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The New Southwest Cookbook
Recipes from Outstanding Restaurants and Resorts The Prickly Pear Cookbook
Delicious recipes for prickly pear pads and fruits. Ethnobotany
American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest
Learn how Indians used 50 edible wild plants Travel
West of Paradise: Exploring Southeastern Arizona
Old West meets New West in this guide to a legendary land Women's Studies
Keeping the Rope Straight
Engaging story for middle readers on the life of Navajo activist Annie Dodge Wauneka I'll Go and Do More
The life of Annie Dodge Wauneka, feisty Navajo leader and activist Daughters of the Earth, the Lives and Legends of Indian Women
A look at the lives of North American Indian women in traditional societies. |
Daughters of the Earth, the Lives and Legends of Indian Women The Native American woman was the guardian of the hearth and, on occasion, ruler and warrior, managing the affairs of her people, sporting war paint as well as necklaces and earrings. Sometimes she was a visionary and a healer, sometimes mother and matriarch. She built houses and ground corn, wove blankets and painted pottery, played field hockey and rode racehorses. Frequently she enjoyed an open and joyous sexuality before marriage. The book surveys dozens of North American tribes to explore the chronology of the Native American woman's life from childhood through puberty, marriage, old age and death. The Native American woman emerges as a proud, sometimes stoic always human individual from whom those who came after can learn much. The stories of these early women are enhanced with the fables, songs and incantations that were part of their cultural and spiritual lives. Touchstone/ 280 pages; Illustrated; Bibliography and index Paperbound 7x10 $17.00 Also available in German and French Table of Contents1. The Dawn of Life: Childbirth in Native America 2. The Indian Child: Growing and Learning in Early America 3. From Menarche to Menopause: A Time for Taboos 4. Sharing a Life: From Courtship through Widowhood 5. Making a Home: Women's Economic Role 6. Women of Power: Leaders, Doctors, and Witches 7. Women and War: Helpers, Fighters, Victors and Vanquished 8. Time for Fun: Crafts and Recreation 9. Early Sexual Patterns: A Normal Part of Nature 10. Religion and Spirituality: A Constant Reality 11. Completion of the Cycle: Old Women and Death Notes Annotated Bibliography Bibliography Index |
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