Oglala Women: Myth, Ritual, and Reality

by Marla N. Powers

Book Overview

Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Marla N. Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala woman. Despite the myth of the Euramerican that sees Oglala women as inferior to men, and the Lakota myth that seems them as superior, in reality, Powers argues, the roles of male and female emerge as complementary. In fact, she claims, Oglala women have been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226677494
• ISBN13: 9780226677491
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Awesome book Great Read

This book is great. There is so much history and such a great interest created by the author that you don't want to put it down. We used this book to help us better understand our daughters (by adoption) heritage. This was a great book that was well worth the time spent reading it.