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Honor the grandmothers : Dakota and Lakota elders tell their stories / compiled and edited by Sarah Penman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dakota women--Biography.
- Dakota women.
- Lakota women--Biography.
- Lakota women.
- Older Dakota women--Biography.
- Older Dakota women.
- Older Lakota women--Biography.
- Older Lakota women.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 147 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and living in Minnesota and the Dakotas, Stella Pretty Sounding Flute and Iola Columbus (Dakota) and Celane Not Help Him and Cecelia Hernandez Montgomery (Lakota) share recollections of early family life interrupted by years at government boarding schools designed to eradicate tribal culture. Recounting their complex lives, the grandmothers reveal how they survived difficult circumstances to become activists in Indian politics, reconciling urban with reservation life and Christianity with native spirituality. Defying stereotypes, these clear and forthright voices are unforgettable.
- Contents:
- Celane Not Help Him 11
- Stella Pretty Sounding Flute 47
- Cecilia Hernandez Montgomery 77
- Iola Columbus 113.
- ISBN:
- 0873513843
- 0873513851
- OCLC:
- 43323707
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