ABSTRACT
This A-Z reference contains 275 biographical entries on Native American women, past and present, from many different walks of life. Written by more than 70 contributors, most of whom are leading American Indian historians, the entries examine the complex and diverse roles of Native American women in contemporary and traditional cultures. This new edition contains 32 new entries and updated end-of-article bibliographies. Appendices list entries by area of woman's specialization, state of birth, and tribe; also includes photos and a comprehensive index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |25 pages
A
entry |1 pages
Abeita, Louise
entry |2 pages
Abeyta, Pablita
entry |1 pages
Ackerman, Maria Joseph
entry |1 pages
Ahenakew, Freda
entry |2 pages
Ainse, Sally
entry |1 pages
Akers, Donna L.
entry |2 pages
Alberty, Eliza Missouri Bushyhead
entry |2 pages
Allen, Elsie
entry |2 pages
Allen, Minerva
entry |4 pages
Allen, Paula Gunn
entry |1 pages
Anahereo
entry |2 pages
Anauta
entry |2 pages
Anderson, Mabel Washbourne
entry |2 pages
Anderson, Owanah
entry |2 pages
Aquash, Anna Mae Pictou
entry |2 pages
Aquino, Ella Pierre
entry |1 pages
Archambault, Joallyn
entry |2 pages
Armstrong, Jeannette
entry |2 pages
Arrington, Ruth
entry |1 pages
Arthur, Claudeen Bates
entry |2 pages
Ashevak, Kenojuak
entry |2 pages
Ashoona, Pitseolak
entry |1 pages
Awashonks
entry |2 pages
Awiakta, Marilou
entry |1 pages
Ayoungman, Vivian
letter |34 pages
B
entry |1 pages
Bahe, Liz Sohappy
entry |1 pages
Baker, Marie Annharte
entry |2 pages
Bell, Betty Louise
entry |2 pages
Bennett, Kay Curley
entry |2 pages
Bennett, Ramona
entry |2 pages
Big Eyes
entry |1 pages
Bighorse, Tiana
entry |2 pages
Billie, Susie
entry |2 pages
Bird, Gail
entry |2 pages
Bird, Gloria
entry |2 pages
Bird, Joanne
entry |1 pages
Black Bear, Matilda
entry |1 pages
Blackgoat, Roberta
entry |3 pages
Blackstone, Tsianina Redfeather
entry |2 pages
Blaeser, Kimberly M.
entry |2 pages
Blue Legs
entry |3 pages
Bonnin, Gertrude Simmons
entry |3 pages
Bordeaux, Shirley
entry |2 pages
Brant, Beth
entry |2 pages
Brant, Molly
entry |2 pages
Brass, Eleanor
entry |2 pages
Brave Bird, Mary
entry |2 pages
Brigham, Besmilr Moore
entry |2 pages
Brink, Jeanne
entry |2 pages
Broker, Ignatia
entry |2 pages
Bronson, Ruth Muskrat
entry |1 pages
Brown, Catharine
entry |1 pages
Brown, Emily Ivanoff
entry |3 pages
Buffalo Bird Woman
entry |2 pages
Burns, Diane M.
entry |1 pages
Burton, Jimalee Chitwood
letter |22 pages
C
entry |1 pages
Callahan, Sophia Alice
entry |2 pages
Campbell, Maria
entry |1 pages
Cardiff, Gladys
entry |1 pages
Carius, Helen Slwooko
entry |2 pages
Carlo, Poldine Demoski
entry |1 pages
Child, Brenda J.
entry |2 pages
Chona, Maria
entry |2 pages
Chouteau, Yvonne
entry |2 pages
Chrystos
entry |1 pages
Cleghorn, Mildred Imoch
entry |2 pages
Clements, Susan Deer Cloud
entry |2 pages
Cobb, Isabelle
entry |2 pages
Cochran, Jo Whitehorse
entry |2 pages
Coocoochee
entry |3 pages
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth
entry |3 pages
Cordero, Helen Quintana
entry |1 pages
Covington, Lucy Freidlander
entry |2 pages
Crying Wind
entry |2 pages
Cuero, Delfina
entry |3 pages
Culleton, Beatrice
entry |2 pages
Cuny, Sister Genevieve
letter |15 pages
D
entry |1 pages
Dahteste
entry |2 pages
Dat-So-La-Lee
entry |2 pages
Dauenhauer, Nora Marks
entry |2 pages
Davidson, Florence Edenshaw
entry |2 pages
De Clue, Charlotte
entry |3 pages
Deer, Ada
entry |3 pages
Deloria, Ella Cara
entry |1 pages
Dick, Lena Frank
entry |3 pages
Dietz, Angel DeCora
entry |2 pages
Dixon, Lorena Lucille Majel
entry |2 pages
Dixon, Patricia A.
entry |2 pages
Dorion Woman
letter |6 pages
E
entry |1 pages
Eaton, Rachel Caroline
entry |2 pages
Endrezze, Anita
entry |1 pages
Erdrich, Angie
entry |2 pages
Erdrich, Heid E.
