Dr Kim Anderson (Cree/Métis) is an Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. In her new book Life Stages and Native Women, Kim shares the teachings of fourteen elders (Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe) to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by girls and women during the mid-twentieth century. These elders explore the four life stages of women as they share stories about their own lives, the experiences of girls and women of their childhood communities, and customs related to pregnancy, birth, post-natal care, infant and child care, puberty rites, gender and age-specific work roles, the distinct roles of post-menopausal women, and women’s roles in managing death. By understanding how healthy communities were created in the past, Kim explains how this traditional knowledge can be applied toward rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities today.
To Learn More (Podcast): http://archive.org/download/DrKimAndersonLifeStagesAndNativeWomenMemoryTeachingsAndStory/AtTheEdgeOfCanadaMay31kimAnderson.mp3 different files
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Very interesting section about the puberty rites and the need fro more research into men and their importance in the lives of community and family.
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