ISBN:
9780887553967
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0887553966
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 204 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Manitoba studies in native history 9
Parallel Title:
Print version Women of the first nations
DDC:
305.48897071
Keywords:
Indian women Congresses
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Canada
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Native women Congresses
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Canada
;
Femmes autochtones Congrès
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Canada
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Kanada
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Canada
;
Indian women Congresses
;
Indian women Congresses
;
Indigene Frau
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Kongress
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Indiennes ; Canada ; Congrès
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Autochtones ; Canada ; Congrès
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Indian women
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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Canada
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Kanada
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Electronic books Conference proceedings
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
"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 works examine various aspects of Aboriginal women's lives from a variety of theoretical and personal perspectives. They discuss women's traditional roles as teachers and providers, and they challenge 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."--BOOK JACKET
Description / Table of Contents:
Invocation : the real power of aboriginal women : keynote address : the National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada, University of Lethbridge, 19 October 1989 / Jeannette ArmstrongIntroduction / Patricia Chuchryk and Christine Miller -- The colonization of Native woman scholar / Emma LaRocque -- "La vie en rose"? : Métis women at Batoche, 1870 to 1920 / Diane P. Payment -- Subsistence, secondary literature, and gender bias : the Saulteaux / Laura Peers -- The First Nations women of prairie Canada in the early reserve years, the 1870s to the 1920s : a preliminary inquiry / Sarah Carter -- Life in harmony with nature / Beverly Hungry Wolf -- An examination of sport for aboriginal females on the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, from 1968 to 1980 / Vicky Paraschak -- Aboriginal women's writing and the cultural politics of representation / Julia Emberley -- Art or craft : the paradox of the Pangnirtung weave shop / Kathy M'Closkey -- Voices through time / Betty Bastien -- The changing employment of Cree women in Moosonee and Moose Factory / Jennifer Blythe and Peggy Martin McGuire -- The exploitation of the oil and gas frontier : its impact on Lubicon Lake Cree women / Rosemary Brown -- Gender and the paradox of residential education in Carrier society / Jo-Anne Fiske -- Recommended reading / Christine Miller.
Note:
Papers presented at the National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada, University of Lethbridge, October, 1989. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Papers presented at the National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada, University of Lethbridge, October, 1989
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