
- 264 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
How American is Miss America? For Susan Supernaw, a Muscogee (Creek) and Munsee Native American, the question wasn't just academic. Throughout a childhood clouded by poverty, alcoholism, abuse, and a physical disability, Supernaw sought escape in school and dance and the Native American Church. She became a presidential scholar, won a scholarship to college, and was crowned Miss Oklahoma in 1971. Supernaw might not have won the Miss America pageant that year, but she did call attention to the Native peoples living largely invisible lives throughout their own American land. And she did at long last earn her Native American name. Chronicling a quest to escape poverty and find meaning, Supernaw's story is revealing, humorous, and deeply moving. Muscogee Daughter is the story of finding a Native American identity among the distractions and difficulties of American life and of discerning an identity among competing notions of what it is to be a woman, a Native American, and a citizen of the world.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Family Genealogy
- 1. Blessings Inside a Tipi
- 2. Jimmy
- 3. Bozo
- 4. Horse Crazy
- 5. A New Name
- 6. Metamorphosis
- 7. Sewer Rats
- 8. Beef Noodle
- 9. Susie Q
- 10. Super Sue
- 11. Tomorrow’s Leader
- 12. Coming Home
- 13. Scorpio Sue
- 14. Superstar Supernaw
- 15. The Barefoot Queen
- 16. The Indian Queen
- 17. Dancing Feet
- 18. Ellia Ponna
- Notes