Cover
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Notes on Co-editors
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Theme 1: Historic Trauma
Trauma to Resilience: Notes on Decolonization
Contributions That Count: First Nations Women and Demography
First Nations Women’s Contributions to Culture and Community through Canadian Law
Theme 2: Intellectual and Social Movements
Leading by Action: Female Chiefs and the Political Landscape
Creating an Indigenous Intellectual Movement at Canadian Universities: The Stories of Five First Nations Female Academics
Reflections on Cultural Continuity through Aboriginal Women’s Writings
Sisters in Spirit
Theme 3: Health and Healing
Heart of the Nations: Women’s Contribution to Community Healing
A Relational Approach to Cultural Competence
Theme 4: Arts, Culture, and Language
A Culture of Art: Profiles of Contemporary First Nations Women Artists
Looking for Stories and Unbroken Threads: Museum Artifacts as Women’s History and Cultural Legacy
The Role of First Nations Women in Language Continuity and Transition
Bibliography