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Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Marla N. Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala woman. Despite the myth of the Euramerican that sees Oglala women as inferior to men, and the Lakota myth that seems them as superior, in reality, Powers argues, the roles of male and female emerge as complementary. In fact, she claims, Oglala women have been...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226677494
ISBN13:9780226677491
Release Date:November 1988
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:258 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"
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This book is great. There is so much history and such a great interest created by the author that you don't want to put it down. We used this book to help us better understand our daughters (by adoption) heritage. This was a great book that was well worth the time spent reading it.
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