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Daughters of the Earth Paperback - 1995

by Carolyn Niethammer


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She was both guardian of the hearth and, on occasion, ruler and warrior, leading men into battle, managing the affairs of her people, sporting war paint as well as necklaces and earrings--she is the Native American woman. She built houses and ground corn, wove blankets and painted pottery, played field hockey and rode racehorses. Frequently she enjoyed an open and joyous sexuality before marriage; if her marriage didn't work out she could divorce her husband by the mere act of returning to her parents. She mourned her dead by tearing her clothes and covering herself with ashes, and when she herself died was often shrouded in her wedding dress. She was our native sister, the American Indian woman, and it is of her life and lore that Carolyn Niethammer writes in this rich tapestry of America's past and present. Here, as it unfolded, is the chronology of the Native American woman's life. Here are the birth rites of Caddo women from the Mississippi-Arkansas border, who bore their children alone by the banks of rivers and then immersed themselves and their babies in river water; here are Apache puberty ceremonies that are still carried on today, when the cost for the celebrations can run anywhere from one to six thousand dollars. Here are songs from the Night Dances of the Sioux, where girls clustered on one side of the lodge and boys congregated on the other; here is the Shawnee legend of the Corn Person and of Our Grandmother, the two female deities who ruled the earth. Far from the submissive, downtrodden "squaw" of popular myth, the Native American woman emerges as a proud, sometimes stoic, always human individual from whom those who came after can learn much. At a time when many contemporary American women are seeking alternatives to a lifestyle and role they have outgrown, Daughters of the Earth offers us an absorbing--and illuminating--legacy of dignity and purpose.

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When the North American continent was younger and wild animals and dark mysteries still inhabited the woods and the plains and the mountains, women usually gathered unto themselves for the ritual of birth.

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Here, as it unfolded, is the chronology of the native American women's life. Far from the downtrodden, submissive 'squaw' of popular myth, the native American women emerges as a proud, sometimes stoic, always human individual from whom those who came after her can learn much.

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  • Title Daughters of the Earth
  • Author Carolyn Niethammer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 450
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date 1995-12-01
  • ISBN 9780684829555 / 068482955X
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.77 x 6.78 x 0.61 in (24.82 x 17.22 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Social life and, Indian women - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.049

About the author

Carolyn Niethammer is the author of books on Native Americans, including Daughters of the Earth, A Desert Feast, I'll Go and Do More, Cooking the Wild Southtwest, and American Indian Cooking. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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