Title:
Native women changing their worlds
Author:
Cutright, Patricia J., author.
ISBN:
9781939053329
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Physical Description:
117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Native trailblazers series
Native trailblazers.
Contents:
Introduction -- Ashley Callingbull Burnham: Enoch Cree Nation -- Henrietta Mann, PhD: Southern Cheyenne -- Ruth Anna Buffalo: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation -- Elouise Pepion Cobell: Blackfeet -- Loriene Roy, PhD: Anishinabe, White Earth Reservation -- Sharice Lynette Davids: Ho-Chunk Nation -- Robert Jamieson: Kanyen'kehà:ka, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory -- Deb Haaland: Pueblo of Laguna -- Elsie Marie Knott: Mississauga Ojibwe -- Mary Golda Ross: Cherokee -- Heather Dawn Thompson: Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux -- Emily Washines: Yakama Nation with Cree and Skokomish lineage.
Abstract:
"Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Ages 12 7th Generation.
Grades 7-9 7th Generation.
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