Iroquoian Women: The Gantowisas
- ISBN-10
- 0820441538
- ISBN-13
- 9780820441535
- Category
- Iroquoian women
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Author
- Barbara Alice Mann
Description
A specialist in the history and culture of the Iroquois, Mann (U. of Toledo, Ohio) explains that gantowisas means not just a woman, but a woman acting in her official capacity as fire-keeper, faith-keeper, gift-giver, leader, counselor, judge, and Mother of the People. She draws on early and modern, oral and written sources to present a native American perspective, paying as much attention to the analysis as the facts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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