Torn from our midst : voices of grief, healing and action from the Missing Indigenous Women Conference, 2008 / edited by A. Brenda Anderson, Wendee Kubik, Mary Rucklos Hampton.
Publisher:
Canadian Plains Research Center,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xiii, 287 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm + 1 DVD video.
Papers from the conference, "Missing Women: Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms, and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico," held in Regina, Saskatchewan in August 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. Disc contains video clips of talks from the conference.
Contents:
The Journey from Awareness to a Conference to a Book ... and Beyond / A. Brenda Anderson -- Hands / Brittany Matthews -- Women Missing, Missing Women / Pastor Cheryl Toth -- The Significance of Sacred Space: Reflections upon Conservations with Elder Norma-Jean Byrd and Pastor Cheryl Toth / Chelsea Millman -- The Story of the Disappearance of Sylvia Arce / Eva Arce -- The Story of the Disappearance of Marie Sagrario Flores / Paula Flores -- Sisters in Spirit -- The Story of the Disappearance of Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego) / Pauline and Herb Muskego -- Wicanhpi Duta Win-Red Star Woman: Amber Redman's Story / Gwenda Yuzicappi -- A Message from Amnesty International / Gordon Barnes -- Political Realities: The Effect of Globalization on Indigenous Women / Kim Erno -- From Genocide to Femicide: An Ongoing History of Terror, Hate, and Apathy / Leonzo Barreno -- The Construction of Aboriginal Identity: A Healing Journey / Carrie Bourassa -- Missing Out and Missing: Connecting the Economic and Political Marginalization of Women to the Phenomenon of Disappearance / Ian Peach and Kiera Ladner -- Presentation of the Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Persons / Betty Ann Pottruff -- Missing and Taken / Elizabeth Matheson -- Bison Sentinels: A Living Memorial to Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women / Adrian Stimson -- Patching Our Stories Together: The Conference Quilt / Jessica Greyeyes -- Missing Women Art Exhibit / Charlotte Hauk -- She is Not Forgotten: The Healing Walk / Alexis J. Johnson -- Carrying the Messages from the Missing Women / Senator Lillian Dyck Media: A Canadian Response / Carol Schick -- "She was not into drugs and partying. She was a wife and mother": Media Representations of Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego) / Holly A. McKenzie -- Reflections of a Northern Saskatchewan Journalist / Darla Read -- Inheriting What Lives On: The "Terrible Gift" of Sarah de Vries's Poetry / Amber Dean -- Women of Juarez / Lourdes Portillo -- Perspectives from the Regina Police Service / Michelle Soloman -- An Academic Role in Activism / Cynthia Bejarano -- The Sisters in Spirit Initiative: Native Women's Association of Canada / Judy Hughes -- Resolve to End Violence in Our Society / Mary Hampton ... [et al.] -- Two-fold participation: Dialogue with Self ... Heartbeat of Mother Earth ... / Lori Campbell -- Kam♯makos: the Woman Who Wouldn't Fly Away / Chelsea Millman -- Activism as Healing: People Before Profit / Ernesta Vileitaite-Wright
Summary:
"More than 300 women and men gathered in August 2008 at a conference entitled Missing Women: Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms, and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico. Here, personal stories and theoretical tools were brought together, as academics, activists, family members of missing and murdered women, police, media, policy-makers, justice workers, and members of faith communities offered their perspectives on the issue of racialized, sexualized violence."--pub. desc.
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