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Title Native women : changing their worlds / Patricia J. Cutright.
Author Cutright, Patricia J., author.
Publication Info. Summertown, TN : 7th Generation Native Voices, [2021]
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Location Call No. Status
 North Orange  305.4889 CUT    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  305.4889 CUT    Check Shelves
 Windermere  305.4889 CUT    Check Shelves
Description x, 117 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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still image sti rdacontent
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Age group Early Adolescents ericd
Series Native trailblazers series
Native trailblazers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-115).
Contents Introduction -- Ashley Callingbull Burnham: Enoch Cree Nation -- Henrietta Mann, PhD: Southern Cheyenne -- Ruth Anna Buffalo: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation -- Elouise Pepion Cobell: Blackfeet -- Loriene Roy, PhD: Anishinabe, White Earth Reservation -- Sharice Lynette Davids: Ho-Chunk Nation -- Robert Jamieson: Kanyen'kehà:ka, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory -- Deb Haaland: Pueblo of Laguna -- Elsie Marie Knott: Mississauga Ojibwe -- Mary Golda Ross: Cherokee -- Heather Dawn Thompson: Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux -- Emily Washines: Yakama Nation with Cree and Skokomish lineage.
Summary "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 12 7th Generation.
Grades 7-9 7th Generation.
Subject Indian women activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Indian activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Indian women -- Political activity -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination -- Political aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Sex discrimination against women -- Political aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Women political activists -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Political activists -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Indian women activists -- Biography.
Indian activists -- Biography.
Indian women -- Political activity -- 21st century.
Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- 21st century.
Ethnic relations.
Race discrimination -- Political aspects.
Sex discrimination against women -- Political aspects.
Women political activists -- 21st century.
Political activists -- 21st century.
Women -- Biography.
Indian women activists.
Native American women -- North America.
Women activists.
Women.
Activists.
Native American women -- North America -- Biography.
Women activists -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Activists -- Biography.
Genre Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies.
Added Author Burnham, Ashley Callingbull.
Mann, Henrietta, 1934-
Buffalo, Ruth Anna.
Cobell, Elouise.
Roy, Loriene.
Davids, Sharice, 1980-
Jamieson, Roberta.
Haaland, Debra A., 1960-
Knott, Elsie Marie.
Ross, Mary Golda, 1908-2008.
Thompson, Heather Dawn.
Washines, Emily.
ISBN 9781939053329 paperback : $9.95
1939053323 paperback
9781713762027 hardcover
1713762021 hardcover