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Told in their own words, "Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter" is the unforgettable story of several generations of Lakota women who grew up on the open plains of northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. Delphine Red Shirt has delicately woven the life stories of her mother, Lone Woman, and Red Shirt's great-grandmother, Turtle Lung Woman, into a continuous narrative that succeeds triumphantly as a moving, epic saga of Lakota women from traditional times in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Especially revealing are Turtle Lung Woman's relationship with her husband, Paints His Face with Clay, her healing practice as a medicine woman, Lone Woman's hardships and celebrations growing up in the early twentieth century, and many wonderful details of their domestic lives before and during the early reservation years.
List of contents
Acknowledgments; Orthographic and Pronunciation Key; IntroductionPart 1: Turtle Lung Woman (Kheglezela Chaguwi)1. Beading by Moonlight2. Khagi Wichasa, Crow Men3. Turtle Lung Woman4. Stones and Turtle Shells5. Wakiyela, The Mourning Dove6. Ite Siyakhiya's Wives7. Lakota Code of Conduct--Part 18. Lakota Code of Conduct--Part 29. Thathaka Naz, Standing Buffalo10. Matho Cha Wigni Iya, Bear Goes in the Wood11. Akhe Ikto, Again, Iktomi, the Trickster12. "Bliheiciya Wau, With Dauntless Courage, I LivePart 2: Lone Woman (Wiya Isnala)13. Raised on Canned Milk14. "Wichicalala, Small Girl15. Horses of Many Colors16. Whispers17. The Grasses They Grew--Part 118. The Grasses They Grew--Part 219. Canvas Moccasins20. My Father Was a Dancing Man21. My Father's Dreadful Dream22. Kettle DancePart 3: Death23. Rations24. Taya Wablake, Clear Eyes25. Apetu ki hel, On a Given Day, I Became a Woman26. Buffalo Ceremony27. Mata, A Cheyenne Woman28. Phezuta, Peyote29. Thawicuku, Marriage30. Brooks HorseEpilogue
About the author
Delphine Red Shirt is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and is an adjunct professor of American studies and English at Yale University. She is the author of Bead on an Anthill: A Lakota Childhood (Nebraska 1997).
Summary
Presents a story of several generations of Lakota women who grew up on the open plains of northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. This book reveals Turtle Lung Woman's relationship with her husband, her healing practice as a medicine woman, Lone Woman's hardships, and celebrations growing up in the early twentieth century.
