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Sifters Native American Women's Lives

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-03-29
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This rich collection of biographical essays on Native American women touches upon such themes as the cultural factors that have shaped the lives of Native women--particularly economic forces, kinship and belief--and the ways in which historical events, especially in US Indian policy, have engendered change.

Author Biography


Theda Perdue is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina. She is the author of Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (1998) and The Cherokee Removal (1995).

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Introduction 3(11)
Theda Perdue
Pocahontas: The Hostage Who Became Famous
14(15)
Helen C. Rountree
Mary Musgrove: Creating a New World
29(19)
Michael D. Green
Molly Brant: From Clan Mother to Loyalist Chief
48(12)
James Taylor Carson
Sacagawea: The Making of a Myth
60(17)
Donna Barbie
Catharine Brown: Cherokee Convert to Christianity
77(15)
Theda Perdue
Lozen: An Apache Woman Warrior
92(16)
Laura Jane Moore
Mourning Dove: Gender and Cultural Mediation
108(19)
Dee Garceau
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: For the Indian Cause
127(14)
P. Jane Hafen
Lucy Nicolar: The Artful Activism of a Penobscot Performer
141(19)
Bunny McBride
Maria Montoyal Martinez: Crafting a Life, Transforming a Community
160(15)
Terry R. Reynolds
Alice Lee Jemison: A Modern ``Mother of the Nation''
175(12)
Laurence M. Hauptman
Delfina Cuero: A Native Woman's Life in the Borderlands
187(17)
Phillip H. Round
Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash: An American Indian Activist
204(19)
Devon A. Mihesuah
Ada Deer: Champion of Tribal Sovereignty
223(20)
Nancy Oestreich Lurie
Further Reading 243(6)
Index 249

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