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Author Voyageur, Cora Jane, 1956-

Title Firekeepers of the twenty-first century : First Nations women chiefs / Cora J. Voyageur
Published Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 157 pages)
Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 51
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 51.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. On Being an Indian Chief -- 3. Canada's First Female Indian Act Chief: Elsie Knott -- 4. Demographic Profile of Female Chiefs in Canada -- 5. Running for Office -- 6. On the Campaign Trail: Peggy Richard -- 7. Public Life: Taking and Maintaining Office -- 8. Public Life versus Private Life -- 9. Interview with Chief Kim Baird -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendices -- A. Questionnaire -- B. Letter to Female Chiefs -- C. Peggy Richard Campaign Pamphlet
Summary Beginning with Elsie Knott, the first female chief in Canada, Cora Voyageur presents the lives of sixty-four of the ninety women chiefs who have assumed the traditionally male role of elected First Nations leadership. Using a range of qualitative research strategies, surveys, participant observation, interviews, and discussions with focus groups, Voyageur presents the colonial histories behind the issues that contemporary Aboriginal communities struggle with and delineates the resulting leadership dilemmas for chiefs, while also articulating a story that is unique to First Nations women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-154) and index
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Subject Indian women civic leaders -- Canada -- Biography
Indian women -- Canada -- Biography
Indian leadership -- Canada
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government
Women -- Canada -- Biography
Indians of North America.
Women.
Indians, North American
Women
women (female humans)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Indians of North America
Indian leadership
Indian women
Indian women civic leaders
Indians of North America -- Politics and government
Women
SUBJECT Canada
Subject Canada
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008277016
ISBN 9780773575103
0773575103
9780773577541
0773577548