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Living on the Land: Indigenous Women's Understanding of Place
Nathalie Kermoal and Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
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Living on the Land examines how patriarchy, gender, and colonialism have shaped the experiences of Indigenous women as both knowers and producers of knowledge. From a variety of methodological perspectives, contributors to the volume explore the nature and scope of Indigenous women's knowledge, its rootedness in relationships both human and spiritual, and its inseparability from land and landscape. From the reconstruction of cultural and ecological heritage by Naskapi women in Québec to the medical expertise of Métis women in western Canada to the mapping and securing of land rights in Nicaragua, Living on the Land focuses on the integral role of women as stewards of the land and governors of the community. Together, these contributions point to a distinctive set of challenges and possibilities for Indigenous women and their communities.
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Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents
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Maps and Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Chapter One: Distortion and Healing: Finding Balance and a “Good Mind” Through the Rearticulation of Sky Woman’s Journey
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Chapter Two: Double Consciousness and Nehiyawak (Cree) Perspectives: Reclaiming Indigenous Women’s Knowledge
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Chapter Three: Naskapi Women: Words, Narratives, and Knowledge
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Chapter Four: Mapping, Knowledge, and Gender in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua
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Chapter Five: Métis Women’s Environmental Knowledge and the Recognition of Métis Rights
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Chapter Six: Community-Based Research and Métis Women’s Knowledge in Northwestern Saskatchewan
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Chapter Seven: Gender and the Social Dimensions of Changing Caribou Populations in the Western Arctic
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Chapter Eight: “This Is the Life”: Women’s Role in Food Provisioning in Paulatuuq, Northwest Territories
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List of Contributors
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Footnotes
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Published: 2016
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
- 978-1-77199-043-1 (ebook)
- 978-1-77199-042-4 (ebook)
- 978-1-77199-041-7 (paper)