Examines how patriarchy, gender, and colonialism have shaped the experiences of Indigenous women as both knowers and producers of knowledge. From a variety of methodological perspectives, contributors to the volume explore the nature and scope of Indigenous women's knowledge, its rootedness in relationships both human and spiritual, and its inseparability from land and landscape. From the reconstruction of cultural and ecological heritage by Naskapi women in Québec to the medical expertise of Métis women in western Canada to the mapping and securing of land rights in Nicaragua, the book focuses on the integral role of women as stewards of the land and governors of the community. Together, these contributions point to a distinctive set of challenges and possibilities for Indigenous women and their communities.

Distortion and healing : finding balance and a "good mind" through the rearticulation of Sky Woman's journey / Kahente Horn-Miller -- Double consciousness and Cree perspectives : reclaiming indigenous women's knowledge / Shalene Jobin Vandervelde -- Naskapi women : words, narratives, and knowledge / Carole Lévesque, Denise Geoffroy, and Geneviève Polèse -- Mapping, knowledge, and gender in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua / Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez and Leanna Parker -- Métis women's environmental knowledge and the recognition of Métis rights / Nathalie Kermoal -- Community-based research and Métis women's knowledge in Northwest Saskatchewan / Kathy L. Hodgson-Smith and Nathalie Kermoal -- Gender and the social dimensions of changing caribou populations in the western Arctic / Brenda Parlee and Kristine Wray -- "This is the life" : women's harvesting, fishing, and food security in Paulatuuq, Northwest Territories / Zoe Todd.