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26CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES/LES CAHIERS DE LA FEMMEDans cet article, l’auteure partage ses expériences de travail sur les questions environnementales, particulièrement sur celles qui concernent l’eau. Comme mère, comme membre d’un clan, comme membre des Premières Nations et comme professeure, l’auteure se sent responsable du partage de ses connaissances. Cette réflexion est basée sur son travail avec les aînées et les tenants du savoir traditionnel en Ontario, surtout de celui qui se rapporte à l’eau. L’information part de deux projets majeurs dans lesquels elle a été impliquée.

A quiet revolution is occurring in Canada's First Nations communities, with changes taking place on social, political, and economic fronts and a significant redistribution of power. Changes to the Indian Act in 1951 paved the way for women to become officially involved in reserve politics, and with governments responding to the demand of First Nations for self-government, positions once held exclusively by men are now being filled by women. Beginning with Elsie Knott, the first female chief in Canada, Cora Voyageur presents the lives of sixty-four of the ninety women chiefs who have assumed the traditionally male role of elected First Nations leadership. Using a range of qualitative research strategies, surveys, participant observation, interviews, and discussions with focus groups, Voyageur presents the colonial histories behind the issues that contemporary Aboriginal communities struggle with and delineates the resulting leadership dilemmas for chiefs, while also articulating a story that is unique to First Nations women. Voyageur asks women chiefs about what inspired them to become leaders, how they've maintained their priorities, and the personal and professional costs and rewards involved in their positions. Firekeepers of the Twenty-First Century is a groundbreaking work that examines the experiences of women as they negotiate multiple roles and navigate the worlds of gender, race, and reserve politics.

À l’occasion du 30e anniversaire de l’Association des Femmes autochtones du Québec, ces actes de colloque proposent de revoir le parcours des femmes autochtones dans leurs luttes pour l’égalité et la justice sociale.

This chapter is situated within the complexities of the new forms of imperialism that characterize a world seemingly gone mad. The conviction that both the project of decolonization and that of human survival and ultimately, peace for a world hovering on the brink of self-destruction require, at the very least, the return of the feminine principle and in the process, right balance and the compassionate mind, to the center of our political ontologies, is central to this chapter. The thesis is two-fold: firstly, that Indigenous women have a vital role to play in the realization of alternative models of “being in the world‟ and secondly, that this represent a particularly poignant paradox.

From Ellen Gabriel to Tantoo Cardinal, many of the faces of Aboriginal people in the media today are women. In the Days of Our Grandmothers is a collection of essays detailing how Aboriginal women have found their voice in Canadian society over the past three centuries. Collected in one volume for the first time, these essays critically situate Aboriginal women in the fur trade, missions, labour and the economy, the law, sexuality, and the politics of representation. (Midwest).

Introduction to the issue 29, 2 "Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations".

Smith argues that any serious conceptualization of Native American women as feminist activists demands a rejection of the reductive dichotomy of feminist versus nonfeminist. For her, one must first understand the diversity of opinions about feminist activism that exists among Native women and how they have uniquely conceived both their role as activists and their theoretical frameworks. In addition, for many Native women the traditional assumption that a feminist's first aim is to combat sexism is inadequate for dealing with the equally important problem of Native American sovereignty.

This article traces the authors' involvement in Two-Spirit organizing in Montreal since 1995. The term Two-Spirit is often used by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people of Aboriginal descent in both the U.S. and Canada. The authors explore the multifaceted aspects of organizing within a Two-Spirit community. They begin with an examination of contemporary challenges facing Two- Spirit people within Canadian society and then provide several concrete examples of local organizing, ranging from the creation of an educational video on HIV/AIDS and participation in a collaborative project with a school of social work to national and international alliance-building.

This paper argues that feminist geography can provide some useful lessons in an attempt to increase Aboriginal peoples' representation in geography. It asks the question: How can we use the example of feminist geography to think about a geography that is more inclusive of Aboriginal people? The paper focuses on the issues of content in teaching, drawing on examples from urban and social geography, and on methodological challenges, especially the issue of reflexivity. Feminist geographer Suzanne Mackenzie argued that an emerging feminist geography left the discipline ‘conceptually unclad’, challenging scholars to consider new theoretical frameworks and new perspectives. I argue that emphasising the geographies of Aboriginal people also enriches geography, including feminist geography.

Le volume présente et commente quatre récits de la création du monde enregistrés en langue innu par l'auteur, anthropologue réputé, à l'été 1970, sur la Basse-Côte-Nord. La parenté entre ces récits et les diverses cosmologies eurasiennes est soulignée en conclusion. [SDM].

