Firekeepers of the Twenty-First Century: First Nations Women Chiefs |
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| Author:
| Voyageur, Cora |
| Series title: | McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-86565-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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Beginning with Elsie Knott, the first female chief in Canada, Cora Voyageur presents the lives of sixty-four of the ninety women chiefs who have assumed the traditionally male role of elected First Nations leadership. Using a range of qualitative research strategies, surveys, participant observation, interviews, and discussions with focus groups, Voyageur presents the colonial histories behind the issues that contemporary Aboriginal communities struggle with and delineates the...
More DescriptionBeginning with Elsie Knott, the first female chief in Canada, Cora Voyageur presents the lives of sixty-four of the ninety women chiefs who have assumed the traditionally male role of elected First Nations leadership. Using a range of qualitative research strategies, surveys, participant observation, interviews, and discussions with focus groups, Voyageur presents the colonial histories behind the issues that contemporary Aboriginal communities struggle with and delineates the resulting leadership dilemmas for chiefs, while also articulating a story that is unique to First Nations women.