Women of the First Nations
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Women of the First Nations

Power, Wisdom, and Strength

  1. 228 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Women of the First Nations

Power, Wisdom, and Strength

About this book

"From diversity comes strength and wisdom": this was the guiding principle for selecting the articles in this collection. Because there is no single voice, identity, history, or cultural experience that represents the women of the First Nations, a realistic picture will have many facets. Accordingly, the authors in Women of the First Nations include Native and non-Native scholars, feminists, and activists from across Canada.

Their work examines various aspects of Aboriginal women's lives from a variety of theoretical and personal perspectives. They discuss standard media representations, as well as historical and current realities. They bring new perspectives to discussions on Aboriginal art, literature, historical, and cultural contributions, and they offer diverse viewpoints on present economic, environmental, and political issues.

This collection counters the marginalization and silencing of First Nations women's voices and reflects the power, strength, and wisdom inherent in their lives.

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Information

Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Year
1996
Print ISBN
9780887556340
eBook ISBN
9780887553967
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Invocation: The Real Power of Aboriginal Women
  5. Introduction
  6. The Colonization of a Native Woman Scholar
  7. "La vie en rose"? Métis Women at Batoche, 1870 to 1920
  8. Subsistence, Secondary Literature, and Gender Bias: The Saulteaux
  9. First Nations Women of Prairie Canada in the Early Reserve Years, the 1870s to the 1920s: A Preliminary Inquiry
  10. Life in Harmony with Nature
  11. An Examination of Sport for Aboriginal Females on the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, from 1968 to 1980
  12. Aboriginal Women's Writing and the Cultural Politics of Representation
  13. Art or Craft: The Paradox of the Pangnirtung Weave Shop
  14. Voices through Time
  15. The Changing Employment of Cree Women in Moosonee and Moose Factory
  16. The Exploitation of the Oil and Gas Frontier: Its Impact on Lubicon Lake Cree Women
  17. Gender and the Paradox of Residential Education in Carrier Society
  18. Recommended Reading
  19. Contributors
  20. Index