Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder : The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian / edited by Nancy Oestreich Lurie ; foreword by Ruth Underhill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984, writer of foreword.

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich, editor.

Series:

Ann Arbor paperbacks.

Ann Arbor paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Mountain Wolf Woman, 1884-1960.

Mountain Wolf Woman.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Biographies

Autobiographies

autobiographies (literary genre)

Biography.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white), portraits

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1966.

Summary:

"This is the life story of a Winnebago Indian woman as told in her own words to her adopted kinswoman, Nancy Lurie. Spanning seventy-five years, Mountain Wolf Woman's autobiography is a candid account of how one American Indian woman lived through a period of cultural crisis. She tells of her childhood in Wisconsin, her brief stay at a mission school, her marriage to "Bad Soldier", and her religious experiences with peyote. This book is a valuable companion to the story of Mountain Wolf Woman's brother, immortalized by Paul Radin in Crashing Thunder. It is also a unique introduction to a warm and engaging human being"--Back cover

Contents:

Earliest recollections

Livelihood

Growing up

Marriage

Conversion to peyote

We live at Black River Falls

Medicines and a vision

Children and grandchildren

Appendix. First versions of Mountain Wolf Woman's autobiography

Commentary by Nancy Oestreich Lurie

Pronunciation guide.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-472-90560-0

OCLC:

1535173409

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access