Empowerment of North American Indian girls : ritual expressions at puberty / / Carol A. Markstrom.

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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiii, 425 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.