Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture

by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis (editor), Madeleine Dion Stout (Editor), Eric Guimond (Editor)

"Restoring the Balance "combines elements of First Nations traditions and mainstream feminism to produce an outstanding collection of historical and critical accounts of the impacts Aboriginal women have had in the areas of law, politics, education, community healing, language, art, and cultural retention. Fifteen scholars, activists and community leaders illuminate long-standing gender imbalances within the oral and written historical records that have limited the self-actualization of First Nations women, and offer insight into the tangible work that Aboriginal women perform in community and cultural development.
Contributors: Kim Anderson, Jo-ann Archibald, Cleo Big Eagle, Yvonne Boyer, Marlene Brant Castellano, Viviane Gray, Gaye Hanson, Anita Olsen Harper, Emma Larocque, Mary Jane Norris, Sherry Farrell Racette, Cynthia C. Wesley-Esquimaux

384 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 27, 2009

Reviews

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good essays for sure.

[Jbondandrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed reading the wide variety of different women First Nations contributors to this book and the wide topics they covered. There was no one specific chapter I liked all were well worth reading.