First Nations Women

(Updated: 06-February-09 Checked: 31-October-09)

Our Story: Aboriginal Writing Challenge Writing contest for Aboriginal Canadians between the ages of 14 and 29. Submissions due by March 31, 2009.

Associations See: First Nations Organizations - Women's

Biography - General

Aboriginal Achievement Award Winners Recipients 1994-present

Equality

First Nations Gender Equality Secretariat (Resolution from Assembly of First Nations for the establishment of this Secretariat)
Gender Based Analysis Policy (INAC) 1999
Status of Women CanadaSearch keywords: aboriginal, first nations, bill C-31
Turtle Island Search women for contemporary issues
Aboriginal Canada Portal: Women (INAC)

Health

See: First Nations Health - Women's

Statistics

See: Statistics - Women

Law

Rights Of Aboriginal Women On- And Off-Reserve (Scow Institute) By Dr. Peggy J. Blair, October 2005 [pdf]
Women's Human Rights Resources (Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto)
LEAF West Coast Women Legal Education and Action Fund
Native Women's Assn. of Canada v. Canada [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627: Court Proceedings. Supreme Court of Canada

Matrimonial Real Property
Matrimonial Real Property: Acheiving effective, comprehensive resolution Assembly of First Nations, September 2005 [pdf]
On Reserve Matrimonial Real Property Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Consultations Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Native Women's Associations, and the Assembly of First Nations are conducting consultations on the issue of reserve matrimonial real property.

Bill C-31
Bill C-31: The Abocide Bill Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
See: Faye Blaney's Bibliography - Bill C-31

Research

Aboriginal Women in Canada: Strategic Research Directions for Policy Development
(Status of Women Canada) March 1998 by Madeleine Stout-Dion and Gregory D. Kipling [pdf]
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women

Violence

Aboriginal Women: Police Charging Policies and Domestic Violence [pdf] Native Women's Association of Canada
Highway of Tears Symposium Recommendation Report [pdf] Submitted by; L'heidl T'enneh First Nation, Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, Prince George Native Friendship Center, Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment and Training Association (2006)
News Release: First Nations Leadership Council supports 'call to action' for the Highway of Tears Joint Press Release; First Nations Summit, BC Assembly of First Nations Union of BC Indian Chiefs (June 21, 2006)
Sister's in Spirit (Native Women's Association of Canada) Campaign that started in 2004 to raise awareness of the high rates of violence against Aboriginal women
Stolen Sisters (Amnesty International) Campaign to urge provincial and federal government to take coordinated action to stop violence against Aboriginal women
Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada [pdf] Report by Amnesty International (2004)
Research Report: Applying Inuit Cultural Approaches in the Prevention of Family Violence and Abuse [pdf] Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association, 2005

Finding Further Information
CBCA Complete Database that includes articles on current events.
To find news coverage on these campaigns: "highway of tears", "stolen sisters" or "sisters in spirit".
To find reports that mention Aboriginal women that are linked to the Robert Pickton trial, search: Pickton AND (aboriginal OR "first nations" OR native)
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia In the search box in the right corner of the page, search: "highway of tears", "stolen sisters" or "sisters in spirit" to find instances when this issue was discussed in the Legislative Assembly of BC

Writers
See: Arts-Women Writers

Family
See: First Nations and Child Welfare

Last modified: Oct 31, 09

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