Indigenous Women

Wounded Knee, 1973

Voices of Indigenous women on this site

The Sea-Serpent, by Tekahionwake (1911)

The Domain of the Marvelous, by Suzanne Césaire (1941)

The Last Indian War, by Janet McCloud (1966)

Is the Trend Changing?, by Laura McCloud (1969)

Capitalism, the Final Stage of Exploitation, by Lee Carter (1970)

Métis Women Against the “Adopt Indian and Métis” Program, by Phyllis Trotchie, Nora Thibodeau & Vicki Racette (1971)

“When People Are Calling, You Go” – The first hand account of Eetsah, an Indigenous woman who took part in the Native Peoples Caravan (1974)

The Truth About the Anicinabe Park Occupation of 1974, by Linda Finlayson

Maria Campbell’s speech to the Native Peoples Caravan in Toronto (1974)

I Believe in the Laws of Nature – Anna Mae Pictou Aquash’s Statement to the Court of South Dakota (1975)

Cultural Genocide, Intentionally Planned, by Rose Bishop (1975)

Palestinians and Native People are Brothers, by the Native Study Group (1976)

The Brave-Hearted Women: The Struggle at Wounded Knee, by Shirley Hill Witt (1976)

Events Surrounding Recent Murders on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, by I. T. Creswell, Jr., S. H. Witt. (1976)

Traditional Indian Government: Of the People, by the People, for the People, by Marie Smallface-Marule (1984)

What is the Meaning of Sovereignty?, by Sharon H. Venne (1998)

The Struggle for Kanaky, by Susanna Ounei-Small (1995)

Decolonising Feminism, by Susanna Ounei-Small (1995)

No More! On the blockade at Grassy Narrows, by Chrissy Swain (2004)

Indigenous women speak on the John Graham, Leonard Peltier and Anna Mae Pictou Aquash cases (2005-2007)

We need to return to the principles of Wahkotowin, by Maria Campbell (2007)

Secondary texts on this site about the struggle of Indigenous women

Indian Activist Killed: Body Found on Pine Ridge, by Candy Hamilton (1976)

Anna Mae Lived and Died For All of Us, by the Boston Indian Council (1976)

Repression on Pine Ridge, by the Amherst Native American Solidarity Committee (1976)

Chronology of Oppression at Pine Ridge, from Victims of Progress (1977)

Review of ‘The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash’, by Akwesasne Notes (1978)

Anna Mae Aquash, Indian Warrior, by Susan Van Gelder (1979)

Indian Activist’s Bold Life on Film, by John Tuvo (1980)

Remembering Lee Maracle, edited by M.Gouldhawke (2021)

Anna Mae Pictou Aquash: Warrior and Community Organizer, by M.Gouldhawke (2022)

Ramona Bennett’s Fight for Justice in the 1970s: The Fish Wars and the Seizure of the Cascadia Center, by Tacoma Library NW History (2023)

The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash, by Johanna Brand (1978)

Pine Ridge warrior treated as ‘just another dead Indian’, by Richard Wagamese (1990)

The birds shall return: Imagining Palestinian feminist futurities, by Tara Alami and Rawan Nabil (2022)

A reading list on Palestinian refusal, by Rana Nazzal Hamadeh

“We want action now:” Indigenous Women, Prison Activism, and the 1983 Kent Hunger Strike, by Tania Willard, Sarah Nickel and Eryk Martin

Alex Wilson’s research brings everyone into the circle, by Amanda Short

Language, culture, and Two-Spirit identity, by âpihtawikosisân

Indigenous People Bear the Brunt of the Toxic Drug Crisis, by Odette Auger

Resistance & Sovereignty at Grassy Narrows First Nation, by Taina Da Silva

Miranda Dick, Secwépemc Hereditary Matriarch, writes a guide for youth who are called to the frontlines

Sovereignty, by Monica Charles

MMIWG2S+ and the Failure of Policing, by Nickita Longman

Saskatchewan does have a constitution; it’s called treaty, by Gina Starblanket

Covid-19, the Numbered Treaties & the Politics of Life, by Gina Starblanket and Dallas Hunt

The School in Sakitawak, by Samantha Nock

38, written and read by Layli Long Soldier

Land Back means protecting Black and Indigenous trans women, by jaye simpson

Trancestry: Aiyyana Maracle (1950–2016), by Arielle Twist

How First Nation fire wisdom is key to megafire prevention

How To Be a Better Treaty Person, by Amei-Lee Laboucan

Reflections on Land Back and Education, by Erica Neeganagwedgin

The Lost Days of Columbus, by Lee Maracle

mâmawiwikowin: Shared First Nations and Métis jurisdiction on the Prairies, by Emily Riddle

Police protect corporations, not people, by Emily Riddle

Sexual sovereignty, by Adrienne Huard and Jacqueline Pelland

Becoming intimate with the land, by Alex Wilson

Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Wet’suwet’en Strong: Who are the Indigenous artists on the front lines of the land defence and protest rallies for Wet’suwet’en?, by Lindsay Nixon

Reforming child welfare first step toward reconciliation, by Cindy Blackstock and Sébastien Grammond

Jordan’s Principle: Canada’s broken promise to First Nations children?, by Cindy Blackstock

Calling Badger and the Symbols of the Spirit Language: The Cree Origins of the Syllabic System, by Winona Stevenson

At Our Expense, by Molly Swain

Liberation from “That Vicious System”: Jim Brady’s 20th Century Métis Cooperatives and Colonial State Responses , by Molly Swain

Autonomously and with Conviction: A Métis Refusal of State-Led Reconciliation, by Tawinikay

Selling the Sixties Scoop: Saskatchewan’s Adopt Indian and Métis Project, by Allyson Stevenson

Colonial Legacy of the CCF: An interview with Allyson Stevenson

Hidden from history: Indigenous women’s activism in Saskatchewan, by Allyson Stevenson

Women’s Coordinating Committee For a Free Wallmapu

Abolition of sex work won’t end violence against native women, by Naomi Sayers (Anishnaabe Kwe) and Sarah Hunt (Kwagiulth)

Canada’s Anti-Prostitution Laws: A Method For Social Control, by Naomi Sayers

Vancouver Sex Workers Rights Collective written submission to the MMIWG National Inquiry (PDF)