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MISSING Our Lost Women: On Thursday July 14, Amber went to Trapper's Bar in Fort Qu'Appelle. She was last seen there at 2:

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donna-Rae Munroe
StarPhoenix, February 04, 2006, p. E1
Article includes listing of 100s of missing persons including: the late Amber Tara-Lynn Redman, Daleen Bosse, and the late Melanie Dawn Geddes, Shelley Napope, Calinda Waterhen, Eva Taysup, Mary Jane Serloin, Joyce Lucille Tillotson (missing since 1983) and many others.
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Missing: The Documentary

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Animikii Films
Young Jibwe
John Fox
Quese IMC
Gladys Radek
Robbie Madsen
Melissa Spence
Myrna Abraham
Civilian Media Productions
Family members, entertainers and organizer of the Walk 4 Justice discuss the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Duration: 54:35.
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Missing Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Canadian Dimension, vol. 38, no. 5, September/October 2004, p. 2
Estimated 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing in the past 20 to 30 years.
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Missing Women: An All Too Familiar Story for Students

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brandy Watson
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 8, August 2009, p. 16
Looks at a student poll that revealed shocking statistics regarding missing women in Regina. Article located by scrolling to page 16.
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Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Forums

Alternate Title
Accepting and Investigating Missing Person Reports
Building Strong Police - Community Relationships
Enhancing Police Accountability
Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Public Policy Forums
Oppal Commission
Police Relationships with Victims’ Families, the Community, the Public and the Media
Preventing Violence Against Aboriginal and Rural Women
Preventing Violence Against Sex Trade Workers
Public Policy Forum 1: Ensuring the Safety of Vulnerable Women
Public Policy Forum 2: Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in the Criminal Justice Process
Public Policy Forum 3: Improving Missing Person Practices
Public Policy Forum 4: Inter-jurisdictional Collaboration and Coordination Among Police
Public Policy Forum 5: Enhancing Police Accountability
Public Policy Forum 6: From Report to Substantive Change – Healing, Reconciliation and Implementation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Doreen Binder
Patrick Kelly
Melina Buckley
Videos of forums held to give Commissioner input about changes to improve safety for vulnerable women and the way police deal with missing persons investigations. Also includes the keynote speech Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women.
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Missing Women Investigation Review

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doug LePard
Detailed chronology and analysis of police actions in case involving disappearance and murder of numerous women by serial killer Robert Pickton from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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Missing Women Investigation Review: Summary Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doug LePard
Vancouver Police Department report gives chronology of events and analysis of factors of that contributed to failure to recognize that serial killer Robert Pickton was operating in the area.
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Missing Women: No Body, No Investigation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 6, September 2005, p. 9

Discusses how cases regarding missing Aboriginal women and prostitutes are often minimalized by the justice system.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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The Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry

Alternate Title
The F Word
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Laura Wood
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell
President of the Native Women's Association of Canada discusses the validity of British Columbia's inquiry, the reasons for the organization's withdrawal from the process, and the need for a national inquiry. Duration: 44:31.
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Mission Girls and Loving Protection?

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ros Kidd
Australian Humanities Review, no. 25, March 2002, p. [?]
Book reviews of: Mission Girls: Aboriginal Women on Catholic Missions in the Kimberley, Western Australia, 1900-1950 by Christine Choo and Loving Protection?: Australian Feminism and Aboriginal Women's Rights 1919-1939 by Fiona Paisley.
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Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow Aug. 23 2003. - Slides.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Views of young Aboriginal women marching, a portrait of a male war veteran in uniform with medals, and a group of men drumming during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.
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Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow Aug. 23 2003. - Slides.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch
Three elevated views of Aboriginal war veterans and young Aboriginal women marching during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located approximately 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.
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Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow Aug. 24 2003. - Slide.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Portrait of female Aboriginal elder holding an object [book] in her right hand during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.
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Mistreatment of Aboriginal Women Dire Problem

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, July 13, 2007, p. A11
Discusses an international indigenous women's conference, hosted by the Native Women's Association of Canada, that spoke of the alarming rates of physical and sexual abuse in aboriginal communities.
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Mistress Madeleine

