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Stote, Karen.
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Sterilization (Birth control) -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Sterilization (Birth control) -- Government policy -- Canada.
Indigenous women -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Indigenous women -- Health and hygiene -- Canada.
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Stote, Karen.
Sterilization (Birth control) -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Sterilization (Birth control) -- Government policy -- Canada.
Indigenous women -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Indigenous women -- Health and hygiene -- Canada.
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An
act
of
genocide
:
colonialism
and the
sterilization
of
Aboriginal
women
/ Karen Stote.
by
Stote, Karen.
Fernwood Publishing, 2015.
Call #:
363.970971 S888a
Subjects
Sterilization
(Birth control) -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Sterilization
(Birth control) -- Government policy -- Canada.
Indigenous
women
-- Canada -- Social conditions.
Indigenous
women
-- Health and hygiene -- Canada.
ISBN:
9781552667323 (pbk.)
Description:
viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-192) and index.
Contents:
Eugenics, feminism and the woman question -- Indian policy and
aboriginal
women
--
Sterilization
, birth control and abusive abortions -- Settling the past -- Canada,
genocide
and
aboriginal
peoples.
Summary:
"During the 1900s eugenics gained favour as a means of controlling the birth rate among "undesirable" populations in Canada. Though many people were targeted, the coercive
sterilization
of one group has gone largely unnoticed. An
Act
of
Genocide
unpacks long-buried archival evidence to begin documenting the forced
sterilization
of
Aboriginal
women
in Canada. Grounding this evidence within the context of
colonialism
, the oppression of
women
and the denial of Indigenous sovereignty, Karen Stote argues that this coercive
sterilization
must be considered in relation to the larger goals of Indian policy -- to gain access to Indigenous lands and resources while reducing the numbers of those to whom the federal government has obligations. Stote also contends that, in accordance with the original meaning of the term, this
sterilization
should be understood as an
act
of
genocide
, and she explores the ways Canada has managed to avoid this charge. This lucid, engaging book explicitly challenges Canadians to take up their responsibilities as treaty partners, to reconsider their history and to hold their government to account for its treatment of Indigenous peoples" -- From publisher.
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