Saqiyuq: Stories From the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Herizons, vol. 15, no. 4, Spring, March 2002, p. 36
Description
Book review of: Saqiyuq: Stories From the Lives of Three Inuit Women by Nancy Wachowich, in collaboration with Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, and Sandra Pikujak Katsal.
"A Sarcee squaw"
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
An image of an Aboriginal woman wrapped in a blanket standing in front of a teepee. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process. The postcard is addressed to Miss Lena Quam, Limerick, Saskatchewan.
"Sarcee Squaw and pony."
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
An image of an Aboriginal women wrapped in a blanket and standing next to a horse, which is hitched to a travois. There are teepees in the background and an Aboriginal man seated on a stool.
"Sarcee Squaws, Western Canada"
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
An image of two Aboriginal women standing in front of a tipi. They are wearing traditional style dresses. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.
Saskatchewan Girl Cree Indian from Saskatoon named Canadian Indian Princess
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives depicting a Saskatchewan Cree woman named National Indian Princess in September 1972. Scanned image shows woman in a procession, presumably at the ceremony crowning her Princess, exact date and location unknown.
Saskatchewan Indian Womens' Association
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Women's Association
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 8, Supplement, September 1972, p. 9
Description
Reviews the first year of the SIWA (Saskatchewan Indian Women's Association) and announces the newly elected executive.
Saskatchewan Justice On Trial: The Pamela George Case
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Albert Angus
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, pp. 5, 23-24
Description
Reviews the trial of Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky for the murder of Pamela George of the Sakimay First Nation and questions whether judicial bias was present.
Saskatchewan Report: Rural and Northern Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Alternate Title
Healing from Violence and Abuse
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Darlene Juschka
Melissa A. Wuerch
Mary R. Hampton
Kaitlyn Giles
Jenna Tickell … [et al.]]
Description
Reports on topics discussed in focus groups comprised of service providers from one Northern and one rural community.
Saskatoon's Bernardo: A Serial Killer Preyed on Native Women. (John Martin Crawford)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Bergman
Warren Goulding
Maclean's, vol. 109, no. 26, June 24, 1996, p. 15
Description
Crawford convicted of murder of Eva Taysup, Calinda Waterhen, and Shelley Napope. First Nations' leaders attribute lack of media attention to the fact that victims were First Nation women.
"Say Commodity Cheese!" (Chapter 1)
Alternate Title
Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community
SUNY Series in Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Issues
SUNY Series in Anthropology of Work
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tressa Berman
Description
Looks at women's role to maintain economy and culture of reservation life.
Chapter one from, Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community by Tressa Berman.
Scalpel and the Silver Bear: the First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 5, September 1999, p. 6B
Description
Book review of: The Scalpel and the Silver Bear by Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Schools as Protectorates: Stories Two Mi'kmaq Mothers Tell
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Pushor
Bill Murphy
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 114, December 2, 2010, pp. [25]-46
Description
Looks into the experiences of two mothers with their children's educators.
Seals, Selfies, and the Settler State: Indigenous Motherhood and Gendered Violence in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rule
American Quarterly, vol. 70, no. 4, December 2018, pp. 741-754
Description
Author discusses the violent social media response Tanya Tagaq received after having posted a photo of her daughter next to a harvested seal; uses the incident to illustrate how colonial violence disproportionately targets Aboriginal women.
The Search for Consensus: A Legislative History of Bill C-31, 1969–1985
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerard Hartley
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5
Description
Examines Aboriginal women's rights, membership issues, government thinking and rationale, and Aboriginal perspectives. Chapter one from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Search Goes on For Missing Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chelsea Jones
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 3, March 2008, p. 1,19
Description
Comments on an elderly missing woman in Saskatchewan and the ongoing search by her relatives.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 19.
Searching for Sacajawea: Whitened Reproductions and Endarkened Representations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wanda Pillow
Hypatia, vol. 22, no. 2, The Reproduction of Whiteness: Race and the Regulation of the Gendered Body, Spring, 2007, pp. 1-19
Description
Comments on popular romanticized figure and her role with the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery expedition (1804-1806).
Second Chance Education in Botswana: Implementing a Holistic Approach Based on the Botho Philosophy to Empower Marginalized Youth in the Kweneng District
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelone Khudu-Peterson
Attwell Mamvuto
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 1, 2016, pp. 57-70
Description
Discusses the establishment of Springboard Humanism (SBH) organization and project aimed at helping Indigenous BaSarwa and BaKgalagari women pass the Junior Certification Examination.
Second-rate Victims: The Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Peoples in the USA and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonardo Pegoraro
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2015, pp. 161-173
Description
Discuss campaigns and eugenics programs in Canada and the United States forcing thousands of Indigenous women to receive compulsory sterilization.
Second Stage Housing for Native Women: An NWAC Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Examines information gathered through interviews with shelter directors pertaining to the necessary changes in the delivery of services in regards to the needs of abused Native women.
Section 1.2 of the Canadian Human Rights Act: Balancing Collective and Individual Rights and the Principle of Gender Equity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Explores difficulties involved in reconciling First Nations women's human rights with the right to self-government, which may result in discrimination against women in areas such as band membership.
Seeking Honest Justice in a Land of Strangers: Nahnebahwequa's Struggle for Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celia Haig-Brown
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 4, Winter, 2002, pp. 143-170
Description
Uses one woman's fight to obtain title to her land as an illustration of the Aboriginal response to colonization.
Seeking Justice For Canada's 500 Missing Native Women
Alternate Title
Seeking Justice for Canada's Five Hundred Missing Native Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deidre d'Entremont
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Comments on Robert Pickton's trial, missing aboriginal women and violence against aboriginal women.