Ebook: Life stages and Native women: memory, teachings, and story medicine
Author: Anderson Kim
- Tags: Algonquian women--Canada--Social conditions--20th century, Algonquian women--Canada--Social life and customs--20th century, Algonquiens--Canada--Conditions sociales--20e siècle, Algonquiens--Canada--Moeurs et coutumes--20e siècle, Algonquines--Canada--Conditions sociales--20e siècle, Algonquines--Canada--Mœurs et coutumes--20e siècle, Histoire orale--Canada, Métis--Canada--Conditions sociales--20e siècle, Métis women--Canada--Social conditions--20th century, Métis women--Canada--Social life and customs--
- Series: Critical studies in Native history 15., Aboriginal studies
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
- City: Winnipeg;Canada
- Language: English
- epub
A rare and inspiring guide to the health and well-being of Aboriginal women and their communities.The process of "digging up medicines" - of rediscovering the stories of the past - serves as a powerful healing force in the decolonization and recovery of Aboriginal communities. In Life Stages and Native Women, Kim Anderson shares the teachings of fourteen elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by Metis, Cree, and Anishinaabe girls and women during the mid-twentieth century. These elders relate stories about their own lives, the experiences of girls and women of their childhood communities, and customs related to pregnancy, birth, post-natal care, infant and child care, puberty rites, gender and age-specific work roles, the distinct roles of post-menopausal women, and women's roles in managing death. Through these teachings, we learn how evolving responsibilities from infancy to adulthood shaped women's identities and...
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