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Women and Plants on Groote Eylandt

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dulcie Levitt
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, June 1987, pp. 32-37
Description
Discusses social life and customs surrounding food gathered for protein and carbohydrates, fruits and nuts, and plants used for contraception.
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Women and Risk: Aboriginal Women, Colonialism, and Correctional Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Monture-Angus
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 19, no. 1/2, Women and Justice, 1999, pp. 24-29
Description
Argues that little has been done with respect to Aboriginal offenders other than accommodate them within the mainstream system and that traditional risk assessment is not valid when applied to Aboriginal women.
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Women and the Canadian Legal System: Examining Situations of Hyper-Responsibility

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS)
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
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. 94-104
Description
Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.
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Women and the Criminal Justice System

Alternate Title
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tina Hotton Mahony
Joanna Jacob
Heather Hobson
Description
Statistics on violent crime, criminal and violent victimization, childhood assault, spousal violence, homicide, and females charged with violent offences.
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Women, Children and Violence in Aboriginal Law: Some Perspectives From the Southeast Queensland Frontier

Alternate Title
Past Law, Present Histories
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Libby Connors
Description
Comments on some of the complex and controversial aspects of traditional law regarding the level of violence directed at wives and children. Chapter from Past Law, Present Histories edited by Diane Kirkby. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 125.
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Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues, and Resistance

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rita Shelton Deverell
Shirley Bear
Dorothy Christian
Ruth Cuthand
Joan Glode
Ursula A. Johnson
Mount Saint Vincent University
Description
Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations. Duration: 1:22:38.
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Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues, and Resistance: Tool Kit

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Mount Saint Vincent University
Description
Includes links to three books which follow the lives of three fictional children as they grow into adulthood, fears card, videos of conversations with five prominent Aboriginal women, and additional resource card. Recommended for ages 14+ and suited for individual study or groups of up to 30.
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Women dressed in traditional attire

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Leonard A. Hillyard
Description
A photograph of nine Kinsmen with two Native women dressed in traditional attire on April 26, 1950. First of series B 4014-19.

Historical note:

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Women Entrepreneurs in the North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hari Dimitrakopoulou
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, Women Entrepeneurs, Winter, 1994, pp. [51-53]
Description
Findings indicated that it is very important to find out how entrepreneurs and community organizations eliminate barriers to success.
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Women Finding the Way: American Indian Women Leading Intervention Research in Native Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
Josephine Chase
Jennifer Elkins
Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Nanez
Jennifer J. Mootz
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 24-47
Description
Looks at literature about community engagement in research and the traditional roles of American Indian women.
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Women For Peace in Naglim

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shimreichon Luithui
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 24-27
Description
Discusses developments leading to the implementation of a cease-fire and how it's impacted the Naga's lives. To access this article scroll down to page 24.
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Women in Huron and Ojibwa Societies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 45-48
Description
Comments on the changes made to the lifestyle of Indigenous women after the arrival of European settlers.
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Women in Northern Paiute Politics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert N. Lynch
Signs, vol. 11, no. 2, Winter, 1986, pp. 352-366
Description
Focuses on a group of women who ran a tribal council for over a year in the late 1960s. Discusses how they gained control, their impact on council activities and the long term effects on their community.
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Women, Kin, and Catholicism: New Perspectives on the Fur Trade

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Sleeper-Smith
Ethnohistory, vol. 47, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 423-452
Description
Through the combination of trade and religion, four Catholic Aboriginal women occupied a unique role in the society of the western Great Lakes.
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Women Leaders on Leadership: Much to Laud, Much to Lament

Alternate Title
Executive Action (Conference Board of Canada) ; June 2006
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 014-07]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Conference Board of Canada
Description
Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.
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Women on the Run by Janet Campbell Hale

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Norma C. Wilson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 113-116
Description
Book review of: Women on the Run by Janet Campbell Hale. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Women's Circle Comes Full Circle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Saylors
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 59-62
Description
Looks at the impact of a substance abuse facility (Friendship House) through interviews with staff and clients.
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