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The Assiniboine

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patrick C. Douaud
Prairie Forum, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 309-311
Description
Book review of: The Assiniboine by E. T. Denig and edited by J. N. B. Hewitt.
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The Assiniboine

E-Books
Author/Creator
Edwin Thompson Denig
Canadian Plains Reprint Series, vol. 5
Description
Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.
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Assiniboine Elders Workshop 4

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charles W. Ryder
Indian History Film Project
Description
Charles Ryder tells the story of the settlement of the Carry the Kettle (Assiniboine) Reserve. Also gives a detailed description of old agricultural practices. No date given, probably early 1970's.
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"Assisting Our Own": Urban Migration, Self-Governance, and Native Women's Organizing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1972 - 1989

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Janovicek
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, June 1, 2003, pp. 548-565
Description
Discussion of the Anishinabequek organization that provided services for women and children in an atmosphere that emphasized cultural retention and Indigenous pride.
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Atrocities Against Indigenous Women in Burma

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debbie Stothard
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 28-33
Description
Chronicles the effects on women of military and political developments in Burma from 1948 to 2000. To access this article scroll down to page 28.
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The Autobiographings of Mourning Dove

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Bowering
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 29-40
Description
Discusses three importance books Cogewea the Half-Blood, Coyotes Stories, and Morning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 29 to read article.
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The Autobiography of a Meskwaki Woman

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Voorhis
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 199-201
Description
Book review of: The Autobiography of a Meskwaki Woman.Original title: The Autobiography of a Fox Indian Woman. (In the series: Memoir 18, Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics). Scroll to page 199 to read review.
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Avoiding Future Tragedies: Improving Investigations of Missing Women: The Vancouver Police Department's Policy Forum Submission for the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vancouver Police Department
Description
Focuses on four themes: protection of vulnerable women, structure of police force, policies and practices used in investigations of missing persons and suspected serial murders, and relationships with communities and media. Focus on Robert Pickton case.
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AWCS Host Conference to Create an Awareness

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chereise Morris
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 7, October 2008, p. 11
Description

Author discusses the first World Conference of Women's Shelters arguing that governments need to understand that social problems have an economic and historical social basis.

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

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AWFT Program Assists Women Through Partnership

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Fiddler
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 1, April 2008, p. 14
Description

Article reports on the Canadian Executive Service Organization and the Native Women's Association of Canada signing a joint agreement to provide workshop programs to Aboriginal women across Canada.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.14.

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Background Document on Accountability for Results from an Aboriginal Women's Perspective: For the Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable Sectoral Follow-up Session on Accountability for Results

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Focuses on strategies and processes to determine how to develop current accountability frameworks to foster the social, economical, cultural, and political well-being of Aboriginal women.
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“Bad Mothers” and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Saskatchewan, Canada

Alternate Title
Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations, and Resistance
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Pamela J. Downe
Description
Looks at the impact of mother blame and stigmatization on Aboriginal women who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS and injection drug use. Includes experiences of three women author encountered while working with AIDS Saskatoon. Entire book on one pdf. To read this chapter scroll to p. 103. Chapter from Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations, and Resistance edited by Michelle Hughes Miller, Tamar Hager, and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich.
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Balancing the Medicine Wheel through Physical Activity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lynn Lavallée
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Womens Health, January 2008, pp. 64-71
Description
Reports on a research project that explores the impacts of physical activity on the well-being of Aboriginal women.
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The BANG You Feel

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
BearPaw Media Productions
Greg Miller
Murray Jurak
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Description
Examines the challenges faced by women who are trying to rebuild to their lives after being released from prison. Duration: 39:22.
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Barrier to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland

Alternate Title
Barriers to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily A. Kragel
Logan N. Beyer
David L. Boyd
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 2018, pp. 104-121
Description
Data collected from 15 study participants living in three different communities indicates a hierarchy of barriers with the barrier of geography appearing to be the first and most difficult to overcome. Subsequent barriers include cost, perceived quality of care, trust of medical provider and available time.
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Barriers in Access to Primary Health Care for Young HIV+ Women: A Qualitative Research Study

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sheena Sargeant
J. Evin Jones
Description
Reviews responses to survey in which sample consisted of service providers, representatives of community partner organizations, and two focus groups; identifies best practices and makes recommendations. WISE Project deals with women living in the downtown East/South areas of Vancouver, with focus on Aboriginals.
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Barriers to Success for Indigenous Female Entrepreneurs in Cape Breton - Unama'ki

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
RISE Results Business Services
Description
Summarizes results of discussions held in focus groups involving 27 entrepreneurs and survey completed by 25 of those participants. Some of the challenges identified were disparity in funding opportunities, lack of awareness of support systems, credit and financial literacy, and issues of access to business services, training, internet service and workspace.
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Bateman-McKay Canoe

Images » Photographs
Description
Christina Bateman and Annie McKay with paddler (either Willie Bear or Adolphus Ross) during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Saskatchewan in 1919.
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