Aboriginal Women

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Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations
Rogers, Edward S.; Smith, Donald B. (eds.)
Book
1994
Essays on the history of Ontario's native people.
The Arbritary Enfranchisement of Indian Women
Article
1976
A brief arguing for the amendment of certain provisions of the Indian Act providing for the involuntary enfranchisement of Indian women.
Concerned Aboriginal Women occupy Department of Indian Affairs
Film/Video
1982
A film depicting the occupation of the Department of Indian Affairs building in Vancouver by a group of Native women in 1981.
Concerned Aboriginal Women occupy Department of Indian Affairs
Film/Video
1983
A film depicting the occupation of the Department of Indian Affairs building in Vancouver by a group of Native women in 1981.
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Website
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I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People
Ray, Arthur J.
Book
1996
Ray shows that Native culture played an important -- and largely unrecognized -- part in Canada's economic development. Rather than being "civilized" by European explorers, the indigenous people were ...
In Conflict with the Law: Women and the Canadian Justice System
Adelberg, Ellen; Currie, Claudia
Book
1994
Critique of women and the Canadian justice system. Written from a feminist perspective, the collection is organized into three thematic sextions: Federal Imprisonment of Women -- Past, Present and Fut...
Indian Women and the Law in Canada
Minus, Citizens; Jamieson, Kathleen
Article
1978
This report examines section 12 (1) (b) of the Indian Act.
Indigenous Women: The Frontline Protectors of the Environment
Yakupitiyage, Tharanga
Article
2017
Indigenous women, while experiencing the first and worst effects of climate change globally, are often in the frontline in struggles to protect the environment.
Maze of Injustice: The failutre to protect indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA
Article
2007
More than one in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they know they will be met with inaction or indifference. Ind...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 30, 2017: Affirming life, resisting war, reporting UFOs
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2017
What do we do when those in power recklessly put the future of the entire planet at risk with their acts of aggression and military provocations, while they ignore the growing disaster of climate chan...
Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution
Rebick, Judy
Book
2005
Using interviews with many feminist activists, Rebick provides an oral history of feminism in Canada from the 1960s through the 1990s.
VAWA Must Pass to Protect All Women, Regardless of Race: The Fight Ahead
Hopkins, Ruth
Article
2013
No woman deserves to be beaten, raped, or killed, regardless of her race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

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British Columbia Native Women's Society
Organization profile published 1979
Organization
1979
For some years now the British Columbia Native Women's Society (BCNWS) has been assisting native people in British Columbia in a variety of ways, ranging from giving out information, to making referra...
Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples Bulletin
Periodical profile published 1979
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1979
This issue of Bulletin focuses on Native women.
Native Women's Committee
Organization profile published 1983
Organization
1983
N.W.T. Native Women's Group
Organization profile published 1977
Organization
1977
The first native women's conference in the Mackenzie Valley and the Western Arctic took place July 18-22, 1977 at Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife.