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Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine

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Book Summary & Key Themes

Published by the University of Manitoba Press, this work explores the traditional life stages of Indigenous women. The author sits down with fourteen Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to recount how women's roles, responsibilities, and identities evolved from infancy to old age during the mid-twentieth century.

Key areas explored in the book include:

The Process of "Digging Up Medicines": Uncovering historical family and community stories to use as a force for contemporary healing and decolonization.
Rebuilding Communities: Applying traditional knowledge and ancestral teachings to construct healthier, more resilient Indigenous communities today.
Life-Stage Responsibilities: Breaking down specific societal duties tied to childhood, youth, adulthood, and elderhood that historically structured Indigenous societies.