The buffalo hunter, the medicine man, and the missionary continue to dominate the history of the North American west, even though historians have recognized women's role as both colonizer and colonized since the 1980s. Kristin Burnett helps to correct this imbalance by investigating the convergence of Aboriginal and settler therapeutic regimes in southern Alberta from the perspective of women. Although the imperial eye focused on medicine men, women in Treaty 7 nations - Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuu T'ina, and Nakoda - played important roles as healers and caregivers, and the knowledge and...

This multidisciplinary volume investigates different abortion and reproductive practices across time, space, geography, national boundaries, and cultures.