Life stages and Native women memory, teachings, and story medicine

Anderson, Kim 1964- (Author).

Summary: Rediscovering the stories of the past serves as a healing force in the decolonization and recovery of Aboriginal communities. Anderson shares the teachings of elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe girls and women during the mid-twentieth century. Anderson explains how this traditional knowledge can be applied toward rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities today.

Record details

ISBN: 0887554059
ISBN: 0887557260
ISBN: 9780887557262
ISBN: 0887554059
ISBN: 9780887554056
ISBN: 0887554164
ISBN: 9780887554162
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 210 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Digging up the medicines -- Weaving the stories -- People and places -- The life cycle begins: from conception to walking -- The "good life" and the "fast life": childhood and youth -- Adult years: the women's circle -- Grandmothers and elders -- Bundling the layers: building on the strengths of the past to take us into the future.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.