Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America
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Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America

Strong Women, Resilient Nations

  1. 225 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. 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.

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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

Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781978749481
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Ch01. American Artist, Pueblo Potter
  5. Ch02. A Bridge between Worlds
  6. Ch03. Premier Basket Artist
  7. Ch04. Dancing Activist
  8. Ch05. Native Woman, Native Voices
  9. Ch06. Poet Warrior
  10. Ch07. Civil Justice
  11. Ch08. The Voice of a Generation
  12. Ch09. A Woman of Vision
  13. Ch10. Preserving the Memory of Snake River Country
  14. Ch11. Cultural Historian, Linguist, and Ethnobotanist
  15. Ch12. Community, Educational, and Cultural Activist
  16. Ch13. Desegregating the Last Frontier
  17. Ch14. Preserving Indigenous Cultures and Languages
  18. Ch15. Public Historian and Sustainability Activist
  19. Ch16. Public Health Reformer
  20. Ch17. Navajo Health Activist and Educator
  21. Ch18. Activism through Medicine
  22. Ch19. Remembering What We Always Knew
  23. Ch20. Activist Centered Healthcare
  24. Index
  25. About the Editors
  26. About the Contributors