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Reply to Issues 2, 3, 16 & 18: Indigenous Women and Women in Detention: Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Occasion of the Committee's Eighth and Ninth Periodic Review of Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Palmater
Kim Pate
Shelagh Day
Suzie Dunn
Lara Koerner Yeo

Deals with continuing sex discrimination in the Indian Act, repeal of section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, social and economic conditions of Indigenous women and girls, and issues surrounding incarceration of women.

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Report 2: Breastfeeding among Inuit in Canada

Alternate Title
Early Inuit Child Health in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sirisha Asuri
Anna Claire Ryan
Laura Arbour
Using questions from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey examines breastfeeding practices and factors that influence Inuit mothers.
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Report and Recommendations on Issues Related to the High Number of Murdered and Missing Women in Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials (Criminal) Missing Women Working Group
Information about: factors which lead to venerability, characteristics of predators, major cases involving serial murders, responses to reported cases, prevention and safety planning for potential victims, the role of media, and the trial process.
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Report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada on the Occasion of the Review of the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on Its Compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Assessment of current situation and progress made by Canadian government, plus recommendations. Covers issues such as violence against women and girls, matrimonial property, band membership and status, and Kelowna Accord.
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Report: Defining Aboriginal Identity and Citizenship: Issues and Avenues for Reflection

Alternate Title
Exploratory Process on Issues Relating to Indian Status Registration, Band Membership and Citizenship (Bill C-3)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Femmes Autochtones du Québec = Quebec Native Women Inc.
Gives context of issues surrounding status and band membership, and highlights some of the discussion and proposed solutions which came out of the Exploratory Process on Issues Relating to Indian Status Registration, Band Membership and Citizenship (Bill C-3).
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Report From The Expanding Our Horizons Conference

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, March/April 2002, pp. 6-9
Conference aim was to examine the several forms of violence against women in all cultural and social contexts.
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Report of the Inquiry Concerning Canada of the Committee of the Elimination of Discrimination against Women under Article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Alternate Title
United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Inquiry into the Canadian government's response to issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya: Addendum: The Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Anaya
Reviews human rights issues around social and economic conditions, truth and reconciliation, missing women and girls, self-government participation and partnership, treaty negotiation and resource development. Provides recommendations. Advance unedited version.
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Report to Domestic Violence Committee

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pam Greer
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 14-20
Reports on workshops held on domestic violence in Broken Hill, Wollongong, Forster, Taree, Newcastle, Dubbo, Wilcannia, Bourke and Nowra.
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Reported Symptomatology of Native Canadian and Caucasian Females Sexually Abused in Childhood: A Comparison

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanne L. Barker-Collo
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 14, no. 7, July 1999, pp. 747-760
Looks at the impact of cultural specific behaviours and values which may have an effect on sexually abused Aboriginal Canadians and interfere with seeking services or accusing the perpetrator.
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Representations of American Indian Women: The Case of Nancy Ward

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Taylor
disClosure, vol. 7, Coloring, 1998, pp. 63-84
Examines narratives about the life of Nanye'hi to illustrate the power of representation which stereotypically defines both individuals and their social groups.
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Representations of Native American Women in Museums

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Lauren Knapp
Looks at the stereotypical images found in popular culture and museums' historical practices, and goes on to analyze contemporary exhibitions in the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, Iroquois Indian Museum, Mashantucket Pequot Museum, New York State Museum, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Anthropology Honors Capstone Project (B.A.)--Syracuse University, 2006.
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Representing Changing Women: A Review Essay on Navajo Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Nez Denetdale
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 1-26
A re-reevaluation of Navajo women in post-colonial times demonstrates that these women had and continue to have voices in economic, political, and social realms. The few Navajo women mentioned in historical records were viewed as autonomous and self-assured, unlike the stereotypical images would have us believe.
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Representing Real Worlds: The Evolving Poetry of Joy Harjo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Scarry
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 286-291
Comments on a Native American poet whose poetry has been described as containing two of the most important elements, oral tradition and ancient matter.
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Republican Mothers and Indian Wives: Lydia Maria Child's Indian Stories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Ryan
ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance, vol. 56, no. 1, 2010, pp. 33-70
Looks at how Lydia Maria Child’s writings about Native people use tropes of domesticity to address the “woman question” by way of the “Indian problem.”
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A Research Note: American Indian Fertility Patterns: 1910 and 1940 to 1980

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Thornton
Gary D. Sandefur
C. Matthew Snipp
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 359-367
Article presents data demonstrating a pattern of increasing fertility rates among married Indigenous women in the United States throughout most of the 20th century.
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Research Report: Assessment of Aboriginal Women Offender Correctional Program (AWOCP) Outcomes

Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-391
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dean Derkzen
Aileen Harris
Kaitlyn Wardrop
Looks at enrollment, completion and attrition rates, and makes profile comparisons for each five programs: Aboriginal Women's Engagement Program, Aboriginal Women's Moderate Intensity Program, Aboriginal Women's High Intensity Program and Aboriginal Women's Self-Management Program-Institution. Overall sample consisted of 549 federally sentenced women, primarily Indigenous.
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Reshaping the Sentencing Circle: Striking a Balance between Restoration of Harmony and Punishment of Offenders in Indigenous Domestic Violence Cases

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rebecca Rexroad
Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, vol. 13, no. 2, 2006-2007, pp. 403-422
Discusses the status of Aboriginal women before contact, development and use of sentencing circles, British Columbia Court of Appeals decisions, looks at shortcomings of the present system and proposes adjustments to the system.
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Residential School Related to Increased Female Incarcerat[i]on

Alternate Title
Residential School Related to Increased Female Incarceration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 11

Comments on a report that outlines, rather than prison terms, a number of recommendations for early intervention programs and educational opportunities for Aboriginal girls.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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