Sifters: Native American Women's Lives

Table of contents

• Sifters *
• Title Page *
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Contributors ix
• Sifters *
• Introduction 3
• Notes *
• 1 - The Hostage Who Became Famous 14
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• 2 - Creating a New World 29
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• 3 - From Clan Mother to Loyalist Chief 48
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• 4 - The Making of a Myth 60
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• 5 - Cherokee Convert to Christianity 77
• Notes 90
• 6 - An Apache Woman Warrior 92
• Notes 107
• 7 - Gender and Cultural Mediation 108
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• 8 - For the Indian Cause 127
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• 9 - The Artful Activism of a Penobscot Performer 141
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• 10 - Crafting a Life, Transforming a Community 160
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• 11 - A Modern “Mother of the Nation” 175
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• 12 - A Native Woman's Life in the Borderlands 187
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• 13 - An American Indian Activist 204
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• 14 - Champion of Tribal Sovereignty 223
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• Further Reading - In Anthropology, History, and Literature 243
• Index 249

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