Alternate Title
Daughters of the Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aaron Kim Johnston
Tells the story of a Métis woman who appears to be quite happy and content in her common-law marriage to a Hudson's Bay Company clerk until he deserts her because of her background and company policy. Duration: 57:01
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miyo-pimâtisiwin iyiniw-iskwênâhk (Good Health/Living Among Indigenous Women): Using Photovoice as a Tool for Visioning Women-Centred Health Services of Indigenous Women Living with HIV

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carrie Bourassa
Miranda Keewatin
Jen Billan
Betty McKenna
Meghan Chapados ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 11, Soft Launch, Summer, 2021, pp. 130-152
Using the Photovoice method to explore the experiences of Indigenous women accessing HIV/AIDS care and how this research can help to identify barriers to proper health care.
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Mobile Miners: Work, Home, and Hazards in the Yukon's Mining Industry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Jones
Chris Southcott
Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 111-137
Interviews workers who commute long distances about their concerns with the work place culture, safety and commuting.
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Mobilising across Colour Lines: Intimate Encounters between Aboriginal Women and African American and Other Allied Servicemen on the World War II Australian Home Front

Alternate Title
Mobilising Across Color Lines:
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Hughes
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 47-70
Article examines oral histories and archival content to reveal the lived experiences of Aboriginal women in Australia who formed relationships with the allied service men stationed there during WWII. Discusses how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and African American, Native American and other servicemen of colour were often drawn together in the face of shared experiences of colonial discrimination and oppression.
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Mohawk Family Hopes To Reclaim Identity in Canadian Court

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Celeste Mackenzie
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 4, Indigenous Responses to Plan Colombia, Winter, 2002
Discusses some concerns surrounding Bill C-31, including not allowing Indian Status for children and grandchildren of women who married a non-status person.
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Mohawk First Nations: Successes and Challenges of Small Business Owners

Alternate Title
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Terri R. Lituchy
Robert Oppenheimer
Thomas O'Connell
Ronald J. Abraira
Looks at case studies of 12 entrepreneurs. Chapter 30 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson. Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 378 or select chapter 30 from side bar.
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Moms Train For Nursing Careers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon Weatherall
The Aboriginal Nurse, Spring, 2008, p. 1, 9
Describes the experiences of six women from Beausoleil First Nation, which is located on Christian Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, who first took their Grade 12 equivalency and are now about to graduate as Registered Practical Nurses (RPN).
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The Mono Craters Petroglyphs, California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma Lou Davis
American Antiquity, vol. 27, no. 2, October 1961, pp. 236-239
Analysis of the carved horseshoe symbol and its relation to Diegueño girl's initiation ceremony.
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The Moon Is So Far Away: An Interview with Luci Tapahonso

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea M. Penner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. [1]-12
Interview with the author of such works as One More Shiprock Night, Seasonal Woman and A Breeze Swept through It. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Rodrigues
Kaitlyn Watson

To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by 

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The Moral Limits of the Law: Settler Colonialism and the Anti-Violence Movement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, Karangatia: Calling Out Gender and Sexuality in Settler Societies, 2012, pp. 69-88
Article explores the intersection of Indigeneity and colonial violence focusing on the issues that arise from attempting anti-violence work from within colonial frameworks of law and justice.
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More on the Return of the Native

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
Colin Samson
Current Anthropology, vol. 47, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 145-149
Comments on the debate initiated by Adam Kuper's article The Return of the Native and includes the authors' reply.
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Morning Star: A Short Story

Alternate Title
A Seneca Indian Praise
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellenore "Star"Attwood
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 & 3, Summer/Fall, 1989, pp. 169-173
Short story, set in a village along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, about a Mohawk girl and her struggles before and after she becomes a woman. Attached to the short story here is a poem: A Seneca Indian Praise by Twylah Nitsch (Yey-Wen-Node).
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Mother of Many Children

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Film examines the pressure put on traditional matriarchal societies. Duration: 57:55.
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Mother of the Year Honored at Saskatchewan Indian Women Conference

Images » Photographs
File contains a negative of the 1971 Saskatchewan Indian Women "Mother of the Year" (unnamed), presumably taken in Prince Albert, SK. The scanned image shows Mother of the Year having her hand shaken by what is presumably an official from the Women's organization.
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