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Kookoom Mariah and The Mennonite Mrs.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. 9-12
Description
Short story Kookoom Mariah and the Mennonite Mrs., by Maria Campbell, about two wonderful old women who were an important part of the author's earlier years.
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A "Labyrinth of Uncertainties": Penobscot River Islands, Land Assignments, and Indigenous Women Proprietors in Nineteenth-Century Maine

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Micha A. Pawling
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 2018, pp. 454-487
Description
Article explores the unique structure of land tenure developed within the Penobscot Nation; this dual land system allowed for both private lots and land held in commons, it also allowed married Indigenous women to own property in the 1800s.
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Ladies Lib

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donna Pinay
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 22-23
Description
Memories about life in the old days shared at workshop held at the Saskatoon's Cultural College (SICC) in December, 1972.
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Ladies Workshop 5

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie Rock Thunder
Mrs. Fourhorn
Wm. (Mrs.) Joseph
Angeline (Mrs.) Roberts
Indian History Film Project
Description
Group of elderly ladies compare old and new ways in childbirth, child rearing, use of alcohol, medicines, etc.
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Lady Senators Appointed

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 12, December 1976, p. 35
Description
Eight women were appointed to their Senate by Saskatchewan Women's Indian Association.
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"Land Was One of the Greatest Gifts": Women's Landownership in Dakota Indian, Immigrant Scandinavian, and African American Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen V. Hansen
Grey Osterud
Valerie Grim
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 251-272
Description
Article discusses the way that landownership has been historically leveraged by women of different ethnic groups in the USA to generate income and support their families. Authors examine cases from the late 19th and early 20th century and compare the experiences of Dakota Sioux and Scandinavian immigrant women on the Northern Plains, and African American women in the South.
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Language/Langue

Articles » General
Canadian Journal of Women & the Law, vol. 11, no. 1/2, 1999, pp. 352-354
Description
Presents a series of article summaries on feminism and language published between 1988 and 1998.
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Latin America's Indigenous Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Lee Van Cott
Journal of Democracy, vol. 18, no. 4, October 2007, pp. 127-142
Description
Looks at the legal and political involvement of Indigenous peoples in the political system in Latin American.
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Laval Case

Alternate Title
Lavell Case
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 3, March 1972, p. 4
Description
Lavell challenged federal legislation, which controlled the legal rights and legal status of First Nation women who married men without "registered Indian" status.
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Lavell Case - Bill of Rights

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Chitty's Law Journal
Description
File contains information on the Lavell Case, including the reasons of judgment by the Supreme Court of Canada, articles on the case from law journals and newspapers, notes by Diefenbaker on the case, a Factum of the Intervenants, correspondence relating to the amendment of the Indian Act, Bill C-229, Metis, and sexism.
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Lavell Case - Bill of Rights

Archival » Archival Items
Description
File contains correspondence regarding the Lavell Case, discrimination in the Indian Act, and women's rights, the Supreme Court Ruling,and provincial government. Also, copies of the "Plan for Liquidating Canada's Indian Problem Within 25 Years" and articles regarding the case, Diefenbaker's disapproval of the Supreme Court Ruling.
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Law, Crime, Punishment and Society

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Greg Marquis
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 166-179
Description
Book reviews of: Black Eyes All of the Time by Anne McGillivray, Brenda Comaskey; Discrimination and Denial: Systemic Racism in Ontario's Legal and Justice Systems, 1892-1961 by Clayton James Mosher; Essays in the History of Canadian Law VIII in Honour of R.C.B. Risk edited by G. Blaine Baker and Jim Phillips; The Expanding Prison: The Crisis in Crime and Punishment and the Search for Alternatives by David Cayley; Final Appeal: Decision Making in Canadian Courts of Appeal by Ian Greene ...
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Law Information for Aboriginal Families

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of the Attorney General [Ontario]
Description
General information about legal issues pertaining to separating or divorcing, division of property and decisions about children.
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Leadership in Learning: Research Abstracts from the Graduates of the Nunavut Master of Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vera Arnatsiaq
Rhoda Cunningham
Louise Flaherty
Matry Joanne Kauki
Bertha Iglookyouak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Nunangat, 2013, pp. 80-83
Description
Presented at the Research Symposium, Leadership in Learning June 2013. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 80 to read article.
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Leadership Knows No Boundaries For This Saskatchewan Chief

Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 3, March 2009, p. 2
Description
Comments on Shirley Wolfe-Keller and her accomplishments, among them being the first person in Saskatchewan to have been elected Chief of two First Nations. Article located by scrolling to page 2.
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LEAF Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples on Bill S-3: An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
Description
Gives reasons for recommendation that the Bill be withdrawn and redrafted to remove all sex discrimination from the status provisions of the Act. Argues that in its present form, fails to meet the Government of Canada's constitutional obligations to Indigenous women.
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Learn Your Language, In Profile: Raffaella Bulyaar from Marsabit, Kenya

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Raffaella Bulyaar
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the challenges facing Indigenous communities and the role Indigenous women can play in language and cultural revitalization for future generations.
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Learning to Read and Write Opens Up the World

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith Green
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, 04 1999, p. 32
Description

Depicts Elder Yvonne Carter's experiences with literacy from her earlier days at the residential school through to an Adult Basic Education program.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.52.

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Learning to Walk Again: Indigenous Female "Healing Activism" in Cherie Dimaline's Short Story "Room 414" and Contemporary Activist Movements

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [102]-122
Description
Comments on a short story that depicts the struggles of a young Aboriginal drug addict and prostitute living on the streets of one of Canada's largest cities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 102.
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The Legacy of Generations: Pottery by American Indian Women

Alternate Title
The Legacy of Generations: Pottery by American Indian Women: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. October 9, 1997-January 11, 1998
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy L. Benco
Museum Anthropology, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, September 1998, pp. 66-69
Description
Review of an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, which featured more than 150 and 50 ceramic objects created by 28 Native American women.
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