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Women of the First Nations : power, wisdom and strength

Miller, Christine, 1932- (Added Author). Chuchryk, Patricia Marie. (Added Author). National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada (1989 : University of Lethbridge) (Added Author). National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada. (Added Author).

Summary: 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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ISBN: 0887551610 (bound) :
ISBN: 0887556345 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780887551611 (bound) :
ISBN: 97808875563410 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: xii, 204 p. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Winnipeg, MB : University of Manitoba Press, c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Papers presented at the National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada, University of Lethbridge, October, 1989. 0887551610
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements -- Invocation: the real power of aboriginal women -- Introduction - The colonization of a native woman scholar - "La vie en rose"? Metis women at Batoche, 1870 to 1920 - Subsistence, secondary literature, and gender bias: the Saulteux - First Nations woman of prairie Canada in the early reserve years, the 1870s to the 1920s: a preliminary inquiry - Life in harmony with nature - An examination of sport for aboriginal females on the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, from 1968 to 1980 - Aboriginal women's writin and the cultural politics of representation - Art or craft: the paradox of the Pangnirtung Weave Shop - Voices through time - The changing employment of Cree women in Moosonee and Moose factory - The expoitation of the oil and gas frontier: it's impact on Lubicon Lake Cree women - Gender and the paradox of residential education in carrier society -- Recommended reading -- Contributors -- Index.