Publication Information

Downview Ont. : York University

Physical Description

174 p. : ill., ports. 28 cm.

Notes

" ... an issue of CWS by and about Native women"--p. 5;" ... Indian, Inuit, and Métis women sharing who we are"--p. 5;Guest editorial collective : Marlene Castellano, Joy Fedorick, Priscilla Hewitt, Lenore Keesig-Tobias, Caroline LaChapelle, Sylvia Maracle, Deborah McGregor, Patricia Monture, Laurel Traviss-Claus, and Alice Williams.

Contents

Our world / Osennontion & Skonaganleh:ra -- Grandmothers -- Gladys Taylor: a portrait / Alice Williams -- In loving memory / Marlene Brant Castellano -- The gentle war / Rita Joe -- Thoroughly modest Millie / Priscilla Hewitt -- The life of a chief: an interview with Nora Bothwell / CWS/cf -- Roberta Jamieson: a profile / CWS/cf -- Grandmothers, mothers and daughters / Shirley O'Connor, Patricia Monture and Norissa O'Connor -- Foster care and after / Leanne Green -- History and tradition -- Women in Huron and Ojibwa societies / Marlene Brant Castellano -- The spirit of my quilts / Alice Williams -- Native women and the fur industry / Kaaren Olsen -- Three Inuit women speak: surviving is what counts / Carmen, Loie and Nootura with Kristin Colwell -- Mikmaq women: their special dialogue / Marie Anne Battiste -- Chaka-Pesh and the Moon legend / Jemima Morris -- Angelique Merasty: birch bark artist / Sue Lebrecht -- Language -- Mother tongue: Aboriginal cultures and languages / Joy Asham Fedorick -- Anishnawbe language and culture: essential use and practice / Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat -- Maria Seymour: native language instructors program / Alice Williams -- Native women and literacy / Kim Anderson -- Yukon Indian people: education as empowerment / Sharon Jacobs -- The story of the rabbitskin blanket / Sarah Keesic Olsen -- Problem solving -- Entrenched social catastrophe: Native women in prison / Fran Sugar -- Child sexual abuse: words from concerned women / Aboriginal Women's Council of Saskatchewan -- The Lovesick Lake Native Women's Association / A. Caskanette and P. Terbasket -- Wanepuhnud Corporation; Wanepuhnud trainees: personal narratives / CWS/Cf -- The Nechi Institute on alcohol and drug education: the eagle has landed / Maggie Hodgson -- Health -- Indian medicine, Indian health: study between Red and White medicine / Lesley Malloch -- Pregnancies and Mohawk tradition / Sakokwenonkwas -- Indian and Inuit nurses of Canada; profiles / Jean Cuthand Goodwill; Indian and Inuit Nurses of Canada -- Careers/Futures -- The Indian health career program: preparing our youth to serve First Nations / IHCP -- Native community care: counselling and development / Mary Deleary -- Quilicum: a West Coast restaurant / Priscilla Hewitt -- Native Women's Association of Canada / NWAC -- Native women's associations: Pauktuutit (Inuit); British Columbia; Quebec -- A question of sovereignty: Patricia Monture v. the Queen / Cynthia Gray -- Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Aki-Kwe/Mary Ellen Turpel -- Native Indian/Inuit Photographers' Association / Yvonne Maracle -- Film: No Address -- First person.