Title Confessions of an Iyeska / Viola Burnette.

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Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]

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Description	1 online resource
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Contents	Lakota beginnings -- Growing up on the farm -- Boarding school -- What means -- Religion's role -- Assimilation begins -- California, here I come -- Army life -- Time to grow -- The long road back -- Obstacles -- A paradigm shift -- Law school -- Searching for my future -- Return to the culture -- Living the dream -- Back to the people -- The work goes on -- Epilogue : hope for the future.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	"The memoirs of a Lakota woman who rose from humble beginnings, overcoming hardship to attain a prominent position as a judge, legal activist, and spokesperson for her people"--Provided by publisher.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Burnette, Viola, 1939-
	Lakota Indians -- Mixed descent -- United States -- Biography.
	Lakota Indians -- Mixed descent.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Lakota women -- United States -- Biography.
	Lakota women.
	Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
	Women lawyers.
	Indian judges -- United States -- Biography.
	Indian judges.
	Indian women activists -- United States -- Biography.
	Indian women activists.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Autobiographies.
	Autobiographies.
Other Form:	Print version: Burnette, Viola, 1939- Confessions of an Iyeska. Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018] 9781607816393 (DLC) 2018008704
ISBN	9781607816409 (electronic book)
	1607816407 (electronic book)
	9781607816393 (paperback)

Title Confessions of an Iyeska / Viola Burnette.

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