LEADER 03135nam 22006854a 450 001 9910956800303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611241353 010 $a9781281241351 010 $a1281241350 010 $a9780803216211 010 $a0803216211 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483915 035 $a(EBL)332861 035 $a(OCoLC)476135474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146346 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146593 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146346 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183248 035 $a(PQKB)11250530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC332861 035 $a(OCoLC)213060023 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL332861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217001 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL124135 035 $a(Perlego)4518973 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483915 100 $a20070713d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpowerment of North American Indian girls $eritual expressions at puberty /$fCarol A. Markstrom 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (455 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780803232570 311 08$a0803232578 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index. 327 $aContextual 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. 330 $aEmpowerment 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 606 $aIndians of North America$xSocial life and customs 606 $aIndian girls$zUnited States$xSocial life and customs 606 $aPuberty rites$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aIndians of North America$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aIndian girls$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aPuberty rites 676 $a973.04/97 700 $aMarkstrom$b Carol A$01814756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956800303321 996 $aEmpowerment of North American Indian girls$94368832 997 $aUNINA