Women

Reports results of project involving storytelling circles and focus group discussions with 38 mothers, 11 counsellors, and 12 child-welfare workers. Analysis is based on teachings of love, wisdom, respect, courage, honesty, humility, and truth. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .

Examines the validity of the Scale given the tendency for Aboriginal women to be rated at higher security levels than non-Aboriginal women and its role in this systemic bias.

Recounts several incidences of murdered and missing Aboriginal women. Statistics show 4.5 out of every 100,000 Indigenous women are killed by homicide.

Intended for service staff working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit women. Provides basic information on law, legal issues, processes and relevant options.

An examination of the flaws and loopholes in the Violence Against Women Act in regards to Indigenous women in the United States.

Links theories of eco-feminism to legends in Aboriginal culture whereby animals are portrayed as siblings to humanity rather than the dominant model of a relationship based on dominance.

Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.

Comparative Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University, 2016.

Discusses successful programs and practices used to enhance victims services in the United States.

Statistics for sexual assault, maltreatment of Indigenous girls before the age of 15, spousal violence, injury, interpersonal violence after separation, and contact with victim services.

Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Reports results of interviews with 40 frontline workers about: characteristics of trafficking, victims' protection and prevention needs, agencies' responses to trafficking, and gaps and barriers in providing services. Aboriginals were one of the target populations in the study.

Chapter 7 in book: Indivisible: Indigenous Human Rights edited by Joyce Green. Discusses Canada's Indian Act.

Discusses the specific case of Amanda Chingren, who oversaw the "outing" (transition from residential schools or reservations to domestic employment) of Native American girls.

A photograph of two non-Aboriginal women in Victorian style dresses and caps holding shotguns. A dog sits at their feet. They are probably Blanche and Charlotte Mann who lived and worked with their father Indian agent George Mann (see historical note).

Discusses issues of human rights abuse towards Aboriginal women and children, and describes how various policies and practices have had a negative impact on many lives.

Looks at the continuing violence against the Mayan people especially women's rights through organized crime and the military's power.

Overview of contributing factors and current issues.

Describes the impacts of violence, current policies, strategies, action plans, and presents recommendations.

Discusses prevention, programs, services, and initiatives to help address violence and abuse against Aboriginal girls and women.

Statistics on sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partner, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partner. Summarizes findings from the full report: Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

Statistics on sexual violence, physical violence and psychological aggression by intimate partners, and stalking.

Provides an overview of the epidemiology of violence and criminal justice responses.

Provides list of 40 reports provided by federal government when arguing that there is no need for a national inquiry concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.

Analyzed 58 documents which examined causes of violence and made recommendations about how to address the issue. Related documents: Master List of Recommendations. Analysis of Implementation.

Reviews 50 reports containing over 700 recommendations and identifies and lists 17 recurring "themes" from these reports.

Looks at the concepts of gendered disposability and Indigenous dysfunction which underlie acts of violence, analyzes how this manifests itself in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and discusses the story of Sara de Vries, a woman who was murdered by Robert Pickton.

Annotated list of: books, audiovisual resources, articles, reports, declarations, conventions, and acts, and website. Current as of November, 2007.

Current as November 2007. Full List.

Criminology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1996.

Identifies factors effecting the high rates of violence against American Native women and presents a readiness model to help tribal communities deal with the violence.

Discusses background to the rise in abuse and barriers to justice and healing, reviews various governments' responses, and provides practice tips.

Looks at the relationship between abuse, mental health, substance abuse, and high risk sexual behavior in the American Aboriginal women populations.

Discusses statistics, historical, social and economic context of the issue, Canadian state's investigations, and specific responses and observations by international treaty bodies.

Investigated rates of eight different violent and three non-violent acts. Sample size was 183 and data was collected over two years.

Looks at how the media has handled sexual violence incidents for Sami women in Norway and discusses their views on self-determination. Chapter from L'Image du Sápmi 2 edited by K. Anderson.

Book reviews of 2 books: Violence Against Women edited by Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy; and Daring to be Good edited by Bat-Ami On and Ann Ferguson.

Social Welfare Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Kansas, 2004.

Describes two critical and interrelated concerns Aboriginal women face, HIV/AIDS and domestic violence.

Controversial report sparks conversations about hidden forms of violence and colonization. Part 2.