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UN Will Support Aboriginal Women by Studying the Violence That Surrounds Them

Alternate Title
United Nations Will Support Aboriginal Women by Studying the Violence That Surrounds Them
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 11

Comments on murdered and missing women, the epidemic of violence against Aboriginal women, and the lack of federal government support.

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

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An Uncomfortable Discussion

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Val Napoleon
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 45-48
Looks at the respect and disrespect displayed between elders and youth.
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Under-treatment, Over-treatment, and Coerced into Treatment: Identifying and Documenting Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Yvonne Boyer
Aboriginal Policy Studies , vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 190-193
Looks at the reports Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women and Out of Sight: A Summary of the Events Leading Up to Brian Sinclair's Death and the Inquest That Examined It and the Interim Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair working Group.
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Understanding Healthy Pregnancies: The Perspective of Inuit Midwives in Northwestern Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Laakkuluk Williamson Batbory
Hannah Shenker
Hope Weiler
Margaret Berry ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, vol. 19, no. 4, 2014, pp. 128-133
Concerns by the midwives in the region include unhealthy behaviours in young women, the decline of traditional beliefs particularly during pregnancy, and nutritional deficiencies.
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Understanding Participant Driven Intervention Research through Three Vignettes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth J Cooper
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 42-57
The experiences of three different participants in an intergenerational, multi-week research workshop which explored how the concept of wellness is understood are portrayed through the lenses of a girl, a mother, and a grandmother.
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Understanding the Needs of Urban Inuit Women: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Looks at women's experiences in Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Research involved literature review and interviews with forty-six Inuit women, twenty-two service providers, and, when possible, focus groups. Four objectives of study were to identify motivations for migration/relocation to urban centres, examine challenges faced, discuss primary effects on roles and responsibilities, and to identify supports needed.
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Uneasy Ethnocentrism: Recent Works of Allen, Silko, and Hogan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet St. Clair
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 83-98
Discussion on the contemporary Native American crises of identity and injustice and how community and kinship can be restored and strengthened without sacrificing the rights and the differences of individuals and cultures. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Unfinished Stories of Two First Nations Mothers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maryam Moayeri
Jane Smith
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 53, no. 5, February 2010, pp. 408-417
Looks at the lives of two aboriginal women whose past experiences in residential schools have influenced their present literacy practices.
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Unidentified young woman with long heavy braids

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
unknown
A photograph of an unidentified young woman with long heavy braids. She is dressed in Indian costume, with a beaded, fringed garment only partially visible. Image has theatrical quality; may not be authentic. Edges are blurred in a vignette. This may be a print.
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"The Unkillable Mother": Sovereignty and Survivance in Louise Erdrich's The Round House

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Paniccia Carden
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 94-116
Provides critical analysis of Erdrich’s novel which examines the high rates of sexual assault of Indigenous women as a metaphor for colonization, and draws parallels between the aftermath of an assault and the state and status of Ojibwe culture.
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Unknown and Unstated Paternity and The Indian Act: Enough is Enough!

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl (Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe)
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 3, no. 2, Motherhood Activisim, Advocacy, Agency, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 188-199
Focuses on policies which discriminate against Indigenous women and their offspring by denying them status and treaty rights.
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Unpaid Work, Unpaid Care, Unpaid Assistance and Volunteering

Alternate Title
2011 Census Paper Series
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mandy Yap
Nicholas Biddle
Data from the 2011 Australian Census shows that a high proportion of caring activities are being undertaken in regional and remote areas of the country.
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Unresolved Grief and Mourning in Navajo Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John K. Nagel
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 2, no. 2, 1988, pp. 32-40
Looks at bereavement in two cultures and two healing traditions.
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Unsettling Ourselves: Reflections and Resources for Deconstructing Colonial Mentality: A Sourcebook Compiled by Unsettling Minnesota

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Derrick Jensen
Wicanhpi Iyotan Win
Scott Demuth
Waziyatawin
Dee Brown ... [et al.]
Collection of commentaries based on excerpts from works such as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, What Does Justice Look Like, Indians 'R' Us: Culture and Genocide, The Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.
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Unstated Paternity: Estimates and Contributing Factors

Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
vol. 2

Data from two previous studies looks at prevalence and implications.

Chapter eleven from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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