Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The dawn of life: childbirth in native America -- The Indian child: growing and learning in early America -- From menarche to menopause: a time for taboos -- Sharing a life: from courtship through widowhood -- Making a home: women's economic role -- Women of power: leaders, doctors, and witches -- Women and war: helpers, fighters, victors and vanquished -- Time for fun: crafts and recreation -- Early sexual patterns: a normal part of nature -- Religion and spirituality: a constant reality -- Completion of the cycle: old women and death -- Notes -- Annotated bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Examines the life of American Indian women in all their variety from Apache coming of age ceremonies to Algonkian marriage taboos, childhood games of the Crows and old age among Chinook.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Daughters of the earth.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Indian women-- United States.
Indians of North America-- Social life and customs.
Indiennes d'Amérique-- Amérique du Nord.
Indiens d'Amérique-- Amérique du Nord-- Mœurs et coutumes.
Indian women.
Indianen.
Indians of North America-- Social life and customs.