Indigenous Women and Feminism

A groundbreaking introduction to Indigenous feminism that explores its powerful potential to change the way we think about modern feminism in Indigenous contexts.

Cheryl Suzack is an assistant professor of English and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Toronto. Shari M. Huhndorf is a professor of ethnic studies and women’s and gender studies at the University of Oregon. Jeanne Perreault is a professor in and associate head of the Department of English graduate program at the University of Calgary. Jean Barman is a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia.

Contributors: Kim Anderson (Cree/Métis), Jean Barman, Patricia Demers, Laura E. Donaldson (Cherokee), Julia Emberley, Katherine Young Evans, Minnie Grey (Inuit), Patricia Penn Hilden (Nez Perce), Shari M. Huhndorf (Yup’ik), Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, Leece M. Lee (Blackfeet), ann-elise lewallen, Pamela McCallum, Jeanne Perreault, Cheryl Suzack (Anishinaabe), Rebecca Tsosie (Yaqui), Teresa Zackodnik

Kathryn Shanley, Professor, Native American Studies, University of Montana:
Power and purpose drive this crucial, timely, and extraordinarily valuable collection. Indigenous Women and Feminism represents a long-awaited breakthrough in the way we think about the place of Indigenous women in mainstream feminism and other progressive movements. With this book, Indigenous women’s visions and experiences begin to shine through the overlay of patriarchal oppressions. Clear and incisive, Indigenous women’s voices will be heard in struggles against colonialism and its aftermath.

Marie Battiste, Academic Director, Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan:
A much needed and important addition to the scholarship of the Indigenous renaissance, this collection illuminates the effects of the colonial experience and contemporary politics, culture, and activism on Indigenous women’s lives. The contributors poignantly re-think and re-member Indigenous women’s roles, responsibilities, and resilience in stories, activism, and artistic expressions across tribal boundaries that contribute significantly to critical Indigenous feminism.