Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native American Women

by Nancy Shoemaker (Editor)

Negotiators of Change covers the history of ten tribal groups including the Cherokee, Iroquois and Navajo -- as well as tribes with less known histories such as the Yakima, Ute, and Pima-Maricopa. The book contests the idea that European colonialization led to a loss of Native American women's power, and instead presents a more complex picture of the adaption to, and subversion of, the economic changes introduced by Europeans. The essays also discuss the changing meainings of motherhood, women's roles and differing gender ideologies within this context.

Genres: History, Indigenous, Nonfiction

242 pages, Hardcover

First published December 14, 1994

Reviews

[birdmaddgirl]

an excellent group of essays on feminine roles in various tribal cultures. REALLY well written stuff.

[Allison6876]

used for gender roles paper for AMIN 3301