• Age: 15
• Grade: 10

Personal recollections by a wide spectrum of Aboriginal women tell stories of injustice, racism, genocide and sexism, but also of awakening, fierce struggles and hope.

Priscilla Settee is a Saskatchewan educator, intellectual, activist and writer. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan, and has been a trailblazer in developing global solidarity within and among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. She received a 2008 Saskatchewan Global Citizens Award.

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The Strength of Women, Âhkamêyimowak

Settee has brought together the stories of 15 Anishnaabe, Cree and Métis women from Saskatchewan that demonstrate the resilience and strength that they bring to their communities. They write about their struggles getting an education for themselves and their children, dealing with abuse of many sorts, learning to respect themselves and demanding respect from others, finding their place in the world and recovering their history and culture. Finding positive avenues to move themselves and their communities into a place of acceptance and equality with “the dominant culture” colours their lives and their outreach.

“There is a saying that a nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. We are living proof that hearts can rise, hope can flourish, peace can exist, and a new world can be built.”