indian women

Presents a collection of essays that profile the lives of over three hundred Native American Indians in history including religious, social, and political leaders, warriors, and reformers, as well as artists, writers, entertainers, athletes, and scientists.

Profiles Native Americans who had significant impact on the histories of their own nations, and in the history of the United States and Canada, through their roles as interpreters, guides, warriors, and peacemakers.

A brief account of the life of the Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

On cover: . . . the lives and art of hundreds of women artists who have enriched our heritage since the beginnings of American history.

Profiles the lives of nine Indians who played a significant role in American history.

Includes sixteen stories that celebrate the passage from girlhood to womanhood.

A saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardship and torn by angry secrets, yet joined by the indissoluble bonds of kinship.

Discusses the place of colonial women in the home, the workplace, in Native American communities, and as slaves and servants, and examines their roles as activists and leaders in the church and the community.

Examines the lives of some of the great women of the Old West, including Native Americans, African-Americans, Spanish settlers, and pioneers; and includes photographs and engravings, a glossary, listings of important dates and people, and an index.