entry |3 pages
Erdrich, Louise
entry |1 pages
Evans, Mary Augusta Tappage
letter |6 pages
F
entry |1 pages
Fife, Connie
entry |3 pages
Folwell, Jody
entry |1 pages
Francisco, Nia
entry |1 pages
Freeman, Minnie Aodla
entry |2 pages
French, Alice
entry |2 pages
Fry, Maggie Ann Culver
letter |7 pages
G
entry |2 pages
Glancy, Diane
entry |2 pages
Gonzales, Rose
entry |2 pages
Goose, Mary
entry |2 pages
Gould, Janice May
entry |2 pages
Green, Rayna Diane
entry |2 pages
Greene, Alma
letter |27 pages
H
entry |2 pages
Hail, Raven
entry |3 pages
Hailstone, Vivien
entry |2 pages
Hale, Janet Campbell
entry |1 pages
Hampton, Carol Cussen McDonald
entry |2 pages
Hardin, Helen Bagshaw
entry |3 pages
Harjo, Joy
entry |2 pages
Harjo, Suzan Shown
entry |2 pages
Harnar, Nellie Shaw
entry |2 pages
Harris, Ladonna
entry |2 pages
Hatch, Viola
entry |1 pages
Henry, Jeannette
entry |2 pages
Heth, Charlotte Anne Wilson
entry |2 pages
Highwalking, Belle
entry |2 pages
Hilbert, Vi
entry |2 pages
Hilden, Patricia Penn
entry |2 pages
Hill, Joan
entry |4 pages
Hogan, Linda
entry |2 pages
Hopkins, Sarah Winnemucca
entry |2 pages
Horn, Kahn-Tineta
entry |2 pages
Howe, Leanne
entry |2 pages
Hungry Wolf, Beverly
entry |1 pages
Hunter, Mary Jo Brooks
letter |3 pages
I
entry |1 pages
Ignacio, Carmella
entry |2 pages
Indian Emily
entry |2 pages
Isom, Joan Shaddox
letter |13 pages
J
entry |1 pages
Jarvis, Rosie
entry |2 pages
Jemison, Alice Lee
entry |2 pages
Jennings, Vanessa
entry |1 pages
Jimulla, Viola Pelhame
entry |3 pages
Joe, Rita
entry |2 pages
John, Mary
entry |2 pages
Johnson, Emily Pauline
entry |2 pages
Johnston, Verna Patronella
entry |2 pages
Jones, Rosalie Mae
entry |2 pages
Juana Maria
entry |2 pages
Jumper, Betty Mae
entry |3 pages
Juneau, Josette
letter |11 pages
K
entry |2 pages
Kavena, Juanita Tiger
entry |1 pages
Keams, Geraldine
entry |3 pages
Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore
entry |1 pages
Kegg, Maude Mitchell
entry |1 pages
Kellogg, Laura Cornelius
entry |2 pages
Kidwell, Clara S.
entry |2 pages
Kilpatrick, Anna Gritts
entry |2 pages
Kimball, Yeffe
entry |2 pages
Kirkness, Verna J.
entry |2 pages
Krepps, Ethel C.
letter |15 pages
L
entry |2 pages
Laduke, Winona
entry |2 pages
Laflesche Farley, Rosalie
entry |3 pages
Laflesche Picotte, Susan
entry |2 pages
Laflesche Picotte Diddock, Marguerite
entry |2 pages
Laflesche Tibbles, Susette
entry |2 pages
Laroque, Emma
entry |2 pages
Lavell, Jeannette
entry |2 pages
Lawson, Roberta Campbell
entry |2 pages
Lewis, Lucy
entry |1 pages
Little Coyote, Bertha
entry |1 pages
Littleman, Alice
entry |2 pages
Loloma, Otellie
entry |1 pages
Lone Dog, Louise
entry |2 pages
Lowry, Annie
entry |2 pages
Lozen
letter |23 pages
M
entry |2 pages
Malinche
entry |2 pages
Mankiller, Wilma
entry |2 pages
Mann, Henri
entry |2 pages
Maracle, Lee
entry |2 pages
Martinez, Maria Montoya
entry |1 pages
Mayo, Sarah Jim
entry |1 pages
McCloud, Janet
entry |2 pages
McCoy, Melody L.
entry |2 pages
McDaniel, Wilma Elizabeth
entry |2 pages
McKay, Mabel
entry |3 pages
Medicine, Beatrice A.
entry |2 pages
Medicine Flower, Grace
entry |2 pages
Medicine Snake Woman
entry |2 pages
Modesto, Ruby
entry |2 pages
Momaday, Natachee Scott
entry |2 pages
Morez, Mary
entry |2 pages
Mountain Wolf Woman
entry |3 pages
Mourning Dove
entry |2 pages
Musgrove, Mary
letter |9 pages
N
entry |1 pages
Naha, Paqua
entry |3 pages
Nampeyo
entry |1 pages
Nampeyo, Daisy Hooee
entry |3 pages
Naranjo-Morse, Nora
entry |1 pages
Navasie, Joy
entry |2 pages
Neakok, Sadie Brower
entry |2 pages
Nelson, Margaret F.