"This book is not about feminism. Rather, feminism is the basis of the discussion, an example of how understanding oppression must consider a number of barriers. Euro-Canadian feminists rarely address the circumstances that are unique to First Nations' women, instead working with the assumption that all women are a part of a similar struggle. Ouellette attempts to confront these barriers. Throughout interviews with a number of women, she highlights the following four questions. To what extent do Aboriginal women understand experience and articulate their oppression? To what extent do colonized women perceive racism as the source of their oppression? To what extent do Aboriginal women view male domination within their own Aboriginal societies as the source of the oppression? How do Aboriginal women articulate racism and gender oppression?The author argues that there will always be a dichotomy between European and Aboriginal thought. This book makes an important contribution toward a greater understanding of Aboriginal thought and an Aboriginal perspective on society. The Fourth World theory is an integrate part of the "Circle of Life" philosophy of Aboriginal people. In keeping with oral traditions, these teachings are passed on at gatherings and in private conversations. They compromise a distinctly Aboriginal worldview."

Table de matières: Pour une participation équitable des femmes des Premières nations à la gestion des affaires publiques, Judith F. Sayers et Kelly A. MacDonald. Les femmes des Premières nations et la gouvernance : Étude sur les coutumes et les nouvelles pratiques chez les femmes de la Première nation de Lake Babine, Jo-Anne Fiske, Melonie Newell et Evelyn George. La gouvernance des Premières nations, la Loi sur les Indiens et les droits à l’égalité des femmes, Wendy Cornet.

This exciting new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the contemporary state of the field. The editors’ introduction and forty-five essays cover feminist critical engagements with philosophy and adjacent scholarly fields, as well as feminist approaches to current debates and crises across the world. Authors cover topics ranging from the ways in which feminist philosophy attends to other systems of oppression, and the gendered, racialized, and classed assumptions embedded in philosophical concepts, to feminist perspectives on prominent subfields of philosophy. The first section contains chapters that explore feminist philosophical engagement with mainstream and marginalized histories and traditions, while the second section parses feminist philosophy’s contributions to with numerous philosophical subfields, for example metaphysics and bioethics. A third section explores what feminist philosophy can illuminate about crucial moral and political issues of identity, gender, the body, autonomy, prisons, among numerous others. The Handbook concludes with the field’s engagement with other theories and movements, including trans studies, queer theory, critical race, theory, postcolonial theory, and decolonial theory. The volume provides a rigorous but accessible resource for students and scholars who are interested in feminist philosophy, and how feminist philosophers situate their work in relation to the philosophical mainstream and other disciplines. Above all it aims to showcase the rich diversity of subject matter, approach, and method among feminist philosophers.

Je suis une femme représente ma lutte personnelle contre la féminité, la culture, les croyances spirituelles traditionnelles et la souveraineté politique, écrite à une époque où cette lutte n'était pas terminée. Mon intention initiale était de donner aux femmes autochtones les moyens de prendre à cœur leur propre lutte personnelle pour être féministe autochtone. Les modifications apportées à cette deuxième édition du texte ne modifient pas mon intention initiale. Cela reste ma tentative de présenter la perspective sociologique d'une femme autochtone sur les impacts du colonialisme sur nous, en tant que femmes, et sur moi personnellement.

"This book contains the reflections of one Mohawk woman and her struggles to find a good place to be in Canadian society. The essays, written in enjoyable and accessible language, document the struggles against oppression that Aboriginal people face, as well as the success and change that have come to Aboriginal communities. It speaks to both the mind and the heart."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

"Par une chaude journée de juillet 1990, une confrontation historique a propulsé les problèmes des Autochtones de Kanehsatake et du village d'Oka au Québec au premier plan de la scène internationale et de la conscience des Canadiens. Au cours de cet été épuisant, la productrice et réalisatrice Alanis Obomsawin, elle-même Indienne abénaquise, a passé 78 jours et nuits angoissants derrière les barricades dressées par les Mohawks, à tourner des images du conflit armé les opposant à la Sûreté du Québec et l'Armée canadienne."--Conteneur.

Publié à l'occasion du 500e anniversaire de la découverte de l'Amérique, ce catalogue regroupe des essais et des textes d'artistes et une documentation des travaux de 19 artistes afin de dénoncer le caractère eurocentrique des célébrations. Alors que Webster et Ippellie revoient les effets de la colonisation sur le patrimoine amérindien et sur celui des peuples de l'Arctique, Wendayete examine la logique matérialiste de l'historiographie canadienne non-autochtone et l'oppose à un concept d'américité philosophique. Todd et Young Man s'attaquent respectivement aux notions de postmodernisme et de ghettoïsation en art. Comprend des textes d'artistes.

" . . . methodologically innovative . . . precise and perceptive and conscious . . . " —Text and Performance Quarterly "Woman, Native, Other is located at the juncture of a number of different fields and disciplines, and it genuinely succeeds in pushing the boundaries of these disciplines further. It is one of the very few theoretical attempts to grapple with the writings of women of color." —Chandra Talpade Mohanty "The idea of Trinh T. Minh-ha is as powerful as her films . . . formidable . . . " —Village Voice " . . . its very forms invite the reader to participate in the effort to understand how language structures lived possibilities." —Artpaper "Highly recommended for anyone struggling to understand voices and experiences of those 'we' label 'other'." —Religious Studies Review Audio book narrated by Betty Miller. Produced by Speechki in 2021.