[NIS_GS:] CFP; Book on Aborginal Mothering
ARM's 9th annual conference on "Mothering, Race, Culture, Ethnicity and Class" featured a full day on Aboriginal Mothering. Truly a first! ARM Press will be publishing a book on this topic, developed from the conference.
The book will be edited by Jeanette Corbiere Lavell and Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard. (Bios included below)

We are still seeking chapters for this book, particularly in the area of literature, popular culture, and history. As well, we are particularly interested in receiving submissions from perspectives other than 'North American."
If you are interested in being considered for this volume on ABORIGINAL MOTHERING, please send a 250 word abstract and 50 word bio to arm@yorku.ca by Jan 5. Accepted papers due May 1, 2006. Please email series editor Andrea O'Reilly, aoreilly@yorku.ca if you have any questions.

best,
Dr. Andrea O'Reilly,
Director, Association for Research on Mothering,
726 Atkinson, York University,
Toronto, Ont., M3J 1P3 aoreilly@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/crm 416 736 2100; 60366

**Jeanette Corbiere Lavell is Ojibway First Nation, and member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island. She received her Ontario Teacher▓s Certificate from McMaster University in 1976 after spending many years in the social services field working with her own people in Toronto. In 1970 her marriage resulted in the loss of her rights to membership to her Reserve under the Indian Act. This initiated a three year pursuit to ensure that the rights of Indian women were equal to the rights
of Indian men in the Indian Act. Jeannette is one of the primary and founding Board members of: Ontario Native Women▓s Organization (ONWA ) and Indian Rights for Indian Women Native Women▓s Organization of Canada. Currently, Jeannette teaches Fine Arts and Parenting at Wasse-Abin Wikwemikong High School
**Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard is currently working on her PhD at UWO, and is full time mother of two little girls, Autumn Sky (8 years) and Eva Lillie (14 months). She is inspired by her mother, who in 1971 became the first woman to challenge the notion (found in the Indian Act of 1876) that a woman who marries a "non-Indian" "shall cease to be an Indian", and loses all associated rights, privileges or identity therein. Ms. Lavell-Harvard's research addresses the epidemic of low academic achievement and high drop out rates among aboriginal populations in Canada.
Ms. Lavell-Harvard is committed to breaking cycles of poverty in aboriginal communities and assuring a better future for aboriginal children in Canadian society through culturally appropriate educational reforms and culturally sensitive support mechanisms.
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