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Empowerment of North American Indian girls [electronic resource] : ritual expressions at puberty / Carol A. Markstrom.

By: Markstrom, Carol A.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008Description: xiii, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.04/97 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.