Women's Studies, Indigenous women -- Canada, Indigenous women, Cree women, Metis Women, Women Authors, Colonization 

"From diversity comes strength and wisdom: This was the guiding principle for selecting the articles in this collection. Because there is no single voice, identity, history, or cultural experience that represents the women of the First Nations, a realistic picture will have many facets. Accordingly, the authors in Women of the First Nations include Native and non-Native scholars, feminists, and activists from across Canada.

Their works examine various aspects of Aboriginal women's lives from a variety of theoretical and personal perspectives. They discuss standard media representations, as well as historical and current realities. They bring new perspectives to discussions on Aboriginal art, literature, historical, and cultural contributions, and they offer diverse viewpoints on present economic, environmental, and political issues.

This collection counters the marginalization and silencing of First Nations women's voices and reflects the power, strength, and wisdom inherent in their lives."--Back cover. 

xii, 204 pages ; 24 cm. 

Contents:
Invocation : the real power of aboriginal women : keynote address : the National Symposium on Aboriginal Women of Canada, University of Lethbridge, 19 October 1989 / Jeannette Armstrong
Introduction / Patricia Chuchryk and Christine Miller
The colonization of Native woman scholar / Emma LaRocque
"La vie en rose"? : Métis women at Batoche, 1870 to 1920 / Diane P. Payment
Subsistence, secondary literature, and gender bias : the Saulteaux / Laura Peers
The First Nations women of prairie Canada in the early reserve years, the 1870s to the 1920s : a preliminary inquiry / Sarah Carter
Life in harmony with nature / Beverly Hungry Wolf
An examination of sport for aboriginal females on the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, from 1968 to 1980 / Vicky Paraschak
Aboriginal women's writing and the cultural politics of representation / Julia Emberley
Art or craft : the paradox of the Pangnirtung weave shop / Kathy M'Closkey
Voices through time / Betty Bastien
The changing employment of Cree women in Moosonee and Moose Factory / Jennifer Blythe and Peggy Martin McGuire
The exploitation of the oil and gas frontier : its impact on Lubicon Lake Cree women / Rosemary Brown
Gender and the paradox of residential education in Carrier society / Jo-Anne Fiske
Recommended reading / Christine Miller.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.