Medicine, education, and the arts in contemporary Native America : strong women, resilient nations edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Donna L. Akers, and Amanda K. Wixon

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trafzer, Clifford E., editor.

Akers, Donna, editor.

Wixon, Amanda K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian women--United States--Biography.

Indians of North America--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]

Summary:

"This book highlights indigenous American women throughout modern American history, countering past stereotypes by offering twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women who excelled in education, health, medicine, and the arts"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

American artist, pueblo potter : Maria Antonia Montoya Martinez (?-1980) / Emily Molesworth-Teipe

A bridge between worlds : Mourning Dove (c. 1888-d. 1936) / Amanda K. Wixon

Premier basket artist : Elsie Comanche Allen (b. 1899-d. 1990) / Meranda Roberts

Dancing activist : Maria Tallchief (b. 1925-d. 2013) / Michelle Lorimer

Native woman, native voices : Paula Gunn Allen (b. 1939-d. 2008) / Hal Hoffman and Clifford E. Trafzer

Poet warrior : Joy Harjo (b. 1951-) / Christie Time Firtha

Civil justice: Louise Erdrich (b. 1954-) / Christie Time Firtha

The voice of a generation : indigenous singer-songwriter, actor, activist and icon, Buffy Sainte-Marie (b. 1941-) / Kimberly Norris Guerrero

A woman of vision : Vivienne Jake (b. 1939-d. 2016) / Daisy Ocampo

Preserving the memory of Snake River Country : Mary Jim Chapman (X̕nstanik) (b. 1910-d. 2000) / Benjamin T. Jenkins

Cultural historian, linguist, and ethnobotanist : Katherine Siva Saubel (b. 1920-d. 2011) / Lisa Riggin

Community, educational, and cultural activist : Lorene Sisquoc (b. 1960-) / Kevin Whalen

Desegregating the last frontier : Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich (b. 1911-d. 1958) / Benjamin T. Jenkins

Preserving indigenous cultures and languages : Ofelia Zepeda (b. 1952-) / Jordan Cohen

Public historian and sustainability activist : Roberta Conner (Sisaawipam) (b. 1955-) / Benjamin T. Jenkins

Public health reformer : Susan La Flesche (b. 1865-d. 1915) / Robert D. Miller

Navajo health activist and educator : Annie Dodge Wauneka (b. 1910-d. 1997) / Brendan Lindsay

Activism through medicine : Lori Alvord (b. 1958-) / Jeffrey Allen Smith

Remembering what we always knew : Kahnawake community-based activist Terry Maresca, M.D. (b. 1958-) / Sarah Wolk FitzGerald

Activist centered healthcare : Beverly Patchell (b. 1951-) / Robert D. Miller

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Online version: Medicine, education, and the arts in contemporary Native America

ISBN:

9781666907025

1666907022

OCLC:

1286674173

Publisher Number:

40031069326