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This book highlights indigenous American women throughout modern American history, countering past stereotypes by offering twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women who excelled in education, health, medicine, and the arts.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 American Artist, Pueblo Potter: Maria Antonia Montoya Martinez (?-1980) by Emily Molesworth-Teipe
Chapter 2 A Bridge Between Worlds: Mourning Dove (c. 1888 - d. 1936) by Amanda K. Wixon
Chapter 3 Premier Basket Artist: Elsie Comanche Allen (b. 1899 - d. 1990) by Meranda Roberts
Chapter 4 Dancing Activist: Maria Tallchief (b. 1925 - d. 2013) by Michelle Lorimer
Chapter 5 Native Woman, Native Voices: Paula Gunn Allen (b. 1939 - d. 2008) by Hal Hoffman and Clifford E. Trafzer
Chapter 6 Poet Warrior: Joy Harjo (b. 1951-) by Christie Time Firtha
Chapter 7 Civil Justice: Louise Erdrich (b. 1954-) by Christie Time Firtha
Chapter 8 The Voice of a Generation: Indigenous Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Activist and Icon, Buffy Sainte-Marie (b. 1941 -) by Kimberly Norris Guererro
Chapter 9 A Woman of Vision: Vivienne Jake by Daisy Ocampo
Chapter 10 Mary Jim Chapman (Xínstanik): Preserving the Memory of Snake River Country (c. 1910 - 2000) by Benjamin T. Jenkins
Chapter 11 Cultural Historian, Linguist and Ethnobotanist: Katherine Siva Saubel (b. 1920 - d. 2011) by Lisa Riggan
Chapter 12 Community, Educational, and Cultural Activist: Lorene Sisquoc (b. 1960) by Kevin Whalen
Chapter 13 Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich: Desegregating the Last Frontier (1911-1958) by Benjamin T. Jenkins
Chapter 14 Preserving Indigenous Cultures and Languages: Ofelia Zepeda (b. 1952) by Jordan Cohen
Chapter 15 Roberta Conner (Sisaawipam): Public Historian and Sustainability Activist (b. by Benjamin T. Jenkins
Chapter 16 Public Health Reformer: Susan La Flesche (b. 1865 - d. 1915) by Robert D. Miller
Chapter 17 Navajo Health Activist and Educator: Annie Dodge Wauneka (b. 1910- d. 1997) by Brendan Lindsay
Chapter 18 Activism through Medicine: Lori Alvord (b. 1958) by Jeffrey Allen Smith
Chapter 19 Remembering What We Always Knew: Kahnawake Community-Based Activist Terry Maresca, M.D. (b. 1958-) by Sarah Wolk FritzGerald
Chapter 20 Activist Centered Healthcare: Beverly Patchell (b. 1951) by Robert D. Miller
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer; Donna L. Akers and Amanda K. Wixon - Contributions by Emily Molesworth-Teipe; Amanda K. Wixon; Meranda Roberts; Michelle Lorimer; Hal Hoffman; Clifford E. Trafzer; Christie Time Firtha; Kimberly Norris Guererro; Daisy Ocampo
Summary
This book highlights indigenous American women throughout modern American history, countering past stereotypes by offering twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women who excelled in education, health, medicine, and the arts.
