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“They Found and Left Her an Indian”: Gender, Race, and the Whitening of Young Bear

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim J. Buss
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 1-35
Description
Examines Frances Slocum’s cultural conversion from a white girl to an Indian woman; explores the dissemination of her story; and investigates the ways in which white writers later stressed the story of Frances Slocum as the story of a white woman.
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“They Grow as Speakers, as Leaders”: A Case Study of Experiential Leadership in the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics Pageant

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Williams
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 204-235
Description
Report demonstrates that the objectifying space of the traditional beauty pageant has been appropriated by the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics (WEIO), and reconstructed as a space focused on developing community-centered leadership skills in the young women that participate.
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"They Knew How to Respect Children": Life Histories and Culturally Appropriate Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Leavitt
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.
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Third Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the President of the United States. 1871.

Documents & Presentations
Description
The Third Annual Report of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners includes reports of living conditions on reservations; correspondence and transcripts of meetings between government officials and Aboriginal chiefs and officials; and lists of Indian Agencies with names of tribes and agents.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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Third National Women's Health Conference Recommendation

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 23-24
Description
Conference held in 1995 looks at the imbalance in health circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and provides recommendations to address the situation through policy changes and funding.
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This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anna J. Willow
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 149-151
Description
Book review of: This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment edited by Melody Hessing, Rebecca Raglon, Catriona Sandilands.
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"This Story I Am Telling You Is True": Collaboration and Literary Authority in Mourning Dove's Cogewea

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda K. Karell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 451-465
Description
Literary criticism article that considers Humishuma’s (Mourning Dove, aka Christine Quintasket) novel; examines the ways that the text was influenced and edited by Humishuma’s friend and mentor Lucullus V. McWhorter.
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"This Woman Can Cross Any Line": Feminist Tricksters in the Works of Nora Naranjo-Morse and Joy Harjo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristine Holmes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 45-63
Description
Discusses how the characters provide the poets with a playful, sometimes painful, way of speaking about American Indian women’s experiences and encompasses both traditional beliefs and contemporary reality. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Thling of Alaska

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bessie L. Putnam
Description
Extracted, probably, from Goldwaite's Geographical Magazine at pages 17 to 23.
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Thoroughly Modest Millie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Priscilla Hewitt
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 31-32
Description
Autobiography of the prominent social activist and appointee to the Order of Canada who originates from Walpole Island, Ontario.
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Threading, Stitching, and Storytelling: Using CBPR and Blackfoot Knowledge and Cultural Practices to Improve Domestic Violence Services for Indigenous Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Lindsay Jackson
Julie Coleman
Gayle Strikes with a Gun
Doris Sweet Grass
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1]-27
Description
Discusses the process and outcomes of a community-based participatory research project aimed at improving on and off reserve shelter services in rural southwestern Alberta.
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Three Canadian Native Women Autobiographies: From the Synecdoche of the Communal to the Metonoymy of the Single Subject

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nieves Pascual Soler
The Grove: Working Papers on English Studies, no. 9, 2002, pp. 139-150
Description
Analysis of: The Days of Augusta (1973) by Mary Augusta Tappage, The Ways of My Grandmothers (1982) by Beverly Hungry Wolf and I Walk in Two Worlds (1987) by Eleanor Brass. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Three Indian women in ceremonial regalia.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Roxy Studio
North Battleford
Description
A photograph of three Aboriginal women in ceremonial regalia. At least 9 Indian women and Union Jack in background. The photo appears to have been taken in 1940s or 50s, location unknown.
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Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon. Anita Endrezze

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2 , Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 50-54
Description
Book review of: Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon by Anita Endrezze. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Tillie Black Bear: Tribal Domestic Violence Once Punished by Death

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tillie Black Bear
Description
Lakota family violence expert and one of the founders of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, speaks at the Northern Michigan University's Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.
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Time Trend by Region of Suicides and Suicidal Thoughts among Greenland Inuit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Bjerregaard
Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, Special Issue: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations , 2015, p. article no. 26053
Description
Results of study show suicide rates were higher for men than women while the prevalence of suicidal thoughts was higher among women.
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Tipi (Blood Tribe)

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview about the tipis of the Blood Indians; hide preparation, cutting of poles, erection, decoration, furnishing. Also includes some information on transportation by horse and travois.
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