entry |1 pages
Netnokwa
entry |2 pages
northSun, nila
entry |1 pages
Nunez, Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw
letter |4 pages
O
entry |2 pages
Osceola, Laura Mae
entry |2 pages
Owen, Angie Reano
entry |1 pages
Owl Woman
letter |18 pages
P
entry |2 pages
Parker, Cynthia Ann
entry |2 pages
Parker, Julia F.
entry |2 pages
Parrish, Essie
entry |2 pages
Paul, Alice S.
entry |2 pages
Pavatea, Garnet
entry |2 pages
Pearson, Maria Darlene
entry |2 pages
Peña, Tonita
entry |2 pages
Peterson, Annie Miner
entry |1 pages
Peterson, Helen
entry |3 pages
Picotte, Agnes
entry |2 pages
Pinkerman-Uri, Connie Redbird
entry |2 pages
Pocahontas
entry |2 pages
Potts, Marie
entry |1 pages
Power, Susan
entry |3 pages
Pretty on Top, Jeanine
entry |2 pages
Pretty-Shield
entry |1 pages
Puzz, Anna
letter |2 pages
Q
entry |2 pages
Queen Anne of Pamunkey
letter |9 pages
R
entry |1 pages
Rand, Jacki
entry |2 pages
Red Shirt Shaw, Delphine
entry |2 pages
Robinson, Wungnema Rose
entry |1 pages
Roe Cloud, Elizabeth Bender
entry |2 pages
Roessel, Ruth W.
entry |3 pages
Rose, Wendy
entry |3 pages
Ross, Agnes Allen
entry |1 pages
Rousseau, Lorraine Mae
entry |2 pages
Running Eagle
letter |38 pages
S
entry |4 pages
Sacagawea
entry |2 pages
Sacred White Buffalo, Mother Mary Catherine
entry |2 pages
Saila, Pitaloosie
entry |2 pages
Sainte-Marie, Buffy
entry |2 pages
Sakiestewa, Ramona
entry |2 pages
Salabiye, Velma S.
entry |2 pages
Sanapia
entry |2 pages
Sanchez, Carol Lee
entry |2 pages
Saubel, Katherine Siva
entry |2 pages
Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston
entry |2 pages
Sears, Vickie
entry |2 pages
Sekaquaptewa, Helen
entry |2 pages
Shanley, Kathryn
entry |1 pages
Shaw, Anna Moore
entry |3 pages
Silko, Leslie Marmon
entry |2 pages
Sioui, Eleonore Marie
entry |2 pages
Sisk-Franco, Caleen A.
entry |2 pages
Skye, Ferial Deer
entry |3 pages
Slipperjack, Ruby
entry |1 pages
Smith, Barbara Elene
entry |2 pages
Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See
entry |3 pages
Smith, Kathleen R.
entry |2 pages
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk
entry |2 pages
Somersal, Laura
entry |2 pages
Stanley, Dorothy Amora
entry |2 pages
Steele, Lois Fister
entry |1 pages
Stewart, Irene
entry |2 pages
Stroud, Virginia
entry |3 pages
Sutton, Catherine
entry |1 pages
Swan, Madonna
entry |3 pages
Swentzell, Rina
letter |17 pages
T
entry |2 pages
Tallchief, Maria
entry |1 pages
Tallchief, Marjorie
entry |3 pages
Tallmountain, Mary
entry |2 pages
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys
entry |3 pages
Tapahonso, Luci
entry |3 pages
Tekakwitha, Kateri
entry |2 pages
Telles, Lucy Parker
entry |2 pages
The-Other-Magpie
entry |2 pages
Thorpe, Grace
entry |2 pages
Tiger, Winifred
entry |2 pages
Tohe, Laura
entry |2 pages
Tomassa
entry |2 pages
Tremblay, Gail
entry |2 pages
Tsupu
letter |5 pages
V
entry |1 pages
Vanderburg, Agnes
entry |3 pages
Velarde, Pablita
entry |2 pages
Venegas, Hildreth Marie Twostars
entry |2 pages
Volborth, Judith Mountain Leaf
letter |19 pages
W
entry |1 pages
Wallis, Velma
entry |2 pages
Walsh, Marnie
entry |2 pages
Walters, Anna Lee
entry |3 pages
Wanatee, Adeline
entry |2 pages
Ward, Nancy
entry |2 pages
Wauneka, Annie Dodge
entry |2 pages
Wetamoo
entry |2 pages
White, Elizabeth Q.
entry |2 pages
White, Madeline Melba
entry |2 pages
Whiteman, Roberta Hill
entry |2 pages
Williams, Alice Cling
entry |2 pages
Winnie, Lucille Jerry
entry |2 pages
Witt, Shirley Hill
entry |1 pages
Wittstock, Laura Waterman
entry |1 pages
Wolf, Helen Pease
entry |2 pages
Woman Chief
entry |2 pages
Woody, Elizabeth
entry |2 pages
Wright, Muriel Hazel
entry |2 pages
Wynne, Mary T.
letter |2 pages
Z
entry |2 pages
Zepeda, Ofelia
entry |1 pages
Zuni, Flora
