Empowerment of North American Indian girls

Markstrom, Carol A.

Empowerment of North American Indian girls ritual expressions at puberty / [electronic resource] : Carol A. Markstrom. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008. - xiii, 425 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index.

Contextual and methodological considerations -- Contemporary youth concerns in historical perspective -- North American Indian perspectives on human development -- Menstruation, cosmology, and feminism -- Historical overview of coming-of-age practices -- The Apache Sunrise Dance -- Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Dance -- Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa puberty customs -- Broader perspectives on coming-of-age.


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Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
Indian girls--Social life and customs.--United States
Puberty rites--United States.


United States--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

E98.S7 / M24 2008eb

973.04/97