ARCUS 15th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2003April 28, 2003Arlington, Virginia, USA Women's Participation in Self Government Negotiations in the Northwest Territories, CanadaStephanie Irlbacher Fox1 This paper provides general background on self government negotiating processes in Canada’s Northwest Territories, focusing on women’s participation. It begins by briefly contrasting western feminist and indigenous feminist perspectives. A combination of statistical information, participant observations, interviews with self government negotiators, and narrative are sources for describing women’s involvement in self government negotiation processes. Drawing from perspectives of indigenous feminism I describe how what may appear as exclusion of women in formal talks is not representative of women’s involvement in the negotiation process. The conclusion offers questions for further research and consideration, suggesting factors that should be taken into account as part of that task. |
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