further disappearances. Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2014.
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Discontinuous Narrative, Ojibwe Sovereignty, and the Wiindigoo Logic of Settler Colonialism: Louise Erdrich's Marn Wolde

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah L. Madsen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 3, Fall , 2016, pp. 23-51
Description
Argues that the character's response to the continued abuse by her husband, which leads her to murder him in order to possess their money and land, is a reference to settlers' feelings of entitlement to Indigenous lands.
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Dismantling the Patriarchal Altar From Within

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, pp. 58-66
Description
Presents a woman's narrative in which she explores her history as a Métis woman.
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Geddes
Description
Short documentary profiles five successful Aboriginal women. Duration: 28:42.
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 1, Summer, 2005, pp. 25-27
Description
Describes initiatives of First Nations women who have become involved in leadership roles in their efforts to address social issues in the community.
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Domestic Service and Frontier Feminism: The Call for a Woman Visitor to "Half-Caste" Girls and Women in Domestic Service, Adelaide, 1925-1928

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Katharine Haskins
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, 2007, pp. 124-164
Description
Examines the significance of the feminist campaign to ensure proper treatment of domestics through the appointment of "Women Protectors of Aborigines" in central Australia.
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