Grandmother's grandchild : my Crow Indian life / Alma Hogan Snell ; edited by Becky Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snell, Alma Hogan.

Contributor:

Matthews, Becky.

Series:

American Indian lives.

American Indian lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crow Indians--Biography.

Crow Indians.

Crow women--Biography.

Crow women.

Snell, Alma Hogan.

Pretty-shield (Crow Indian).

Pretty-shield.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"I became what the Crows call káalisbaapite -a 'grandmother's grandchild.' That means that I was always with my Grandma, and I learned from her. I learned how to do things in the old ways."-Alma Hogan Snell Grandmother's Grandchild is the remarkable story of Alma Hogan Snell (1923-2008), a Crow woman brought up by her grandmother, the famous medicine woman Pretty Shield. Snell grew up during the 1920s and 1930s, part of the second generation of Crows to be born into reservation life. Like many of her contemporaries, she experienced poverty, personal hardships, and prejudice and left home to attend federal Indian schools. What makes Snell's story particularly engaging is her exceptional storytelling style. She is frank and passionate, and these qualities yield a memoir unlike those of most Native women. The complex reservation world of Crow women-harsh yet joyous, impoverished yet rich in meaning-unfolds for readers. Snell's experiences range from the forging of an unforgettable bond between grandchild and grandmother to the flowering of an extraordinary love story that has lasted more than five decades.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Grandmother's Grandchild

Pretty Shield and Goes Ahead

My Camp Is in a Different Place

Turning the Storm

Womanhood

Loneliness and the Night Sky

Assiniboines Have Strong Medicine

A Bad Time in My Life

I Have Crossed Three Rivers

Many Roads

Old Songs, New Fruit

Notes

Index

Untitled.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-205) and index.

ISBN:

9786610360826

9781280360824

1280360828

9780803205796

0803205791

OCLC:

70763328