U of S : Communications : OCN : Apr 9, 1998

Priscilla Settee, coordinator of Extension's Indigenous Peoples program, is the editor of an upcoming issue of Indigenous Woman, a biannual magazine that she says "provides a much-needed alternative voice."

The magazine is mainly a combination of news and feature articles about indigenous women.

For example, the latest issue contains stories about the first woman to be elected as mayor in a Bolivian town, the rape of an American in Mexico, and world population control. It also features profiles of "Women of Hope" (outstanding Indigenous women) and poetry.

"It doesn't just describe aboriginal culture, it describes inequalities and what people are doing about them," Settee says.

Although the magazine is distributed around the world to "a large readership," Settee acknowledges that it usually doesn't make much of a profit.

"We're not very good business people, because our focus is on education instead of making money."

Settee says Indigenous Woman, which is funded primarily by Canada Council and published by the Indigenous Women's Network, is in danger of of moving back to the United States, unless sufficient funding is secured.

The magazine, which sells for $5, will be available in mid-April at the University Bookstore and at U-LEARN, 125 Kirk Hall.

- Susanne Albrecht

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