Indigenous Women and Work
From Labor to Activism
Carol Williams (Author), Tracey Banivanua Mar (Contributions by), Marlene Brant Castellano (Contributions by), Cathleen D Cahill (Contributions by), Child Brenda J. (Contributions by), Sherry Farrell Racette (Contributions by), Chris Friday (Contributions by), Aroha Harris (Contributions by), Faye HeavyShield (Contributions by), Heather A Howard (Contributions by), Margaret D Jacobs (Contributions by), Alice Littlefield (Contributions by), Cybèle Locke (Contributions by), Mary Jane Logan McCallum (Contributions by), Kathy M'Closkey (Contributions by), Colleen O'Neill (Contributions by), Beth H Piatote (Contributions by), Melissa Rohde (Contributions by), Susan Roy (Contributions by), Lynette Russell (Contributions by), Joan Sangster (Contributions by), Ruth Taylor (Contributions by), Carol Williams (Contributions by)
9780252037153
Hardback, published 23 October 2012
320 pages, 22 black and white photographs
23.5 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 kg
A Choice Outstanding Title, 2013.
— A Choice Outstanding Title, 2013.
The essays in Indigenous Women and Work create a transnational and comparative dialogue on the history of the productive and reproductive lives and circumstances of Indigenous women from the late nineteenth century to the present in the United States, Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa, and Canada. Surveying the spectrum of Indigenous women's lives and circumstances as workers, both waged and unwaged, the contributors offer varied perspectives on the ways women's work has contributed to the survival of communities in the face of ongoing tensions between assimilation and colonization. They also interpret how individual nations have conceived of Indigenous women as workers and, in turn, convert these assumptions and definitions into policy and practice. The essays address the intersection of Indigenous, women's, and labor history, but will also be useful to contemporary policy makers, tribal activists, and Native American women's advocacy associations.
Contributors are Tracey Banivanua Mar, Marlene Brant Castellano, Cathleen D. Cahill, Brenda J. Child, Sherry Farrell Racette, Chris Friday, Aroha Harris, Faye HeavyShield, Heather A. Howard, Margaret D. Jacobs, Alice Littlefield, Cybèle Locke, Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Kathy M'Closkey, Colleen O'Neill, Beth H. Piatote, Susan Roy, Lynette Russell, Joan Sangster, Ruth Taylor, and Carol Williams.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Preface Marlene Brant Castellano
Acknowledgments
Introduction Carol Williams
1. Aboriginal Women and Work across the 49th Parallel: Historical Antecedents and New Challenges Joa
2. Making a Living: Anishinaabe Women in Michigan's Changing Economy Alice Littlefield
3. Procuring Passage: Southern Australian Aboriginal Women and the Early Maritime Industry of Sealin
4. The Contours of Agency: Women's Work, Race, and Queensland's Indentured Labor Trade Tracey Baniva
5. From "
Superabundance"
to Dependency: Women Agriculturalists and the Negotiation of Colonialism a-
6. "
We Were Real Skookum Women": The shishalh Economy and the Logging Industry on the Pacific Northw
7. Unraveling the Narratives of Nostalgia: Navajo Weavers and Globalization Kathy M'Closkey
8. Labor and Leisure in the "
Enchanted Summer Land"
: Anishinaabe Women's Work and the Growth of Wisc
9. Nimble Fingers and Strong Backs: First Nations and Métis Women in Fur Trade and Rural Economies S
10. Northfork Mono Women's Agricultural Work, "
Productive Coexistence,"
and Social Well-Being in tha
11. Diverted Mothering among American Indian Domestic Servants, 1920-1940 Margaret D. Jacobs
12. Charity or Industry? American Indian Women and Work Relief in the New Deal Era Colleen O'Neill
13. "
An Indian Teacher among Indians"
: Native Women As Federal Employees Cathleen D. Cahill
14. "
Assaulting the Ears of Government"
: The Indian Homemakers' Clubs and the Maori Women's Welfare
15. Politically Purposeful Work: Ojibwe Women's Labor and Leadership in Postwar Minneapolis Brenda J
16. Maori Sovereignty, Black Feminism, and the New Zealand Trade Union Movement Cybèle Locke
17. Beading Lesson Beth H. Piatote
Contributors
Index
