- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
From the bestselling author of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years comes the inspiring true story of Marion "Strong Medicine" Gould, a Native American matriarch, and the Indian way of life that must never be forgotten. Amy Hill Hearth's first book, Having Our Say, told the true story of two century-old African-American sisters and went on to become an enduring bestseller and the subject of a three-time Tony Award-nominated play. In "Strong Medicine" Speaks, Hearth turns her talent for storytelling to a Native American matriarch presenting a powerful account of Indian life. Born and raised in a nearly secret part of New Jersey that remains Native ancestral land, Marion "Strong Medicine" Gould is an eighty-five-year-old Elder in her Lenni-Lenape tribe and community. Taking turns with the author as the two women alternate voices throughout this moving book, Strong Medicine tells of her ancestry, tracing it back to the first Native peoples to encounter the Europeans in 1524, through the strife and bloodshed of America's early years, up to the twentieth century and her own lifetime, decades colored by oppression and terror yet still lifted up by the strength of an enduring collective spirit. This genuine and delightful telling gives voice to a powerful female Elder whose dry wit and charming humor will provide wisdom and inspiration to readers from every background.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- ALSO BY AMY HILL HEARTH
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART I The Hidden People
- PART II In the Land of the Ancestors
- PART III The Boy on the Bicycle
- PART IV “I Am Sorry to Inform You…”
- PART V
- PART VI Changing Times
- PART VII A Woman’s World
- PART VIII Native Pride
- PART IX Full Circle
- PART X Modern Life
- PART XI The Last Word
- “Wanishi” (“Thank You”)
- Lenape Languages: A Brief Primer
- Lenape Myths: A Sampling
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Credits and Permissions
- To Contact Amy Hill Hearth