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“Mother Of U.S. Senator An Indian Queen”: Cultural Challenge and Appropriation in The Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Brandon
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [5]-22
Description
Article contends that these practically forgotten memoirs deserve much more critical attention than they have received because they offer insight into the unique set of circumstances surrounding Owen's life. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Mothers of Corn: Wixárika Women, Verbal Performances, and Ontology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cyndy Margarita García-Weyandt
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 113-120
Description
Discusses the active role of Maize within Wixáritari ceremony from cultivation to harvesting, emphasizing the role of women in preparing Corn-based substances for ceremonial offerings. Through storytelling and performative practices women are active in transmitting the relationships between corn and community.
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Moving Beyond the Feminism Versus Nationalism Dichotomy: An Anti-Colonial Feminist Perspective on Aboriginal Liberation Struggles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina Sunseri
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, National Identity and Gender Politics, Summer, 2000, pp. 143-148
Description
Looks at the complexities of the ongoing debate between feminists and nationalists saying that feminist theories need to integrate issues of race, lands, sovereignty, and colonialism.
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Moving Toward Indigenous-Centred Perinatal Care in Urban Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
Édith Cloutier
Stéphane Laroche
Carole Lévesque
Maxime-August Wawanoloath
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 54-69
Description

Examines the use of Abinodjic as a wholistic approach to childcare that aligns with Indigenous cultural practices.  

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Mrs. Andela Soloman

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Government Photos (photographer)
Description
On information card: "Mrs. Andela Solomon, Patuanak, 75 year old Chipewyan Indian, working on a birch bark basket, an art she learned from her mother. Also makes moccasins decorated with porcupine quills, almost a lost art amongst the Indians."
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Mrs. Angela Solomon, birch bark baskets

Images » Photographs
Description
From caption: "Mrs. Angela Solomon, Patuanak, 75 year old Chipewyan Indian, works on birch bark baskets. Art was learned from her mother. Also makes moccasins decorated with porcupine quills, almost a lost art amongst the Indians. July, 1961"
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Mrs Diefenbaker Opens Library at All Saints Indian School

Images » Photographs
Description
File contains a single negative from Olive Diefenbaker's official opening of a library at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1964. Scanned image shows Mrs. Diefenbaker sitting and talking with a variety of male and female students in uniform.
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Mrs. John Fine Day Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
John (Mrs.) Fine Day
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where Mrs. John Fine Day gives a very brief description of making clothing.
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Mrs. Lucinda Froman Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Keeshig
Lucinda (Mrs.) Froman
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Mrs. Lucinda Froman, who is a Mohawk Indian originally from the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. She gives an account of migration from the United States to Canada. She also talks of encounters with evil spirits and how to ward them off.
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Mrs. Marion Dillon Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marion Dillon
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
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Mrs. Paul Hayes (Annie) Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Paul Hayes
Annie Hayes
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she discusses how the Indians acquired their songs. She also tells a creation myth and a flood legend of her people.
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Mrs. R. Hunt

Images » Photographs
Description
Mrs. R. Hunt from the "Report on Indian Missions, 1909." Presumably the wife of Anglican Reverend R. Hunt of Stanley Mission, SK.

Historical note:

See also S-B6550.
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Mrs. Robert Bear and Professor Grant McEwan

Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of Bear and McEwan posing outside the Chief's home. The note on the back reads: "John Smith Indian Reserve. Mrs. Robert Bear Professor McEwan. She is hiding her home made cigarette. Before posing she rushed in the home to take off her apron and brush her hair (!). She is very pleasant." Dated "Mon. Aug. 17. '42."
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Mrs. Shelagh Dehart Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Shelagh Dehart
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she discusses the historical movement of the Shuswap people and the meeting of the Shuswaps with David Thompson.
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Mrs. Tracie Williames Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tracie Williames
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she discusses the migration of the Shuswap Indians into the Kootenay Valley.
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Multicultural Literature and Discussion as Mirror and Window?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Glazier
Jung-A Seo
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 48, no. 8, May 2005, pp. 686-700
Description
Documents the experiences of a group of high schools students as they read and responded to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday.
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Multiple Exposures: An Environmental Scan of Miwayawin Health Services Regarding Healthy Body Weight and Body Image: Executive Summary

Alternate Title
Iskwĕwak Mīwayawak: Women Feeling Healthy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Carolyn Brooks
Janice Kennedy
Jan Baxter-Jones
Roanne Thomas-Maclean
Laurie Schimpf
Sylvia Abonyi
Jennifer Poudrier
Jenn Shea
Karen Chad]
Description
Identifies importance of goals related to infrastructure, recreation, information and education, and social supports. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".
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Multiple Jeopardy: A Socio-economic Comparison of Men and Women among the Indian, Metis and Inuit Peoples of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda M. Gerber
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 69-84
Description
Uses 1986 census data to show disadvantages across all three Aboriginal groups and especially for women who are behind on socio-economic measurements.
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Multivocal Narration and Cultural Negotiation: Dorris's A

Yellow Raft in Blue Water
and Cloud Chamber

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon Slethaug
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1999, pp. [18]-29
Description
Explores the two novels in terms of being written using the viewpoints and voices of various characters to create a communal perspective and the common theme of accommodation rather than resistance. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Murder, Medicine and Motherhood

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Sheehy
Christine Boyle
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 24, no. 2, 2012, pp. 502-508
Description
Book review of: Murder, Medicine and Motherhood by Emma Cunliffe.
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Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women

Alternate Title
Law Union of Ontario Annual Conference ; 2014
Out of the Margins
[Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: What Can Law Do?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim Stanton
Audrey Huntley
Naomi Sayers
Christa Big Canoe
Description
Panel discussion Duration: 1:19:19.
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Murdered and Missing Women: Performing Indigenous Cultural Memory in British Columbia and Beyond

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Dickinson
Theatre Survey, vol. 55, no. 2, May 2014, pp. 202--232
Description
Focuses on the anniversary production of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe directed by Yvette Nolan and the work of Marie Clements and Rebecca Belmore in terms of the way they challenge mainstream representations of the women as expendable victims.
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My Family History, Mrs. Harriette McCallum

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria P. McCallum
Saskatchewan Indian, April 1989, p. 14
Description
Born in Sandy Bay, speaks of memories of her life and of traditions learned in her childhood.
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