
eBook - PDF
Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America
Strong Women, Resilient Nations
- 225 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America
Strong Women, Resilient Nations
About this book
This book offers twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women. The lives of women found her contributed significantly to their people and people everywhere. The book presents Native women of action and accomplishments in many areas of life. This work highlights women during the modern era of American history, countering past stereotypes of Native women. With the exceptions of Pocahontas and Sacajawea, historians have had little to say about American Indian women who have played key roles in the history of their tribes, their relationship with others, and the history of the United States. Indigenous women featured herein distinguished themselves as fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, potters, basket makers, musicians, and dancers. Other women contributed as notable educators and women working in health and medicine. They are representative of many women within the Native Universe who excelled in their lives to enrich the American experience.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America by Clifford E. Trafzer,Donna L. Akers,Amanda K. Wixon in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Ch01. American Artist, Pueblo Potter
- Ch02. A Bridge between Worlds
- Ch03. Premier Basket Artist
- Ch04. Dancing Activist
- Ch05. Native Woman, Native Voices
- Ch06. Poet Warrior
- Ch07. Civil Justice
- Ch08. The Voice of a Generation
- Ch09. A Woman of Vision
- Ch10. Preserving the Memory of Snake River Country
- Ch11. Cultural Historian, Linguist, and Ethnobotanist
- Ch12. Community, Educational, and Cultural Activist
- Ch13. Desegregating the Last Frontier
- Ch14. Preserving Indigenous Cultures and Languages
- Ch15. Public Historian and Sustainability Activist
- Ch16. Public Health Reformer
- Ch17. Navajo Health Activist and Educator
- Ch18. Activism through Medicine
- Ch19. Remembering What We Always Knew
- Ch20. Activist Centered Healthcare
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors