Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America - Strong Women, Resilient Nations

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.

About the author

Clifford E. Trazer is distinguished professor of history and Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs at the University of California, Riverside.
Donna L. Akers (Choctaw) is professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Amanda K. Wixon (Chickasaw) and is Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of California, Riverside.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Clifford E. Akers Trafzer
• Assisted by: Donna L. Akers (Editor), Akers Donna L. (Editor), Clifford E. Trafzer (Editor), Amanda K. Wixon (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781666907049
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-704-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Indigenous Peoples, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women & girls, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies