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Hello Amy,
I'm doing a research paper on
First Nations Women (in Canada)
and feminism, I came across
this letter in a google
search, and I'm wondering
if there is any way you could
help me find more resources.
Here is the letter:
A
reminder that, while your stuff
on 3rd/4th world women is great,
there are third world women
right here in the U.S. who need
your help desperately. I'm currently
working on an article about
the ways feminism has forgotten
Native American women, except
for the occasional use of a
great quote or Indian governments
pre-colonization.
But Indian women and children
and men are dying every day
right in your own country, and
feminism seems to have not only
forgotten us, but invisibilized
us. We are different from third
world women; we are still colonized
yet supposedly live within a
democracy. That makes our oppression
and resistances (even the self-inflicted
damage) much harder to see,
understand, or deal with.
If you like, I can send you
some good links for U.S. or
Canadian indigenous peoples.
That's a start. But I think
something called Feminist.com
needs a tighter link with its
own countrywomen than just website
links. Most Indian women are
too busy surviving to bother
with feminism. But there are
some who are trying. We need
some acknowledgment and help
from mainstream feminism!
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You mentioned related links...if
you could send me any resources,
I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks a lot,
Marie-Claire
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