When dealing with Indigenous women s history we are conditioned to think about women as private-sphere figures, circumscribed by the home, the reserve, and the community. Moreover, in many ways Indigenous men and women have been cast in static, pre-modern, and one-dimensional identities, and their twentieth century experiences reduced to a singular story of decline and loss. "Indigenous Women, Work, and History "rejects both of these long-standing conventions by presenting case studies of Indigenous domestic servants, hairdressers, community health representatives, and nurses working in...
When dealing with Indigenous women s history we are conditioned to think about women as private-sphere figures, circumscribed by the home, the reserve...
Examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city, and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. This story tells us about indigeneity in the City of Winnipeg through one man's experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death.
Examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city, and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. This story tells us about indi...
