Women, Role of
The Development of Capitalism and the Subjugation of Native Women in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Bourgeault
Alternate Routes, vol. 6, Feminism, 1983, pp. [109]-140
Description
Looks at the disintegration of a collective society and how Aboriginal women were brought into a male dominant class society during the fur trade.
Don McLean Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don McLean
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
Finding a Way to the Heart: Feminist Writings on Aboriginal
and Women’s History in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frieda Esau Klippenstein
BC Studies, no. 180, Winter, 2013/14, pp. 175-177
Description
Book review of Finding a Way to the Heart edited by Robin Jarvis Brownlie and Valerie J. Korinek.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 175.
A Forest of Family Trees: Rupert's Land Roots in Western Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Brown
Canadian Issues, New Frontiers in Our History: 100 Years of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Confederation, Winter, 2005, pp. 25-27
Description
Explores the relationships between Aboriginal women and HBC employees and the resulting expanded families of offspring.
To access article scroll to p. 25
French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 114-115
Description
Book review of: French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest by Jean Barman.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 114.
From "Marrying-In" to "Marrying-Out": Changing Patterns of Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Marriage in Colonial Canada
Alternate Title
From Marrying In to Marrying Out Changing Patterns of Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Marriage in Colonial Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia van Kirk
Frontiers, vol. 23, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 1-11
Description
Explores attitude change toward interracial marriage during 17th to 19th century.
The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Description
Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.
Ikwe
Alternate Title
Daughters of the Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Norma Bailey
Description
Through the eyes of a young Ojibwe woman this film illustrates one down side of contact between cultures, the introduction of small pox and its dire impact on Native Americans.
Duration:57:00.
Native Women of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Historical Perspective, 1830-1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Cooper
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 1992, pp. 44-[?]
Description
Argues that the roles and status of women in this region did not decline after contact, but instead they moved from a position of strength in the traditional era to strength in the mission era.
Negotiating Female Morality: Place, Ideology and Agency in the Red River Colony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharron A. FitzGerald
Alicja Muszynski
Women's History Review, vol. 16, no. 5, November 2007, pp. 661-680
Description
Discusses two law suits involving Countryborn women, Foss v. Pelly in 1850 and The Queen v. Corbett in 1863.
The Role of Native Women in the Fur Trade Society of Western Canada, 1670-1830
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Van Kirk
Frontiers, vol. 7, no. 3, Women on the Western Frontier, 1984, pp. 9-13
Description
Looks at the contributions made by women including trapping small animals, making moccasins and preservation of food.
"Tastily Bound With Ribands": Ribbon-bordered Dress of the Great Lakes Indians, 1735-1839
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel K. Pannabecker
Clothing & Textiles Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, September 1996, pp. 267-275
Description
Explores the historical and cultural significance of silk ribbon and its creative and innovative use by the Great Lakes Indian women.
"This Countries Ladies": Gender Negotiations at the Northwest Company, Grand Portage
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew E. LaBounty
Nebraska Anthropologist, no. 46, 2009, pp. 36-47
Description
Focuses on how Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) women who had intermarried with French traders contributed to the development and sustainability of the fur trade economy.
The Untold Story of the Hudson's Bay Company
Alternate Title
Commemorate Canada - The Hudson’s Bay Company
Canadian Geographic in the Classroom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Gismondi
Canadian Geographic, vol. 140, no. 3, May/June 2020, pp. 33-34,36-40, 42
Description
Discusses the company's history from its origins to the present day and its historical relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
The Woman Who Married a Beaver: Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Alternate Title
The Woman Who Married a Beaver Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce M. White
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 109-147
Description
Analysis of roles and contributions of Southwestern Ojibwa (Anishinaabeg), particularly women, to the fur trade from the 17th century until recent times.
“Women in Between”: Indian Women in Fur Trade Society in Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Van Kirk
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 12, no. 1, 1977, pp. 30-46
Description
Explores the unique role women played in the fur trade and their motivations for becoming fur traders' wives.
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.
Women's Status in Egalitarian Society: Implications for Social Evolution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eleanor Leacock
Current Anthropology, vol. 33, no. 1, 1992, pp. 225-260
Description
Analyzes changes in the status of women within the socio-economic structure as a whole and explores relations of power and property in band societies.