Women

Reviews ethnographic tradition, Aboriginal copyright laws and North American women's culture in the book, Daughters of Copper Woman by Anne Cameron.

Menstrual traditions of Alaska Native Yupik women.

Comments on an exhibition which presents a visual record of Inuit life and social history by highlighting the work of 12 textile artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.

Image of woman sitting in front of teepee. Valley with trees in background. Unknown object in foreground at right.

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.

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.

Comments on First Nation and Métis women and their struggle for constitutional reform and ethnic redefinition.

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.

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.

Examines historical and contemporary aspects of this phenomenon.

Book reviews of: Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World by Michelene E. Pesantubbee. Meet Lydia: A Native Girl From Southeast Alaska by Miranda Belarde-Lewis.

Promotes womens' input into decisions about the future of the fisheries industry, arguing that women are familiar with the needs of the rural communities that they live in.

Education and Arts Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Newcastle, 2012.

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.

Discusses how traditional technologies are not formally recognized and that it is commonplace for men to be operators of new technologies.

Book review of: Women and Ledger Art by Richard Pearce. Scroll down to page 91 to read review.

Book review of: Women and Ledger Art by Richard Pearce.

Discusses social life and customs surrounding food gathered for protein and carbohydrates, fruits and nuts, and plants used for contraception.

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.

Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.

Statistics on violent crime, criminal and violent victimization, childhood assault, spousal violence, homicide, and females charged with violent offences.

Book review of: Women and the White Man's God by Myra Rutherdale.

Book review of: Women and the White Man's God by Myra Rutherdale.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1985.

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.

Authors assert that this new perspective will generate additional research on interdisciplinary topics.

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.

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.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2006.

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:

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2006.

Findings indicated that it is very important to find out how entrepreneurs and community organizations eliminate barriers to success.

Looks at literature about community engagement in research and the traditional roles of American Indian women.

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.

Looks at the support the La Ronge Native Women's Council gives to women of the community.

Comments on the 17 artists, representing all regions of the Arctic, in attendance at the Pan-Arctic Women's Workshop. Includes brief profiles. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.

Discusses how the three concepts are represented and integrated in the artists' work.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2003.

Compares the films Ramona and The Barrier to shed light on the complex discourses of gender, race, ethnicity, region, and nation.

Explores the unique role women played in the fur trade and their motivations for becoming fur traders' wives.

Comments on the changes made to the lifestyle of Indigenous women after the arrival of European settlers.

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.

Leadership and Educational Policy Studies Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Illinois University, 1997.

Through the combination of trade and religion, four Catholic Aboriginal women occupied a unique role in the society of the western Great Lakes.

Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.

Examines how interracial marriage molded women's lives on and off the reserve.