Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women & Girls

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Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

A Mechanism of Decolonization

Despite a recent increase in the productivity and popularity of Indigenous playwrights in Canada, most critical and academic attention has been devoted to the work of male dramatists, leaving … 192 View

Seven Fallen Feathers

Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

The groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga. … 387 View
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Prologue

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

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In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga begin with a retelling of an Ojibwe myth. She goes on to provide context for the rest of the book by describing the culture, geography, and history … 17 $2.04 Add
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Violence against Indigenous Women and Dramatic Subversion

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The first chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada articulates the purpose of the book in light of continued violence against Indigenous women and girls, to demonstrate the links … 29 $2.90 Add
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Chapter 1: Notes from a Blind Man

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

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In this reading, Tanya Talaga recalls how she first became invested in the stories of the seven missing and murdered indigenous students while working as a political reporter covering indigenous … 38 $4.56 Add
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Reclaiming Our Grandmothers in Monique Mojica’s Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots and Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: a Story of Sacajawea

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The second chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada examines the following works: Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots by Monique Mojica, and Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: the … 40 $4.00 Add
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The Gendered Violence of Canadian Extraction

Part One: Dispossession at Home

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

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In Chapter 2, author Rebecca Hall provides an expansive gendered analysis of the violence related to and actively caused by Canadian resource extraction. The chapter examines topics including … 22 $2.20 Add
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Chapter 2: Why Chanie Ran

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

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In this reading, Tanya Talaga begins by describing a meeting with Alvin Fiddler, the Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. She goes on to provide a history of the residential school system … 47 $5.64 Add
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Community and Resistance in Marie Clements’ The Unnatural and Accidental Women and Now Look What You Made Me Do

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The third chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada looks at the works of Marie Clements, including The Unnatural and Accidental Woman, and Now Look What You Made Me Do. The chapter … 36 $3.60 Add
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Chapter 3: When the Wolf Comes

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

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In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the end of the residential school system in Canada and the continued failure of the Canadian government to provide educational resources for indigenous … 39 $4.68 Add
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Media, Gendered Violence and Dramatic Resistance in Yvette Nolan’s Annie Mae’s Movement and Blade.

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The fourth chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada looks at the works of Yvette Nolan, specifically Annie Mae’s Movement and Blade. First, the author introduces Yvette … 35 $3.50 Add
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Racism Kills

From: Warrior Life

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Section two, Racism Kills, responds to headlines about the high costs of racism in terms of Indigenous lives through collected articles and blog posts by Palmater. She covers topics related to … 50 $5.00 Add
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Chapter 4: Hurting from the Before

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

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In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga discusses ongoing efforts and failures of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada to provide educational resources for Indigenous communities. This … 32 $3.84 Add
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Indigenous Women’s Theatre: A Transnational Mechanism of Decolonization

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The fifth and final chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada considers drama and theatre as a method of decolonization and as a process of educating about and healing from violence … 12 $1.20 Add
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Sexualized Genocide

From: Warrior Life

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Section three, Sexualized Genocide, contains Palmater’s articles and blog posts in response to headlines about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, including how resource … 54 $5.40 Add
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Systematic Sexism

Police and Women

From: Crisis in Canada's Policing

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This chapter addresses the tendency of police to dismiss instances of gender-based violence. ; 18 $1.80 Add