American Indian women / Patrick Deval ; translated from the French by Jane-Marie Todd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deval, Patrick, author.

Contributor:

Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator.

Standardized Title:

Squaws. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Indian women--United States--History.

Indian women.

Indian women--North America--History.

Indians of North America--Social life and customs.

Indians of North America.

History.

North America.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2015.

Contents:

Guardians of tradition

Amerindian spirituality

First encounters with the Spanish

First encounters with the English

First encounters with the French

A young nation in the nineteenth century

The education of Amerindian children

Origins of modern mass entertainment

American Indian women in Hollywood

Epilogue: the resistance of Native American women.

Notes:

Originally published in French under the title: Squaws: la mémoire oubliée.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index.

ISBN:

9780789212474

0789212471

0789212315

9780789212313

OCLC:

910802443