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"Wig Wams of Indians on the Prairies", "View of Indian Camp ground"

Images » Photographs
Description
2 photographic processes of same image (one black and white, the other sepia toned). Indian encampment on top of hill at Battleford, in sight of Government House. In the photo 5 youths, one infant in mossbag and three adults. Two teepees and Red River cart also in image.
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Wiisaakodewikwe Anishinaabekwe Diabaajimotaw Nipigon Zaaga'igan: Lake Nipigon Ojibway Metis Stories About Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia D. McGuire
Kishshebakabaykwe
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 217-222
Description
Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
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Wilfred & Harriet Chocan Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Wilfred Chocan
Harriet Chocan
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.
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William Okeymaw Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.
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Wings of the Same Bird: Making the Links

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marjorie Beaucage
Description
Discusses racism and sexism at the 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW/ICREF) November 1992, Toronto. Duration: 18:43
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Winnipeg Tragedy Reveals Real Victims of Abuse

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, August 16, 1996, p. A5
Description
Discusses a young woman, addicted to solvents, who was placed in the care of the state in order to protect her unborn child.
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Witch Accusations in Jharkhand, India: A Few Recent Cases

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Samar Bosu Mullick
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 18-23
Description
Findings indicate little change after the proclamation of the Prevention of Witch Act in 1999. To access this article scroll down to page 18.
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"With the Appropriate Qualifications": Aboriginal People and Employment Equity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patti Doyle-Bedwell
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
Description
Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.
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Woman and Child with Horse-Drawn Travois

Images » Photographs
Description
Image of woman leading horse-drawn travois. An infant on its side is fastened to the travois. Inscription on back reads: "The Indian didn't invent a wheel. (?) takes her papoose with her."
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Woman Behind Grey Owl Often Forgotten

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 8, 1996, p. A5
Description
Looks at Gertrude Bernard, a Mohawk woman whose family originally came from Oka, who was also known as Anahareo.
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Woman in Angus McKay's Garden

Images » Photographs
Description
A photo of an unidentified woman in Angus McKay's garden at La Ronge. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
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Woman sitting outside teepee

Images » Photographs
Description
Image of woman sitting in front of teepee. Valley with trees in background. Unknown object in foreground at right.
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Woman Who Loves History is Making History

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jill Brewer
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 14
Description
Comments on the first Aboriginal person to hold the position of Head Curator of Aboriginal History at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Article located by scrolling to page 14.
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Woman with Kitten

Images » Photographs
Description
A woman (Christina Bateman?) and a kitten. Photograph taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
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Women Acknowledged For All That They Survived

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 10
Description

Comments on stories heard at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event held in Saskatoon, June 2012, especially those of women abused while at residential schools and when they returned to their communities.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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Women Aging Into Power: Fictional Representations of Power and Authority in Louise Erdrich’s Female Characters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Castillo
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [13]-20
Description
Traces the manifestations of power in four generations of fictional women: Pauline Puyat, Marie Lazarre, Zelda Kashpaw and her daughter Albertine. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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“Women and 2spirits”: On the Marginalization of Transgender Indigenous People in Activist Rhetoric

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kai Pyle
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 85-94
Description
A discussion on how use of the term "women and 2spirit" has been used to advocate gender issues but is also problematic because it can marginalize transgendered people from larger Indigenous activist causes.
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Women and Blackfoot Nationalism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kiera L Ladner
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 2000, pp. 35-62
Description
Examines historical and contemporary aspects of this phenomenon.
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Women and Health: Experiences in a Rural Regional Health Authority

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jan Roberts
Marcelle Falk
Description
Presents a study that looks at the opinions and life experiences of women in order to shape and plan for health services within Manitoba's rural South Eastman regional health authority (RHA). Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.
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Women and Indigenous Technology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anoja Wickramasinghe
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, Women in Science and Technology: The Legacy of Margaret Benston, Winter, 1993, pp. 59-61
Description
Discusses how traditional technologies are not formally recognized and that it is commonplace for men to be operators of new technologies.
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