Books About The Native American Woman - Warrior Nation2024-03-29T02:10:33Zhttps://warriornation.ning.com/forum/topics/books-about-the-native-american-woman?groupUrl=nativeamericanwoman&commentId=6193495%3AComment%3A465187&groupId=6193495%3AGroup%3A348281&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Dance Boots by Linda LeGa…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2019-02-17:6193495:Comment:5961932019-02-17T12:52:36.437ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>The Dance Boots<br></br> by Linda LeGarde Grover<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1109509320?profile=original" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1109509320?profile=RESIZE_710x"></img></a> <br></br> In this stirring collection of linked stories, Linda LeGarde Grover portrays an Ojibwe community struggling to follow traditional ways of life in the face of a relentlessly changing world. In the title story an aunt recounts the harsh legacy of Indian boarding schools that tried to break the indigenous culture. In doing…</center>
<center>The Dance Boots<br/> by Linda LeGarde Grover<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1109509320?profile=original" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1109509320?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a><br/> In this stirring collection of linked stories, Linda LeGarde Grover portrays an Ojibwe community struggling to follow traditional ways of life in the face of a relentlessly changing world. In the title story an aunt recounts the harsh legacy of Indian boarding schools that tried to break the indigenous culture. In doing so she passes on to her niece the Ojibwe tradition of honoring elders through their stories. In “Refugees Living and Dying in the West End of Duluth,” this same niece comes of age in the 1970s against the backdrop of her forcibly dispersed family. A cycle of boarding schools, alcoholism, and violence haunts these stories even as the characters find beauty and solace in their large extended families. With its attention to the Ojibwe language, customs, and history, this unique collection of riveting stories illuminates the very nature of storytelling. The Dance Boots narrates a century’s evolution of Native Americans making choices and compromises, often dictated by a white majority, as they try to balance survival, tribal traditions, and obligations to future generations.</center> The Spirit of Indian Women (E…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-06:6193495:Comment:4757242016-07-06T09:49:35.437ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>The Spirit of Indian Women<br></br> (Editors) Judith Fitzgerald and Michael Oren Fitzgerald <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506850945?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506850945?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a> <br></br>
The Spirit of Indian Women provides a unique glimpse into a world that is almost inaccessible in our time. Through the combined power of photos, art, and the wisdom of traditional voices, modern readers can come to feel something of the timeless spirit of Indian…</center>
<center>The Spirit of Indian Women<br/> (Editors) Judith Fitzgerald and Michael Oren Fitzgerald
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The Spirit of Indian Women provides a unique glimpse into a world that is almost inaccessible in our time. Through the combined power of photos, art, and the wisdom of traditional voices, modern readers can come to feel something of the timeless spirit of Indian women.</center> Lost Bird of Wounded Knee Spi…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-05:6193495:Comment:4757112016-07-05T19:40:51.174ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>Lost Bird of Wounded Knee<br></br> Spirit of the Lakota<br></br> by Renee Sansom Flood<br></br>
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In July 1991, the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association returned the remains of Zintkala Nuni (Lost Bird) from an unmarked grave in California to her South Dakota homeland. Former social worker Flood, who was instrumental in the relocation, has written a well-documented,…</center>
<center>Lost Bird of Wounded Knee<br/> Spirit of the Lakota<br/>
by Renee Sansom Flood<br/>
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In July 1991, the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association returned the remains of Zintkala Nuni (Lost Bird) from an unmarked grave in California to her South Dakota homeland. Former social worker Flood, who was instrumental in the relocation, has written a well-documented, powerful and chilling story of Lost Bird's brief life. One of the few survivors of the massacre, the infant was taken by Gen. Leonard Colby to be raised as a white child. Colby, a Nebraska lawyer, hoped to represent Indian claims; his wife, Clara, was an active suffragette who spent half of every year in Washington. Lost Bird was a lonely child confused by her identity--a nonwhite physically, a non-Indian socially. She was sexually abused by Colby, had two disastrous marriages, contracting syphilis in one, and was ultimately rejected by her tribe. Lost Bird spent some time with Wild West shows, drifted into prostitution and died an outcast at the age of 30. Flood's narrative grippingly illustrates the clash between Indian and white cultures.</center> Restoring the Balance First N…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-05:6193495:Comment:4756122016-07-05T02:48:32.908ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>Restoring the Balance<br></br> First Nations Women, Community, and Culture<br></br> editors: Eric Guimond, Gail Guthrie, and Madeleine Dion Stout<br></br>
