Indigenous Women, Work, and History
by Mary Jane Logan McCallum
University of Manitoba Press, 2014
eISBN: 978-0-88755-432-2 | Paper: 978-0-88755-738-5
Library of Congress Classification E98.W8M333 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.488970710904
eISBN: 978-0-88755-432-2 | Paper: 978-0-88755-738-5
Library of Congress Classification E98.W8M333 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.488970710904
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Tables and Illustrations
Introduction
Labour
Modernity
The State
Methodology
Chapter One - Sweeping the Nation: Indigenous Women and Domestic Labour in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada
Indigenous Women and Household Labour
Indigenous Domestic Labour in Indian Schools and Hospitals
The Ottawa Experiment
Conclusion
Chapter Two - The Permanent Solution: The Placement and Relocation Program, Hairdressers, and Beauty Culture
Initiating the Program
Framing the Program
The Program at Work
Imagery and Representations of Indigenous Urban Labour
Hairdressing and Indigenous Women’s Urban Labour
Wages and Integration
Entrepreneurship and Loans
Conclusion
Chapter Three - An Early Labour History of Community Health Representatives, 1960–1970
Background
Selection
Training
CHR Responsibilities and MSB Authority
Conclusion
Chapter Four - Gaining Recognition: Labour as Activism among Indigenous Nurses
“Promoting and striving for better health for the Indian people”: RN CIA, Nursing, and Indian Control of Indian Health
Indian Control
The Colonial History of Medical Services Branch
RNCIA Nursing Ethic
“To actively develop a means of recruiting more people of Indianancestry”: Labour Issues and the Medical Services Branch
A Long History of Health Care Labour
Registered Nurses and the Medical Services Branch
Maintenance, Housekeeping, “Helpers” and Paraprofessional Labour
Colour Bars, Funding, and Nursing Programs
Indigenous Interventions into Nursing Education
Conclusion
Conclusion - The Wages of Whiteness and the Indigenous Historian
Introduction
Chapter One - Sweeping the Nation: Indigenous Women and Domestic Labour in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada
Chapter Two - The Permanent Solution: The Placement and Relocation Program, Hairdressers, and Beauty Culture
Chapter Three - An Early Labour History of Community Health Representatives, 1960–1970
Chapter Four: Gaining Recognition: Labour as Activism Among Indigenous Nurses
Conclusion: The Wages of Whiteness and the Indigenous Historian
Published Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index
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