Indigenous Women and Work: From Labor to Activism

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The University of Illinois Press is a founding member of the Association of American University Presses. Composed in 10.5/13 Adobe Minion Pro by Barbara Evans at the University of Illinois Press Manufactured by Thomson-Shore, Inc. University of Illinois Press 1325 South Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820-6903 www.press.uillinois.edu The essays in Indigenous Women and Work create a transnational and comparative dialogue rk 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 volume offers 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. Addressing the intersection of Indigenous, women’s, and labor history, this collection also interprets how individual nations have conceived of Indigenous women as workers and, in turn, have converted these assumptions and definitions into policy and practice. Perspectives presented here will be valuable to historians as well as 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, Melissa Rohde, Susan Roy, Lynette Russell, Joan Sangster, Ruth Taylor, and Carol Williams. CAROL WILLIAMS is an associate professor of women and gender studies and history at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, and the author of Framing the West: Race, Gender, and the Photographic Frontier in the Pacific Northwest. Cover image: Faye HeavyShield. “hours” (2008) handmade beaded book 14cmX20cmX4cm. Photographer Don Gill. Collection of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Cover design by Kelly Gray UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield www.press.uillinois.edu WOMEN’S HISTORY / LABOR HISTORY “This intellectually engaging anthology compiles an excellent array of essays revolving around Indigenous women’s relation to labor in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The geographic range allows the reader to see the commonalities and differences between women’s work experiences in these various national contexts.” RENYA K. RAMIREZ coeditor of Gendered Citizenships: Transnational Perspectives on Knowledge Production, Political Activism, and Culture 9 7 8 0 2 5 2 0 7 8 6 8 2 9 0 0 0 0 ISBN 978-0-252-07868-2 ...