Messengers of the wind : Native American women tell their life stories / edited by Jane Katz.
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TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 1995Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0345390601; 9780345390608Subject(s): Indian women -- North America -- Biography | Indian women -- North America -- Social life and customsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Messengers of the wind.LOC classification: E98.W8 | M47 1995
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Summary: Native American women from a variety of tribal groups share their life experiences and their struggles of preserving Native cultures and values.
We have to have ceremonies / Soge Track, Taos Pueblo -- Men and women lived with the seasons / Florence Kenney, Inupiat/Native Alaskan -- People cared about one another / Fran James, Lummi -- In my family, the women ran everything / Emi Whitehorse, Navajo -- From my grandmother I learned about sadness / Rose Bluestone, Dakota -- Still grieving over the loss of the land / Elaine Salinas, White Earth Ojibway -- The power comes from within / Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee -- The cottonwood tree talks to me / Juanita Espinosa, Turtle Mountain Ojibway -- We are all members of a family / Laura Wittstock, Seneca -- I see an incredible force within Native people / Faith Smith, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway -- I give you seeds of a new way / Chrystos, Menominee -- The pipe ceremony is really cool / Cassandra Holmes, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway -- The Puyallup tribe rose from the ashes / Ramona Bennett, Puyallup -- I dream a lot / Ah-Bead-Soot, Puyallup -- You take care of the land, and it takes care of you / Virginia Poole, Seminole/Miccosukee -- We give energy to each other / Lois Steele, Assiniboine -- Let us survive / Roberta Hill Whiteman, Oneida -- You ... who have removed us : at what cost? / Wendy Rose, Hopi/Miwok -- We have a long history here / Cheryl Mann, Cheyenne River Sioux -- We are the caribou people / Sarah James, Gwich'in/Native Alaskan -- They're trying to sell our treaties / Esther Nahgahnub, Fond du Lac Ojibway -- The spirit takes care of us / Vi Hilbert, Upper Skagit -- There's some kind of healing force here / Rose Mary Barstow, White Earth Ojibway -- You defend what's sacred to you / Janet McCloud, Tulalip -- Our cathedral is the Black Hills / Carole Anne Heart Looking Horse, Lakota.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and index.
We have to have ceremonies / Soge Track, Taos Pueblo -- Men and women lived with the seasons / Florence Kenney, Inupiat/Native Alaskan -- People cared about one another / Fran James, Lummi -- In my family, the women ran everything / Emi Whitehorse, Navajo -- From my grandmother I learned about sadness / Rose Bluestone, Dakota -- Still grieving over the loss of the land / Elaine Salinas, White Earth Ojibway -- The power comes from within / Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee -- The cottonwood tree talks to me / Juanita Espinosa, Turtle Mountain Ojibway -- We are all members of a family / Laura Wittstock, Seneca -- I see an incredible force within Native people / Faith Smith, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway -- I give you seeds of a new way / Chrystos, Menominee -- The pipe ceremony is really cool / Cassandra Holmes, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway -- The Puyallup tribe rose from the ashes / Ramona Bennett, Puyallup -- I dream a lot / Ah-Bead-Soot, Puyallup -- You take care of the land, and it takes care of you / Virginia Poole, Seminole/Miccosukee -- We give energy to each other / Lois Steele, Assiniboine -- Let us survive / Roberta Hill Whiteman, Oneida -- You ... who have removed us : at what cost? / Wendy Rose, Hopi/Miwok -- We have a long history here / Cheryl Mann, Cheyenne River Sioux -- We are the caribou people / Sarah James, Gwich'in/Native Alaskan -- They're trying to sell our treaties / Esther Nahgahnub, Fond du Lac Ojibway -- The spirit takes care of us / Vi Hilbert, Upper Skagit -- There's some kind of healing force here / Rose Mary Barstow, White Earth Ojibway -- You defend what's sacred to you / Janet McCloud, Tulalip -- Our cathedral is the Black Hills / Carole Anne Heart Looking Horse, Lakota.
Native American women from a variety of tribal groups share their life experiences and their struggles of preserving Native cultures and values.
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