DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH~
Carolyn Niethammer's DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH: THE LIVES AND LEGENDS OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN is another book you can use to engender your Native-American heroines. Let's see... Does your Native-American need to give birth? Do you understand variations in menarche and menopause customs among Native Americans? What do you know about elderly Native-American women and death? Check out this book's chapters on homemaking, empowerment, and women at war. You just might weave a strong picture that rings true for the educated reader as well as brings Native-American culture to life for others. Here's a bit of from the back cover...
"She was both guardian of the hearth and, on occasion, ruler and warrior... Frequently she enjoyed an open and joyous sexuality before marriage; if her marriage didn't work out she could divorce her husband by the mere act of returning to her parents... When she herself died was often shrouded in her wedding dress... Here are the birth rites of Caddo women from the Mississippi-Arkansas boreder... Here are the Apache puberty ceremonies that are still carried on today... Here are songs from the Night Dances of the Sioux, where girls clustered on one side of the lodge and boys congregated on the other... Here is the Shawnee legend of the Corn Person and of Our Grandmmother, the two female deities who ruled the earth."
The photography, legends, and quotes are enough to make this is must-possess collection of interviews with modern Native-American women and early anthropological studies and notes. ~Skhye
Dare to walk in their footsteps...
"FORBIDDEN ETERNITY ... spine-tingling suspense. The story is dynamite; it explodes off the pages and leaves you breathless for more." ~Tulip, LASR
"... a unique blend of mystic Medieval Gothic and romance…and a true blood-curdling thriller." THE SPELL OF THE KILLING MOON ~Snapdragon, LASR
"Arthur is a masterpiece..." HE OF THE FIERY SWORD's King Arthur ~Diane Mason; The Romance Studio
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"She was both guardian of the hearth and, on occasion, ruler and warrior... Frequently she enjoyed an open and joyous sexuality before marriage; if her marriage didn't work out she could divorce her husband by the mere act of returning to her parents... When she herself died was often shrouded in her wedding dress... Here are the birth rites of Caddo women from the Mississippi-Arkansas boreder... Here are the Apache puberty ceremonies that are still carried on today... Here are songs from the Night Dances of the Sioux, where girls clustered on one side of the lodge and boys congregated on the other... Here is the Shawnee legend of the Corn Person and of Our Grandmmother, the two female deities who ruled the earth."
The photography, legends, and quotes are enough to make this is must-possess collection of interviews with modern Native-American women and early anthropological studies and notes. ~Skhye
Dare to walk in their footsteps...
"FORBIDDEN ETERNITY ... spine-tingling suspense. The story is dynamite; it explodes off the pages and leaves you breathless for more." ~Tulip, LASR
"... a unique blend of mystic Medieval Gothic and romance…and a true blood-curdling thriller." THE SPELL OF THE KILLING MOON ~Snapdragon, LASR
"Arthur is a masterpiece..." HE OF THE FIERY SWORD's King Arthur ~Diane Mason; The Romance Studio
Time Guardian books in print
Time Guardian books in e-format
www.timeguardians.com
www.skhyemoncrief.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skhyemoncrief/
I've always found it interesting that Native American women had more rights than their European counterparts.
***Hence the reason for them being dehumanized--because they didn't fit the "ideal" mold of the Western civilization. The term civilization is so ridiculously biased. LOL. It's about as denigrating as the term "folk". Ugh. Don't get me started... Female captives who found a life among Native Americans weren't always thrilled about returning to colonial life. Hmmm. I wonder why!!!
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Sounds like a truly interesting book. I'm not a writer, but have a collection of books on Native American culture, crafts, and folk tales.
***Thanks, Pat. This book is truly an academic read for grad students.
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