Oglala Women
Title | Oglala Women PDF eBook |
Author | Marla N. Powers |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2010-01-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0226677508 |
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 better able to adapt to the dominant white culture and provide much of the stability and continuity of modern tribal life. This rich ethnographic portrait considers the complete context of Oglala life—religion, economics, medicine, politics, old age—and is enhanced by numerous modern and historical photographs. "It is a happy event when a fine scholarly work is rendered accessible to the general reader, especially so when none of the complexity of the subject matter is sacrificed. Oglala Women is a long overdue revisionary ethnography of Native American culture."—Penny Skillman, San Francisco Chronicle Review "Marla N. Powers's fine study introduced me to Oglala women 'portrayed from the perspectives of Indians,' to women who did not pity themselves and want no pity from others. . . . A brave, thorough, and stimulating book."—Melody Graulich, Women's Review of Books "Powers's new book is an intricate weaving . . . and her synthesis brings all of these pieces into a well-integrated and insightful whole, one which sheds new light on the importance of women and how they have adapted to the circumstances of the last century."—Elizabeth S. Grobsmith, Nebraska History
Oglala Women in Myth, Ritual, and Reality
Title | Oglala Women in Myth, Ritual, and Reality PDF eBook |
Author | Marla N. Powers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 672 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Violence Against Oglala Women is Not Lakota Tradition
Title | Violence Against Oglala Women is Not Lakota Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Marlin Mousseau |
Publisher | |
Pages | 43 |
Release | 200? |
Genre | Family violence |
ISBN |
The Power of the Land
Title | The Power of the Land PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Robertson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 2018-10-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317775961 |
Power of the Land is the first in-depth look at the past 120 years of struggle over the Oglala Lakota land base on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala Division of the Teton Dakota
Title | The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala Division of the Teton Dakota PDF eBook |
Author | James R. Walker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914, Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional lifeways of the Oglala Sioux.
Oglala Religion
Title | Oglala Religion PDF eBook |
Author | William K. Powers |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1982-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780803287068 |
Surveys past and present religious beliefs and practices of the Oglala Sioux, relating them to Oglala social and cultural identity and the preservation of that identity
Women and Ledger Art
Title | Women and Ledger Art PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Pearce |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 125 |
Release | 2013-06-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0816521042 |
Although ledger art has long been considered a male art form, Women and Ledger Art calls attention to the extraordinary achievements of four contemporary female Native artists—Sharron Ahtone Harjo (Kiowa), Colleen Cutschall (Oglala Lakota), Linda Haukaas (Sicangu Lakota), and Dolores Purdy Corcoran (Caddo). The book examines these women's interpretations of their artwork and their thoughts on tribal history and contemporary life.