Alternate Title(s)
Our missing and murdered Indigenous sisters
ISBN
9781772123678; 1772123676
Statement of Responsibility
Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell & Christi Belcourt, editors.
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Physical Description
367 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue : Waking Dreams: Reflections on Walking with our Sisters / Christi Belcourt -- I. All our relations -- 1. Voices from the downtown eastside / Debra Leo, Beatrice Starr & Stella August, Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group -- 2. Honouring women / Beverly Jacobs -- 3. Sacred sisters and sacred circles : A story of one Nehiyawak family and the power of spirit / Sandra Lamouche -- 4.Honouring Elsie : Was she just a dream? / Ann-Marie Linvingston & Sarah Hunt -- II. The violence of history -- 5. Generations of genocide : The historical and sociological context of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls / Robyn Bourgeois -- 6. A tradition of violence : Dehumanization, stereotyping, and Indigenous women / Michelle Good -- 7. The (un)making of property : Gender violence and the legal status of Long Island Algonquian women / Kelsey T. Leonard -- 8. (The missing chapter) on being missing : From Indian problem to Indian problematic / Maya Ode'amik Chacaby
III. Challenges -- 9. Violence and extraction : Stories from the oil fields / Helen Knott -- 10. Skirting the issues : Indigenous myths, misses, and misogyny / Alex Wilson -- 11. The moose in the room : Indigenous men and violence against women / Robert Alexander Innes & Kim Anderson -- 12. Considering Wenonah, considering us / Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy --
13. Centering resurgence : Taking on colonial gender violence in Indigenous nation building / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- IV. Action, always -- 14. Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik : Saskatchewan community activism to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls / Darlene R. Okemaysim-Sicotte, Susan Gingell & Rita Bouvier --15. Woman sacred / Pahan Pte San Win -- 16. Leading with our hearts : Anti-violence action and beadwork circles as colonial resistance / Laura Harjo, Jenell Navarro & Kimberly Robertson -- Epilogue : Sitting in with sisters Kim Anderson, Tracy Bear, Christi Belcourt, Maria Campbell, Maya Ode'amik Chacaby, Tanya Kappo, Tara Kappo, Lyla Kinoshameg, Jo-anne Lawless, Brenda MacDougall, Sylvia Maracle, Ramona Reece, Madeline Kétéskwew Dion Stout.
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