Research Paper on:
Canadian Aboriginal Women

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vital to the survival of Aboriginal communities" (Anonymous Aboriginal Women, 2001; chapter13.html). In many cases throughout the history of the aboriginal woman we have seen instances where the women were,  in many ways, the primary providers for the people as they gathered food and interacted with the foreigners who would come to their land. And, even in more recent history  they have served to be a vital part of the society of aboriginal peoples, despite the fact that they have been degraded and oppressed. In the following paper we  examine the life of the aboriginal woman in Canada in the past and in the present. Aboriginal Women in Canada "It is only in the past decade that  writers have acknowledged the very important role Aboriginal women played in the first centuries of contact with Europeans and their descendants" (Anonymous Aboriginal Women, 2001; chapter13.html). It appears that, at  first, the relationship was good, with women playing an equally important role in the sustaining of their families. In fact, in many ways, during this period which offered fur trading,  women served as powerful emissaries and powerful providers. But, things would change: "Economic factors served as the initial catalyst for change within Aboriginal societies. Aboriginal people were first directed away  from hunting into the economic order of the fur trade society. Gradually, more and more of them became removed from the land and went into settlements with a welfare economy.  These changes to Aboriginal lifestyle distorted the traditional Aboriginal male and female roles" (Anonymous Aboriginal Women, 2001; chapter13.html). There is much we can infer from this information. Interestingly enough,  we can note that hunting and gathering, on the part of the aboriginal men, was declining due to the introduction of trade and gradual economic changes which closely related to