Author: Patricia J. Cutright
Publisher: 7th Generation
ISBN: 1939053544
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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Book Description
Native women have filled their communities with strength and leadership, both historically and as modern-day warriors. The twelve Indigenous women featured in this book overcame unimaginable hardships––racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty––only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism. Such determination and courage reflect the essence of the traditional Cheyenne saying: “A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground.” The impressive accomplishments of these twelve dynamic women provide inspiration for all. B/W photos. Featured individuals: Ashley Callingbull Burnham (Enoch Cree Nation) Henrietta Mann, PhD (Southern Cheyenne) Ruth Anna Buffalo (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation) Elouise Pepion Cobell (Blackfeet) Loriene Roy, PhD (Anishinabe, White Earth Reservation) Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk Nation) Roberta Jamieson (Kanyenkehaka, Six Nations-Grand River Territory) Deb Haaland (Pueblo of Laguna) Elsie Marie Knott (Mississauga Ojibwe) Mary Golda Ross (Cherokee ) Heather Dawn Thompson (Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux Emily Washines (Yakama Nation with Cree and Skokomish lineage).
Author: Patricia J. Cutright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781713762027
Category : Ethnic relations
Languages : en
Pages : 117
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"Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
Author: Kb Schaller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614932161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Warriors, educators, and aerospace pioneer, a Catholic saint...100 + Native American Women Who Changed the World is a stellar collection of historical and contemporary women of Indigenous heritage who have contributed to the survival and success of their families, communities-and he United States of America. ..".a well-researched and comprehensive representation of our Indigenous mothers, sisters, daughters and friends." - LaDonna Harris (Comanche), President and Founder, Americas for Indian Opportunity
Author: Linda Hogan
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393323056
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"A deeply courageous account of Hogan's personal and tribal history...staggering."—Pam Houston, O Magazine "I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love," says award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan. In this book, she recounts her difficult childhood as the daughter of an army sergeant, her love affair at age fifteen with an older man, the legacy of alcoholism, the troubled history of her adopted daughters, and her own physical struggles since a recent horse accident. She shows how historic and emotional pain are passed down through generations, blending personal history with stories of important Indian figures of the past such as Lozen, the woman who was the military strategist for Geronimo, and Ohiesha, the Santee Sioux medical doctor who witnessed the massacre at Wounded Knee. Ultimately, Hogan sees herself and her people whole again and gives an illuminating story of personal triumph. "This wise and compassionate offering deserves to be widely read."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Author: Sabine Lang
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292747012
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of "gender bending" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in "berdaches," the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities. This book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span. Sabine Lang explores such topics as their religious and secular roles; the relation of the roles of women-men and men-women to the roles of women and men in their respective societies; the ways in which gender-role change was carried out, legitimized, and explained in Native American cultures; the widely differing attitudes toward women-men and men-women in tribal cultures; and the role of these figures in Native mythology. Lang's findings challenge the apparent gender equality of the "berdache" institution, as well as the supposed universality of concepts such as homosexuality.
Author: Theda Perdue
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195130804
Category : Indian women
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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In this edited volume, Theda Perdue, a nationally known expert on Indian history and southern women's history, offers a rich collection of biographical essays on Native American women. From Pocahontas, a Powhatan woman of the seventeenth century, to Ada Deer, the Menominee woman who headed the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1990s, the essays span four centuries. Each one recounts the experiences of women from vastly different cultural traditions--the hunting and gathering of Kumeyaay culture of Delfina Cuero, the pueblo society of San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez, and the powerful matrilineal kinship system of Molly Brant's Mohawks. Contributors focus on the ways in which different women have fashioned lives that remain firmly rooted in their identity as Native women. Perdue's introductory essay ties together the themes running through the biographical sketches, including the cultural factors that have shaped the lives of Native women, particularly economic contributions, kinship, and belief, and the ways in which historical events, especially in United States Indian policy, have engendered change.
Author: Jennie R. Joe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313397147
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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This book serves as a much-needed source of information on the social and health issues that impact the health of Native American women in the United States, accompanied by invaluable historical, cultural, and other contextual data about this sociocultural group. Health and Social Issues of Native American Women is the first book that specifically explores and discusses health and related social issues within the world of Native American women, providing strong historical and cultural perspectives as well as other contextual information that is often missing or misrepresented in other works about Native American women. Comprising contributions from mostly Native American women scholars, the work presents key background information on native women's health, health care delivery systems, and sociocultural history, and its chapters address the changing role of native women in Alaska and other parts of Indian country. Each author taps her specific area of expertise and knowledge to spotlight specific native women's health problems, such as nutrition, aging, domestic violence, diabetes, and substance abuse.
Author: Jacqueline Agtuca
Publisher: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
ISBN: 1500918512
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 173
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A powerful presentation of the impact of colonization of American Indian tribes on the safety of Native American women and the changes to address such violence under the Violence Against Women Act. This essential reading reviews through the voices and experiences of Native women the systemic reforms under the Act to remove barriers to justice and their safety. It places the historic changes witnessed over the last twenty years under the Act in the context of the tribal grassroots movement for safety of Native women. Legal practitioners, students and social justice advocates will find this book a powerful and inspirational resource to creating a more just, humane, and safer world.
Author: Imane Chafi
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) is a humaitarian crisis effecting Native communities around the world. Activists are pushing for awareness and change for the staggering amount of Native women who have been 'stolen' from their families and communities by violence. The problem is pervasive: In some areas of the United states, Indigenous women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than other ethnicities, with the majority of crimes committed on Native-owned land by non-Natives. According to the CDC, murder is the third leading cause of death among Native women. There are a lot of reasons why Native women are so over-represented in violent statistics- lack of attention from the media, legal and jurisdictional issues, lack of communication between local, tribal and state law enforcement, and more. To create this book, a team of writers from many cultural backgrounds came together to write stories, poems, plays, and essays to raise awareness for MMIW. All proceeds from this book will split equally between the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC) and the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC).
Author: Nancy Shoemaker
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415909938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Book Description
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
