Thunderbird Women

• Published in: Septentrio Conference Series
• Main Author: Fayant, Amanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Indigenous; feminism; intersections; decolonial theory; epistemologies; matriarchy; Indian Act; Canada; Indian; Thunderbird; First Nations
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/5079; https://doi.org/10.7557/5.5079

Indigenous gender roles have been distorted by colonialism, both through imposed systems of patriarchy and redefining gender roles within Indigenous communities. In Canada, the Indian Act of 1857 initiated a system of patriarchy which resulted in the loss of matrilineal family lines and Indigenous w...