Keetsahnak : our missing and murdered Indigenous sisters /

"In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anderson, Kim, 1964- (Editor ), Campbell, Maria, 1940- (Editor ), Belcourt, Christi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2018.
Edición:First electronic edition.
Temas:
Indigenous women > Crimes against > Canada > Prevention.
Indigenous women > Crimes against > Canada.
Indigenous women > Violence against > Canada.
Indigenous women > Violence against > Canada > Prevention.
Missing persons > Canada.
Murder victims > Canada.
Indigenous women > Canada > Social conditions.
Femmes autochtones > Crimes contre > Canada > Prévention.
Femmes autochtones > Crimes contre > Canada.
Femmes autochtones > Violence envers > Canada.
Femmes autochtones > Violence envers > Canada > Prévention.
Personnes disparues > Canada.
Victimes d'homicide > Canada.
Femmes des Peuples autochtones > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Femmes autochtones > Canada > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Missing persons
Murder victims
Canada
Crimes against
Native women
Prevention
Social conditions
Violence against
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue. Waking dreams : reflections on walking with our sisters / Christi Belcourt
  • I. All our relations. 1. Voices from the downtown eastside / Debra Leo, Beatrice Starr & Stella August, Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group
  • 2. Honouring women / Beverly Jacobs
  • 3. Sacred sisters and sacred circles : a story of one Nehiyawak family and the power of spirit / Sandra Lamouche
  • 4. Honouring Elsie : was she just a dream? / Ann-Marie Linvingston & Sarah Hunt
  • II. The violence of history. 5. Generations of genocide : the historical and sociological context of missing and murdered Indigenous women girls / Robyn Bourgeois
  • 6. A tradition of violence : dehumanization, stereotyping, and Indigenous women / Michelle Good
  • 7. The (un)making of property : gender violence and the legal status of Long Island Algonquian women / Kelsey T. Leonard
  • 8. (The missing chapter) on being missing : from Indian problem to Indian problematic / Maya Ode'amik Chacaby
  • III. Challenges. 9. Violence and extraction : stories from the oil fields / Helen Knott
  • 10. Skirting the issues : Indigenous myths, misses, and misogyny / Alex Wilson
  • 11. The moose in the room : Indigenous men and violence against women / Robert Alexander Innes & Kim Anderson
  • 12. Considering Wenonah, considering us / Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy
  • 13. Centering resurgence : taking on colonial gender violence in Indigenous nation building / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  • IV. Action, always. 14. Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik : Saskatchewan community activism to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls / Darlene R. Okemaysim-Sicotte, Susan Gingell & Rita Bouvier
  • 15. Woman sacred / Pahan Pte San Win
  • 16. Leading with our hearts : anti-violence action and beadwork circles as colonial resistance / Laura Harjo, Jenell Navarro & Kimberly Robertson
  • Epilogue. Sitting in with sisters / Kime Anderson, Tracy Bear, Christi Belcourt, Maria Campbell, Maya Ode̓Amik Chacaby, Tanya Kappo, Tara Kappo, Lyla Kinoshamec, Jo-Anne Lawless, Brenda MacDougall, Sylvia Maracle, Ramona Reece, Madeleine Kétéskwew Dion Stout.

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