| Description |
238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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eth Indians of North America lcsh |
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eth American Indians ericd |
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eth Indians, North American mesh |
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nat Americans lcdgt |
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gdr Women lcdgt |
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Twentieth century lcsh |
| Note |
Originally published: Rockland, Me. : Sinister Wisdom Books, 1984. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234). |
| Contents |
The mother of us all / drawing by Jaune Quick-To-See Smith -- Artifact / poem by Edith Purevich -- Owl woman / poem by Amber Coverdale Sumrall -- The one who skins cats / poem by Paula Gunn Allen -- Thanksgiving dinner during pelting season (1957) / poem by Mary Moran -- New shoes / narrative by Linda Hogan -- Blanket shawl / painting by Alice Souligny -- I am not the woman I am / poem by Diane Glancy -- Trading post--Winslow, Arizona / poem by Terri Meyette -- A white man's word / narrative by Debra Swallow -- Letter to the Little Shell / poem by Gretchen Cotrell -- Drawing / by Kawennotakie (Salli Benedict) -- What Frank, Martha and I know about the desert / poem by Alice Sadongei -- To the spirit of Monahsetah / poem by Charlotte DeClue -- The Indian women are listening : to the nuke devils / poem by Wendy Rose -- Grandma's story / narrative by Lynn Randall -- Celebration 1982 / poem by Terri Meyette -- "They always come back" / interview with Winona LaDuke -- Dispossessed / poem by Janice Gould -- Canyon day woman blues, woman III / poem by Geraldine Keams -- A family matter / narrative by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn -- Letter from prison / by Share Ouart -- Woman warrior / drawing by Juane Quick-To-See Smith -- Circumstance / poem by Alice Bowen -- Canada's natural resource / essay by Midnight Sun -- I picked up your cast away hide / poem by Mary Moran -- evelyn searching / poem by Denise Panek -- Returning / poem by Kate Shanley -- The trees along the river / poem by Luci Tapahonso -- The lamp in the window / narrative by Audrey LaForme -- Photograph and statement / by Rosalie Jones (Daystar) -- Cells ; My girlfriend : 2 poems / by Mary Bennett. |
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Dance a ghost / poem by Chrystos -- Sideshow : Julia the Lion Woman/the ugliest woman in the world / poem by Wendy Rose -- Photograph of St John's Indian School, Cheyenne River, South Dakota -- A long story / narrative by Beth Bryant -- Mother with child / poem by Lenore Keeshig-Tobias -- For Shirley / poem by Denise Panek -- Ina, 1979 / poem by Bea Medicine -- Urban dwellers / narrative by Kateri Sardella -- The mother / drawing by Juane Quick-To-See Smith -- The young warrior / poem by Gayle Two Eagles -- Navajo sings / poem by Nan Benally -- (a found poem) / Lenore Keeshig-Tobias -- Amazons in Appalachia / essay by Marilou Awiakta -- Pow wow pictures / photographs by Nila NorthSun -- Pow wow / poem by Vickie Sears -- the 49 / poem by Nila NorthSun -- Oklahoma Rt 66 ; Witchcraft ; Witchcraft woman : 3 poems / by Nora Naranjo-Morse -- The Devil and Sister Lena / narrative by Anna Lee Walters -- I'm making you up / poem by Chrystos -- Spider dream ; Spider, world-spinner : 2 poems / by Elaine Hall -- Tintype from the collection of Joy Harjo -- October morning walk / poem by Anita Endrezze-Danielson -- From the Salt Lake City airport--82 / poem by Joy Harjo -- Barbara / poem by Mary Moran -- Sex, class and race intersections/visions of women of color / speech by Carol Lee Sanchez -- His half-breed wife / poem by Doris Seale -- Real people ; Green corn festival : 2 poems / by Merry Harris -- stories from the res. / poem by Nila North Sun -- Precious bits of family / poem by Linda Belarde -- My wild birds flying / a sequence by Mary TallMountain -- An Oregon story ; The caves : 2 poems / by Janice Gould -- Wild turnips / narrative by Barbara Cameron -- reservation girls / poem by Nila NorthSun -- Sweet grass is around her / poem by Salli Benedict -- Drawings ; & Self-portrait / Juane Quict-To-See Smith. |
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White breast flats / narrative by Emilie Gallant -- Rug of woven magic / poem by Nan Benally -- Poem ; & Drawing / by Chrystos -- "You smell like grandma's beads" / poem by Elizabeth Woody -- A short autobiography / narrative by Dorothy Hayes -- Woman's head / sculpture by Dorothy Hayes -- A song for healing / poem by Margot LeBrasseur -- Canyon day woman blues, woman VII / poem by Geraldine Keams -- Well you caught me unprepared / poem by Wendy Rose -- Thoughts on Indian feminism / essay by Kate Stanley -- Keep a dime / poem by Debra Swallow -- A breeze swept through / poem by Luci Tapahonso -- this woman that I am becoming / poem by Marcie R. Rendon -- Tremolo / poem by Joan Shaddox Isom -- A Native woman--1982 / poem by Karen Cooper -- Pencil self-portrait / drawing by Rosemary Anderson -- I am listening : a lyric of roots / poem by Anita Valerio -- Woman / poem by Chrystos. |
| Summary |
"The single best source for experiencing the vibrancy and breadth of contemporary Indian women's writing"--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Indian women -- Literary collections.
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Indians of North America -- Literary collections.
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American literature -- Indian authors.
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Canadian literature -- Indian authors.
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American literature -- Women authors.
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Canadian literature -- Women authors.
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American literature -- 20th century.
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Canadian literature -- 20th century.
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Women -- Literary collections.
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American literature. (OCoLC)fst00807113
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American literature -- Indian authors.
(OCoLC)fst00807179
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American literature -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst00807271
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Canadian literature. (OCoLC)fst00845111
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Canadian literature -- Indian authors.
(OCoLC)fst00845127
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Canadian literature -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst00845155
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Indian women. (OCoLC)fst00969245
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Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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| Genre/Form |
Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Literature.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Brant, Beth, 1941-2015 editor.
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| ISBN |
0932379567 (alk. paper) |
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9780932379566 (alk. paper) |
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0932379559 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780932379559 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
