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Pueblo Cultural Bodies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Babcock
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 107, no. 423, Winter, 1994, pp. 40-54
Discusses the issues associated with cultural value and imaging of Pueblo potteries and Pueblo women.
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Pump up the Volume

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Megan Perry
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 4, Spring, 2006, pp. 22-25
Discusses how throat singing has evolved and how current artists have helped revive the tradition.
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A Qualitative Study of Provider Perspectives of Structural Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening Among First Nations Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marion Maar
Ann Burchell
Julian Little
Gina Ogilvie
Alberto Severini ... [et al.]
Women's Health Issues, vol. 23, no. 5, 2013, pp. e319-e325
Research suggests that aboriginal women experience health inequalities in cancer screening that are less influenced by personal risk behaviors and more so by societal forces.
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Quebec Native Women: Countering Violence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michèle Rouleau
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 36-38
Looks at the Quebec Native Women (QNW) Association's mandate to help improve Indigenous women's rights and living conditions of their families. To access this article, scroll down to page 36.
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Quechuan Voices: The Art of Storytelling Through Song

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Anderson
IK: Other Ways Of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, pp. 15-20
Presents study of Claudia Llosa's film, The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) and how it employs song to express women's rights in Peru.
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"The Queen and I": Discrimination Against Women in the Indian Act Continues

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, National Identity and Gender Politics, Summer, 2000, pp. 64-69
Discussion of identity under the Indian Act and the past discriminatory provision of women who marry non-Indian men losing thier status, and social and political rights.
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Questions Need to be Answered, Says Family Member of Pickton's Last Victim

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefania Seccia
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 8

Reflects on the life and personality of Mona Wilson, a victim of serial killer Robert Pickton, and the naming of a corporation after Wilson's First Nation's name, Running Bear.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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R. v. R.D.S.: An Editor's Forum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Boyle
Brenna Bhandar
Constance Backhouse
Marilyn MacCrimmon
Audrey Kobayashi
Canadian Journal of Women & the Law, vol. 10, no. 1, 1998, pp. 159-163
Discusses the doctrine of impartiality and its implications in relation to racism and feminism.
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Race and the Intimate in Arctic Exploration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gísli Pálsson
Ethnos, vol. 69, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 363-386
Looks at exploration by anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson, his fieldwork, and relationships with Inuit during the early twentieth century.
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Race, Culture, and the Colonization of Childbirth in Northern Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Jasen
Social History of Medicine, vol. 10, no. 3, 1997, pp. 383-400
Discusses European attitudes towards Aboriginal women and the act of giving birth, which had little factual foundation and little understanding of the role of the midwife.
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Race, Feminine Power, and the Vietnam War in Philip Red Eagle's Red Earth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 93-105
Examines racial and gender tensions during the Vietnam War and explains how Red Earth, a novel by Phillip Red Eagle, urges readers to question antagonism based on race and or gender and move toward a healthier alternative.
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Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparrisons Between Aboriginals and Other Canadians

Alternate Title
Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparisons Between Aboriginals and Other Canadians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon Moyer
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3/4, July-October 1992, pp. 387-402
Uses homicide data collected by the Homicide Program of the Canadian Centre for Justice over the period of twenty-three years.
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Race Matters: Sexism, Indigenous Sovereignty, and McIvor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin J. Cannon
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 23-50
Comments on the case, McIvor v The Registrar, that had the potential to correct the history of sex discrimination in the Indian Act but failed.
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Race, Space, and Prostitution: The Making of Settler Colonial Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 371-397
Argues that prostitution has played a fundamental role in securing the necessary domination over Indigenous peoples and land in the making of the Canadian nation-state. Focuses on four examples: early settlement in British Columbia; the Indian Act; the Pass System; and Vancouver's missing women.
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The Raced Female Body and the Discourse of Peuplement in Rudy Wiebe's The Temptations of Big Bear and The Scorched-Wood People

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Winner of the 2000 George Wicken Prize in Canadian Literature: The Raced Female Body and the Discourse of Peuplement in Rudy Wiebe's The Temptations of Big Bear and The Scorched-Wood People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Catherine Higginson
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 72, Winter, 2000, pp. 172-190
Examination of Rudy Wiebe's novels and his use of conventional 19th-century depictions of women.
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Racial Discrimination, Post-Traumatic Stress and Prescription Drug Problems Among Aboriginal Canadians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Currie
T Cameron Wild
Donald Schopflocher
Lory Laing
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 6, September/October 2015, pp. 382-387
Studies links between racial discrimination and substance abuse finding that over 80% of Canadian Aboriginal adults had experienced recent racial discrimination.
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Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada: “We All Have That Story That Will Break Your Heart”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita C Benoit
Jasmine Cotnam
Doe O'Brien-Teengs
Saara Green
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Mixed methods research study explores how Indigenous women in two Canadian urban centers experience racism. Findings indicate that participants experience racism in ways that can be classified as individual, collective or institutional, and cultural and rage from historical events to contemporary manifestations.
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Ragina

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maurice Kenny
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 92-94
Poem. Entire issue on one pdf. To access, scroll to page 92.
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Rape Cases on Indian Lands Go Uninvestigated

Alternate Title
All Things Considered
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Sullivan
Rhea Archambault
Comments on an uninvestigated and unprosecuted sexual assault and resulting death. Podcast and transcript. Duration: 12:51. Part 1 of 2.
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Rates of Stillbirth by Gestational Age and Cause in Inuit and First Nations Populations in Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Auger
Alison L. Park
Hamado Zoungrana
Nancy Gros-Louis McHugh
Zhong-Cheng Luo
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 6, April 2, 2013, pp. e256-e262
Results of a study shows that stillbirth rates in Aboriginal populations are higher than in the general population and offers evidence that health problems linked to obesity and smoking may be behind the gap.
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RCMP Slammed With Report on Rapes, Violence in B.C.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 8

Brief report on the allegations brought forward to the RCMP by the Human Rights Watch Report.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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