indian women

Presents essays about nine Native Americans who have made positive contributions to the arts, politics, sports, and other aspects of life in the United States.

A biography of Sacagawea, the Native American woman who served as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark on their journey to the Pacific coast.

Shows how interaction with white colonists changed the lives of Native American women.

Provides biographies of over one hundred Native American women representing a broad range of endeavor including social activism, literature, government and politics, medicine, and the arts; and includes three subject indexes that list women by area of achievement, tribe, and decade of birth.

From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Huitzitzilin recounts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. As she relates her tale to Father Benito, she forces him to see the conquest through the eyes of the conquered.

Presents biographical sketches of 329 individuals in American Indian history, ranging from the arrival of European colonists in North America to the late twentieth century; arranged alphabetically, with a timeline, and tribal affiliation and general indexes.