| #4952939 in Books | University of Alberta Press | 2012-11-15 | 2012-11-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.50 x6.00l,.70 | File type: PDF | 180 pages | |||"...a unique and unforgettable look into the lives of two determined Aboriginal women, whose extraordinary efforts and unwavering determination helped to set new precedents and changed the way that Canada's Indian Act perceived and treated First Nations women.
This oral autobiography of two remarkable Cree women tells their life story against a backdrop of government discrimination, First Nations activism, and the resurgence of First Nations communities. Nellie Carlson and Kathleen Steinhauer, who helped to organize the Indian Rights for Indian Women movement in western Canada in the 1960s, fought the Canadian government's interpretation of treaty and Aboriginal rights, the Indian Act, and the male power structure in their own...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Disinherited Generations: Our Struggle to Reclaim Treaty Rights for First Nations Women and their Descendants | Kathleen Steinhauer, Nellie Carlson. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.