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Beyond False Boundaries

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norma C. Wilson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 71-82
Description
Looks at creative ways of expressing human experience, along with creative critical approaches that tear down artificial boundaries. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Bidwewidam: Indigenous Masculinities, Identities & Mino-bimaadiziwin

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sylvia Maracle
Magda Smolewski
Katherine Minich
Lance Logan-Keye
Jessica Danforth ... [et al.]
Description
Twelve Elders who participated project were asked questions about men's traditional roles and responsibilities, changes which occurred due to colonization, and what is needed to see men achieve the good life.
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A Big Thanks to All the Women in Our Lives

Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 3, March 2007, p. 8
Description
Author reflects on the strong women in her family in this special Women's Issue of Eagle Feather News. Article located by scrolling to page 8.
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Bill C-3 - Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Law Section
Canadian Bar Association
Description
Concerns equal treatment of males and females for entitlement to registration as a status Indian under the provisions of the Indian Act.
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Bill C-31

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Communications Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)]
Description
Brief information sheet deals with amendments to the Indian Act which were meant to remove discriminatory rules which had denied women status, restore status and membership rights, and increase band's control over their own affairs.
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Bill C-31: A Study of Cultural Trauma

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
Evelyn George
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5
Description

Applies three processes: trauma to culture, collective stigmatization, and historic trauma. Chapter three 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.

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Bill C-31: Unity for Our Grandchildren

Alternate Title
1st National Conference on Bill C-31
First National Conference on Bill-31
NWAC Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Proceedings of conference that looked at the impact of the legislation. Main issues discussed were divisiveness resulting from adoption of band membership codes which block women from returning to their home communities and two-tiered system which produces loss of status due to the "second generation cutoff" rule.
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Bill S-3: An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration)

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 42-1-23-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration): Proposed Legislative Amendments

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Amendments were to address the cousin, siblings and omitted minors issues. Outlines the issue, the effect, the situation of the comparator group, and proposed remedy. Includes graphics to illustrate each scenario. Addresses remedies for issues identified in Descheneaux.
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Bill S-3 - Indian Act Amendments (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Bar Association
Aboriginal Law Section
Description
Bill came about as a result of the Quebec Superior Court's decision in Descheneaux v. Canada which found The Indian Act still discriminated against women and their offspring with respect to Indian status. This document: Presentation on the Quebec Superior Court Judgment in the Case of Descheneaux and Yantha v.
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Bill S-4: Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interest or Rights Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-30S4-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Gay
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of Act, which involves division of property when a conjugal relationship breaks down. Provisional rules in the bill apply until a First Nation has enacted laws of its own. Revised version. Originally published April 1, 2010.
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Bill Wilson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Bill Wilson
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Bill Wilson was born in Lac La Biche, Alberta in 1934 and raised by Indian people west of Calgary. His father was 3/4 Sioux from the U.S. but his parents broke up when he was little. He discusses his negative attitude toward the RCMP.
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The Birch Bark Eater and the Crisis of Ethical Knowledge in Storytelling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Spy Démonné-Welch
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 56-71, 318
Description
Uses visual and mixed art media to explore one's ancestry and identity, heritage and land. Timiskaming First Nation included.
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Birth Outcomes in the Inuit-Inhabited Areas of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zhong-Cheng Luo
Sacha Senécal
Fabienne Simonet
Éric Guimond
Christopher Penney
Russell Wilkins
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, pp. 235-242
Description
Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.
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Black Indian With a Camera: The Work of Valena Broussard Dismukes

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sarita Cannon
Description
Explores how the artist's photographs explore the issue of dual identity.
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'Black Velvet' and 'Purple Indignation': Print Responses to Japanese 'Poaching' of Aboriginal Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liz Conor
Aboriginal History , vol. 37, 2013, pp. 51-76
Description
Looks at media coverage of the incident and use of the term, 'Black Velvet'. Note from author: "Terms historicised in this article remain offensive and have continuing power to offend. This article attempts to dispel and challenge the meanings conveyed by the term ‘Black Velvet’ by tracing its use in print media and thereby intervening in the attitudes it disseminated"
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"Blackfoot Squaw and Papoose, N. W. T."

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 and her baby in a portrait style photograph. Colours and perhaps extra beads and rings have been added to the picture in a chromolithograph process. The quality of the colours gives it a definite air of artificiality.
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