Physical Description:xviii, 379 p., [12] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm. print
Publisher:Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-379)
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout and Eric Guimond -- Theme 1. Historic Trauma -- Trauma to Resilience: Notes on Decolonization / Cynthia C. Wesley-Esquimaux -- Contributions That Count: First Nations Women and Demography / Cleo Big Eagle and Eric Guimond -- First Nations Women's Contributions to Culture and Community through Canadian Law / Yvonne Boyer -- Theme 2. Intellectual and Social Movements -- Leading by Action: Female Chiefs and the Political Landscape / Kim Anderson -- Creating an Indigenous Intellectual Movement at Canadian Universities: The Stories of Five First Nations Female Academics / Jo-ann Archibald -- Reflections on Cultural Continuity through Aboriginal Women's Writings / Emma LaRocque -- Sisters in Spirit / Anita Olsen Harper -- Theme 3. Health and Healing -- Heart of the Nations: Women's Contribution to Community Healing / Marlene Brant Castellano -- Relational Approach to Cultural Competence / Gaye Hanson -- Theme 4. Arts, Culture, and Language -- Culture of Art: Profiles of Contemporary First Nations Women Artists / Viviane Gray -- Looking for Stories and Unbroken Threads: Museum Artifacts as Women's History and Cultural Legacy / Sherry Farrell Racette -- Role of First Nations Women in Language Continuity and Transition / Mary Jane Norris.
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