Daughters of the Earth: The Lives and Legends of American Indian Women

by Carolyn Niethammer

Paperback, 1977

LCC

E98 W8 N53 1977

Description

Examines the life of American Indian women in all their variety from Apache coming of age ceremonies to Algonkian marriage taboos, childhood games of the Crows and old age among Chinook.

Publication

New York : Collier Books (1977)

Subjects

Indian women United States
Indians of North America Social life and customs

Tags

[American] Indian women--United States, Indigenous peoples of North America--Social life and customs

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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