Book challenges women's roles (A recognition of being: reconstructing Native womanhood, by Kim Anderson).

GUELPH, Ont.

--Bonita Lawrence

A powerful new book by first-time author Kim Anderson will help Native women resolve identity issues and renew their connection with their personal power.

Although Anderson, 35, is a Cree/Metis academic with a social and health policy development background, she hopes her book, A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood will be accessible to women outside of universities. She also sees it as "a gift to Native men, women and children," in her quest to help "decolonize" Native womanhood and promote a "healthier…