TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,Kim TI - Life stages and Native women: memory, teachings, and story medicine T2 - Critical studies in Native history, SN - 9780887554162 AV - E99 .L544 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Winnipeg PB - University of Manitoba Press KW - Algonquian women KW - Canada KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Social life and customs KW - Métis women KW - Oral history KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: Digging up the medicines --; Weaving the stories --; People and places --; The life cycle begins: from conception to walking --; The "good life" and the "fast life": childhood and youth --; Adult years: the women's circle --; Grandmothers and elders --; Bundling the layers: building on the strengths of the past to take us into the future; Produced by the publisher; Held by CAPER-BC, Langara College; 2; b N2 - Rediscovering the stories of the past serves as a healing force in the decolonization and recovery of Aboriginal communities. Anderson shares the teachings of elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe girls and women during the mid-twentieth century. Anderson explains how this traditional knowledge can be applied toward rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities today UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=497412&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -