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Literacy for Change: Northern Saskatchewan Literacy Programmes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy Buckley
Penny Carriere
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 9, no. 3-4, Women and Literacy, 1988, pp. 73-76
Description
Describes two training programs designed to help women develop the knowledge and skills required to better control and make decisions about their lives.
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Literature and Criticism by Native and Metis Women in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Bowerbank
Dolores Nawagesic Wawia
Feminist Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1, 1994, pp. 565-582
Description
Discusses Indigenous women authors' cultural resurgence in writing to preserve and reclaim the stories and myths of their peoples.
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Little Voices of Nunavut: A Study of Women's Homelessness North of 60: Territorial Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Shylah Elliott
Rian van Bruggen
Judie Bopp]
Description
Data was gathered from women experiencing or at risk for homelessness, service providers, policy makers and program managers. Highlights findings with respect to determinants and impact of homelessness, policy and bureaucratic practice environment, and gaps in service provision. Concludes with 14 recommendations.
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Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact

Alternate Title
Human Landscapes in the North: Papers in Honour of Dr. Priscilla Renouf
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve M. LeMoine
Susan A. Kaplan
Christyann M. Darwent
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 5, Suppl. 1, 2016, p. article no. 4624
Description
Through examination of archaeological record and unpublished historical documents, looks at women's responses to contact with Euro-American men in the early 20th century at Iita, northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.
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Living through the Generations: Continuity and Change in Navajo Women's Lives, and: Weaving Women's Lives: Three Generations in a Navajo Family

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Denetdale
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 288-292
Description
Book review of 2 books: Living through the Generations :Continuity and Change in Navajo Women's Lives by Joanne McCloskey. Weaving Women's Lives: Three Generations in a Navajo Family by Louise Lamphere.
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Lizette Ahenakew Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lizette Ahenakew
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.
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Locating the Aboriginal Gender Gap: The Political Preferences and Participation of Aboriginal Women in Canada

Alternate Title
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Harell
Dimitrios Panagos
Description
Findings show an Aboriginal gender gap in vote choice that is far more pronounced than the non-Aboriginal counterpart. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, June 1-3, 2010 in Montreal, Quebec.
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The Long Road Back: Maria Campbell

Alternate Title
North American Indian thought and Culture
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Kathleen Mullen Sands
Description
Chapter excerpted from America Indian Woman Telling Their Lives (p. [113]-126).
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Long Time Overdue: An Examination of the Destructive Impacts of Policy and Legislation on Pregnant and Parenting Aboriginal Women and their Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cyndy Baskin
Carol Strike
Bela McPherson
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 1-17
Description
Findings and recommendations from a research project on existing policies, services and legislation that are detrimental to Aboriginal mothers with substance abuse problems.
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The Looking Ahead Project: A Lesson in Community Engagement and Positive Change

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul E. Pedersen
Journal of Community Safety & Well-Being, vol. 4, no. 3, 2019, pp. 58-62
Description
Describes partnership involving Greater Sudbury Police Service and the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre to create a project with the goal of reducing violence against Indigenous women and girls. Project is titled Looking Ahead to Build the Spirit of Our Women--Learning to Live Free From Violence.
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"Loss Must Be Marked and It Cannot Be Represented": Memorializing Sex Workers in Vancouver's West End

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Becki Lynn Ross
Jamie Lee Hamilton
BC Studies, no. 197, Spring, 2018, pp. 9-38
Description
Looks at the culture of the area prior to the illegal evictions in 1984, history of advocacy by and for sex trade workers in Vancouver, and the authors’ struggle to secure reparations, an apology and a permanent memorial. Also discusses these issues in the context of ‘reconciliation’ and the consequences of racialization and criminalization.
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Loss of Mother/hood: Maternalising Postcolonial Cultural Memory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Kulperger
Hecate, vol. 33, no. 1, 2007, pp. 223-242
Description
Examines a number of Canadian works about remembrances of lost mothers including novels:Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, At the Full and Change of the Moon by Dionne Brand and Away by Jane Urquhart.
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Lost Generations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Carpenter
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 38-43
Description
A female Inuit survivor of the Canadian residential school systems recalls her experiences of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Louisa May Alcott’s Wild Indians: Pedagogy of Love, Politics of Empire

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Steve Benton
Description
Discusses gender discourse and territorial expansion policies in Louisa May Alcott’s novels and its negative effect on many Native American people.
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Louise Erdrich

Alternate Title
Contemporary Authors Online
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gale Cengage Learning
Description
Includes biographical essay, bibliography of author's writings, and a list of further readings
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Loving Indianess: Native Women's Storytelling as Survivance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emerance Baker
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], Spring/Summer, 2005, pp. 111-121
Description
Discusses how storytelling is used as a strategy for cultural survival to heal family and community and create social change.
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Lucia Montgrand Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lucia Montgrand
Ray Marnoch
Violet Herman
Indian History Film Project
Description
This document is a summary of the original interview in Chipewyan. The summarized sections are too short to be of value to researchers, and it will be necessary for them to refer to the original.
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