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First Nations peoples believe the eagle flies with a female wing and a male wing, showing the importance of balance between the feminine and the masculine in all aspects of individual and community experiences. Centuries of…</center>
<center>Restoring the Balance<br/> First Nations Women, Community, and Culture<br/>
editors: Eric Guimond, Gail Guthrie, and Madeleine Dion Stout<br/>
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First Nations peoples believe the eagle flies with a female wing and a male wing, showing the importance of balance between the feminine and the masculine in all aspects of individual and community experiences. Centuries of colonization, however, have devalued the traditional roles of First Nations women, causing a great gender imbalance that limits the abilities of men, women, and their communities in achieving self-actualization. Restoring the Balance brings to light the work First Nations women have performed, and continue to perform, in cultural continuity and community development. It illustrates the challenges and successes they have had in the areas of law, politics, education, community healing, language, and art, while suggesting significant options for sustained improvement of individual, family, and community well-being. Written by fifteen Aboriginal scholars, activists, and community leaders, Restoring the Balance combines life histories and biographical accounts with historical and critical analyses grounded in traditional thought and approaches. It is a powerful and important book.</center> The Girl Who Sang to the Buff…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-04:6193495:Comment:4753842016-07-04T07:55:10.448ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo<br></br> by Kent Nerburn<br></br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506847554?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506847554?profile=original" width="310"></img></a> <br></br>
A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the “old ones” still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe,…</center>
<center>The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo<br/> by Kent Nerburn<br/>
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A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the “old ones” still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and the complex, unforgettable characters we have come to know from Neither Wolf nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilight. Part history, part mystery, part spiritual journey and teaching story, The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo is filled with the profound insight into humanity and Native American culture we have come to expect from Nerburn’s journeys. As the American Indian College Fund has stated, once you have encountered Nerburn’s stirring evocations of America’s high plains and incisive insights into the human heart, “you can never look at the world, or at people, the same way again.”</center> Yellow Woman and a Beauty of…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-04:6193495:Comment:4754722016-07-04T01:02:45.276ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit<br></br> by Leslie Marmon Silko<br></br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506847087?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506847087?profile=original" width="226"></img></a> <br></br>
Bold and impassioned, sharp and defiant, Leslie Marmon Silko's essays evoke the spirit and voice of Native Americans. Whether she is exploring the vital importance literature and language play in Native American heritage, illuminating the inseparability of the land and the Native American…</center>
<center>Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit<br/> by Leslie Marmon Silko<br/>
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Bold and impassioned, sharp and defiant, Leslie Marmon Silko's essays evoke the spirit and voice of Native Americans. Whether she is exploring the vital importance literature and language play in Native American heritage, illuminating the inseparability of the land and the Native American people, enlivening the ways and wisdom of the old-time people, or exploding in outrage over the government's long-standing, racist treatment of Native Americans, Silko does so with eloquence and power, born from her profound devotion to all that is Native American. <br/>
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit is written with the fire of necessity. Silko's call to be heard is unmistakable; there are stories to remember, injustices to redress, ways of life to preserve. It is a work of major importance, filled with indispensable truths--a work by an author with an original voice and a unique access to both worlds.</center> Grandmothers of The Light A M…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-03:6193495:Comment:4753482016-07-03T03:28:50.746ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>Grandmothers of The Light<br></br> A Medicine Woman's Sourcebook<br></br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506852894?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506852894?profile=original" width="333"></img></a> <br></br>
