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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Markstrom, Carol A. Empowerment of North American Indian girls. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 (OCoLC)608475120 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol A Markstrom |
| ISBN: | 9780803232570 0803232578 |
| OCLC Number: | 155756699 |
| Description: | xiii, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Contextual and methodological considerations -- Contemporary youth concerns in historical perspective -- North American Indian perspectives on human development -- Menstruation, cosmology, and feminism -- Historical overview of coming-of-age practices -- The Apache Sunrise Dance -- Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Dance -- Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa puberty customs -- Broader perspectives on coming-of-age. |
| Responsibility: | Carol A. Markstrom. |
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"Carol Markstrom's book is a notable contribution to the literature on women in North American Indian societies."--Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, "Journal of American Ethnic History"--Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox "Journal of American Ethnic History " Read more...
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- Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
- Indian girls -- United States -- Social life and customs.
- Puberty rites -- United States.
- United States -- Social life and customs.
- Mädchen.
- Pubertät.
- Übergangsritus.
- USA.
- Indianer.
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