Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture

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

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