03135nam 22006854a 450 991095680030332120200520144314.097866112413539781281241351128124135097808032162110803216211(CKB)1000000000483915(EBL)332861(OCoLC)476135474(SSID)ssj0000146346(PQKBManifestationID)11146593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146346(PQKBWorkID)10183248(PQKB)11250530(MiAaPQ)EBC332861(OCoLC)213060023(MdBmJHUP)muse11841(Au-PeEL)EBL332861(CaPaEBR)ebr10217001(CaONFJC)MIL124135(Perlego)4518973(EXLCZ)99100000000048391520070713d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmpowerment of North American Indian girls ritual expressions at puberty /Carol A. Markstrom1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20081 online resource (455 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780803232570 0803232578 Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index.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.Empowerment of North American Indian Girls is an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at Native ideas about human development and puberty. Many North American Indian cultures regard the transition from childhood to adulthood as a pivotal and potentially vulnerable phase of life and have accordingly devised coming-of-age rituals to affirm traditional values and community support for its members. Such rituals are a positive and enabling social force in many modern Native communities whose younger generations are wrestling Indians of North AmericaSocial life and customsIndian girlsUnited StatesSocial life and customsPuberty ritesUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial life and customsIndians of North AmericaSocial life and customs.Indian girlsSocial life and customs.Puberty rites973.04/97Markstrom Carol A1814756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956800303321Empowerment of North American Indian girls4368832UNINA