Sister Nations: Native American Women Writing on Community
This lively and accessible anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laura Tohe have gathered stories from across the nation that celebrate, record, and explore Native American women's roles in community. The end result is a rich and heartfelt tapestry that contains work by established writers along with emerging and first-time authors.
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Although including some fiction and a few essays, the majority of this collection presents poetry. All of the contributions are written by Native American women and in some way reflect on the relations of women to their community. The writings reflect on transformation in the female experience, the theme of inner strength, reactions to stereotypes and simplified images, or love and sex. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, ORLibrary JournalIn this anthology, 49 women share their experiences as Native Americans through poetry, essays, and short fiction. Divided into four sections "Changing Women," "Strong Hearts," "New Age Pocahontas," and "In the Arms of the Skies" the selections focus on the centrality of the Native experience. Writers including Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, and Roberta Hill tell of harsh mothers, gentle mothers, drunken fathers, strong fathers, and children growing up in a white world. The range of the collection is represented by the titles "First Woman," "Shadow Sisters," "Piece Quilt: An Autobiography," "Red Hawk Woman," "Grandmother, Salish Mathematician," and "The Frybread Queen," among others. The end material includes brief biographies of each contributor and information about the tribes they represent. These are strong, well-written stories of very real experiences and emotions. Recommended for all types of libraries. Sue Samson, Univ. of Montana Lib., Missoula Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
ForewordIntroductionAcknowledgmentsSleepwalker5First Woman8Shadow Sisters10A Woman's Old Age14Piece Quilt: An Autobiography15Welcome to the Land of Ma'am23Picking Indian Tea26Craving: First Month28She Dances29In the Fields30Choctalking on Other Realities35Stitch upon Stitch50Sipping51One at a Time54Term57Limp Strings59Red Hawk Woman61Vicks63A Cousin from California Shows Up at My House, the First Time in Thirty Years67Doe Season68The Shawl70Anna Ghostdancer78Conjure79Long Division80Chi-Ko-ko-koho and the Boarding School Prefect82Mother's Love84Tough Audience96Brother's Passing97Close to Bone99In Dinetah100In Memory of Shame105Her Pocahontas110Butter Maiden and Maize Girl Survive Death Leap112Fleur-de-Lis114Untitled121Miracle122Ikwe Ishpiming133To the Woman Who Just Bought a Set of Native American Spirituality Dream Interpretation Cards134Grandmother, Salish Mathematician136Escape from the Rez on a Saturday Night137what's an indian woman to do?138The Frybread Queen140Love is Blind142Not Indian Enough143Alina in Kansas145after powwow147the one who got away153Emergence154Smile159The Great Spirit's Wife160The Abandoned Wife Gives Herself to the Lord161How to Get to the Planet Venus162Coyote Meets His Match177Husbands178Elegy for Bobby179The Power of Crushed Leaves181My Books & Your White Women183Is It Too Much to Ask?184The Big Rectangle186Tsoodzil, Mountain to the South187Ashkii Nizhoni189the way around losing you195Contributors197Information on Tribes219Notes226
\ From Barnes & NobleIn the Dakota tongue Minnetonka means "big waters," and there's no doubt that Minnesota's largest lake lives up to its name. From its early days as an Native American outpost and local fishing hideaway, to its 1880s grand hotel heydays, to its recent, heartwarming renaissance, Minnetonka brims with history. For this wondrous pictorial tribute, Wayzata resident James W. Ogland has utilized daguerreotypes, cartes de visite, stereoviews, view cards, and postcards (including some hand-tinted beauties.) One early travel manual boasted that "The long luxurious porches with their easy chairs and entrancing views cast a Circes' spell over time." Now time returns the favor.\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalIn this anthology, 49 women share their experiences as Native Americans through poetry, essays, and short fiction. Divided into four sections "Changing Women," "Strong Hearts," "New Age Pocahontas," and "In the Arms of the Skies" the selections focus on the centrality of the Native experience. Writers including Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, and Roberta Hill tell of harsh mothers, gentle mothers, drunken fathers, strong fathers, and children growing up in a white world. The range of the collection is represented by the titles "First Woman," "Shadow Sisters," "Piece Quilt: An Autobiography," "Red Hawk Woman," "Grandmother, Salish Mathematician," and "The Frybread Queen," among others. The end material includes brief biographies of each contributor and information about the tribes they represent. These are strong, well-written stories of very real experiences and emotions. Recommended for all types of libraries. Sue Samson, Univ. of Montana Lib., Missoula Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ BooknewsAlthough including some fiction and a few essays, the majority of this collection presents poetry. All of the contributions are written by Native American women and in some way reflect on the relations of women to their community. The writings reflect on transformation in the female experience, the theme of inner strength, reactions to stereotypes and simplified images, or love and sex. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
