| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 425 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Empowerment of North American Indian Girls is an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at Native ideas about human development and puberty. Many North American Indian cultures regard the transition from childhood to adulthood as a pivotal and potentially vulnerable phase of life and have accordingly devised coming-of-age rituals to affirm traditional values and community support for its members. Such rituals are a positive and enabling social force in many modern Native communities whose younger generations are wrestling with substance abuse, mental health problems, suicide, and school dropout. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs. |
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Indian girls -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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Indian girls. |
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Puberty rites -- United States.
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Puberty rites. |
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United States -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Markstrom, Carol A. Empowerment of North American Indian girls. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 9780803232570 (DLC) 2007028811 (OCoLC)155756699 |
| ISBN |
9780803216211 (electronic book) |
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0803216211 (electronic book) |
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1281241350 |
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9781281241351 |
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9780803232570 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803232578 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611241353 |
| Sudoc No. |
U5002 T235 -2008 |
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