This extraordinary collection of goddess stories from Native American civilizations across the continent, Paula Gunn Allen shares myths that have guided female shamans toward an understanding of the sacred for…</center>
<center>Grandmothers of The Light<br/> A Medicine Woman's Sourcebook<br/>
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This extraordinary collection of goddess stories from Native American civilizations across the continent, Paula Gunn Allen shares myths that have guided female shamans toward an understanding of the sacred for centuries.</center> The Thirteen Original Clan Mo…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-03:6193495:Comment:4754402016-07-03T03:11:49.308ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers<br></br> by Jamie Sams<br></br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506847276?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506847276?profile=original" width="328"></img></a> <br></br>
Jamie Sams, a member of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, brings us a powerful new method for honoring and incorporating native feminine wisdom into our daily lives. Combining a rich oral tradition—passed on to her by two Kiowa Grandmothers, Cisi Laughing Crow and Berta Broken Bow—with the personal healing and…</center>
<center>The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers<br/> by Jamie Sams<br/>
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Jamie Sams, a member of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, brings us a powerful new method for honoring and incorporating native feminine wisdom into our daily lives. Combining a rich oral tradition—passed on to her by two Kiowa Grandmothers, Cisi Laughing Crow and Berta Broken Bow—with the personal healing and guidance she has experienced through her female Elders, Sams created The 13 Original Clan Mothers. Each of the Clan Mothers reflects a particular teaching, relates to a cycle of the moon, and possesses special totems, talents, and gifts that can help each of us cultivate our own personal gifts and talents.</center> Walking in the Sacred Manner…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-02:6193495:Comment:4752662016-07-02T15:50:42.152ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>Walking in the Sacred Manner<br></br> by Mark St. Pierre<br></br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506846595?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2506846595?profile=original" width="385"></img></a> <br></br>
Walking in the Sacred Manner is an exploration of the myths and culture of the Plains Indians, for whom the everyday and the spiritual are intertwined and women play a strong and important role in the spiritual and religious life of the community. <br></br>
Based on extensive first-person interviews by an…</center>
<center>Walking in the Sacred Manner<br/> by Mark St. Pierre<br/>
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Walking in the Sacred Manner is an exploration of the myths and culture of the Plains Indians, for whom the everyday and the spiritual are intertwined and women play a strong and important role in the spiritual and religious life of the community. <br/>
Based on extensive first-person interviews by an established expert on Plains Indian women, Walking in the Sacred Manner is a singular and authentic record of the participation of women in the sacred traditions of Northern Plains tribes, including Lakota, Cheyenne, Crow, and Assiniboine. <br/>
Through interviews with holy women and the families of women healers, Mark St. Pierre and Tilda Long Soldier paint a rich and varied portrait of a society and its traditions. Stereotypical images of the Native American drop away as the voices, dreams, and experiences of these women (both healers and healed) present insight into a culture about which little is known. It is a journey into the past, an exploration of the present, and a view full of hope for the future.</center> Native American Women Three W…tag:warriornation.ning.com,2016-07-01:6193495:Comment:4754302016-07-01T22:25:55.238ZSharikeehttps://warriornation.ning.com/profile/Sharikee
<center>Native American Women<br></br> Three Who Changed History <br></br> by Gloria Linkey<br></br>
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Walk along side of three of the most amazing Native American Women as they journey across the United Sates: Sacagawea, Watkuese and Marie Dorion, whose adventures are intertwined. Each lived on the edge, loved family and friends and led the way with wisdom and action. You will be…</center>
<center>Native American Women<br/> Three Who Changed History <br/>
by Gloria Linkey<br/>
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Walk along side of three of the most amazing Native American Women as they journey across the United Sates: Sacagawea, Watkuese and Marie Dorion, whose adventures are intertwined. Each lived on the edge, loved family and friends and led the way with wisdom and action. You will be inspired by this account, to journey through life as courageously as they did.</center>