We Are Dancing for You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women's Coming-of-Age Ceremonies

by Cutcha Risling Baldy

Book Overview

"I am here. You will never be alone. We are dancing for you." So begins Cutcha Risling Baldy's deeply personal account of the revitalization of the women's coming-of-age ceremony for the Hoopa Valley Tribe. At the end of the twentieth century, the tribe's Flower Dance had not been fully practiced for decades. The women of the tribe, recognizing the critical importance of the tradition, undertook its revitalization using the memories of elders and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295743441
• ISBN13: 9780295743448
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher