Negotiators of change historical perspectives on Native American women /

"Negotiators of Change covers the history of ten tribal groups including the Cherokee, Iroquois and Navajo -- as well as tribes with less known histories such as the Yakima, Ute, and Pima-Maricopa. The book contests the idea that European colonialization led to a loss of Native American women&#...

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Other Authors: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 1995.
New York : 1995.
Physical Description: 236 pages : illustrations ; 23cm.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Anglo-Algonquian gender frontier /
  • Kathleen M. Brown
  • Kateri Tekakwitha's tortuous path to sainthood /
  • Nancy Shoemaker
  • Autonomy and the economic roles of Indian women of the Fox-Wisconsin riverway region, 1763-1832 /
  • Lucy Eldersveld Murphy
  • Women, men and American Indian policy : the Cherokee response to "civilization" /
  • Theda Perdue
  • Choctaw women and cultural persistence in Mississippi /
  • Clara Sue Kidwell
  • The land incarnate : Navajo women and the dialogue of colonialism, 1821-1870 /
  • Carol Douglas Sparks
  • "Dear friend and ex-husband : marriage, divorce, and women's property rights on the Southern Ute reservation, 1887-1930 /
  • Katherine M.B. Osburn
  • Horses and cattle, buggies and hacks : purchases by Yakima Indian women, 1909-1912 /
  • Clifford E. Trafzer
  • Patchwork and politics : the evolving roles of Florida Seminole women in the twentieth century /
  • Harry A. Kersey, Jr. and Helen M. Bannan
  • Mothers and community builders : Salt River Pima and Maricopa women in community action /
  • Päivi H. Hoikkala.