Restoring the balance : First Nations women, community, and culture / Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout and Eric Guimond, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibson Library Connections, Inc.

Valaskakis, Gail Guthrie, editor.

Stout, Madeleine Dion, editor.

Guimond, Éric, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous women--Canada--History.

Indigenous women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Place of Publication:

Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Nations peoples believe the eagle flies with a female wing and a male wing, showing the importance of balance between the feminine and the masculine in all aspects of individual and community experiences. Centuries of colonization, however, have devalued the traditional roles of First Nations women, causing a great gender imbalance that limits the abilities of men, women, and their communities in achieving self-actualization.Restoring the Balance brings to light the work First Nations women have performed, and continue to perform, in cultural continuity and community development. It illustrates the challenges and successes they have had in the areas of law, politics, education, community healing, language, and art, while suggesting significant options for sustained improvement of individual, family, and community well-being. Written by fifteen Aboriginal scholars, activists, and community leaders, Restoring the Balance combines life histories and biographical accounts with historical and critical analyses grounded in traditional thought and approaches. It is a powerful and important book.

Contents:

Introduction / Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout, and, Eric Guimond

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

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 though aboriginal women's writings / Emma LaRocque

Sisters in spirit / Anita Olsen Harper

Heart of the nations: women's contribution to community healing / Marlene Brant Castellano

A relational approach to cultural competence / Gaye Hanson

A 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 Farell Racette

The role of first nations women in language continuity and transition / Mary Jane Norris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2017).

ISBN:

1-283-09109-7

9786613091093

0-88755-361-3