Cherokee Women in Charge: Female Power and Leadership in American Indian Nations of Eastern North America
- ISBN-10
- 1476646384
- ISBN-13
- 9781476646381
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 245
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-03-14
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Karen Coody Cooper
Description
"What Richard Powers' The Overstory and Suzanne Simard's revolutionary Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest did for botanical science, Karen Coody Cooper does for social science and gender politics"—Robert Franklin, McFarland Founder and Editor-in-Chief ("my first book blurb in 45 years"). Cherokee women wielded significant power, and history demonstrates that in what is now America, indigenous women often bore the greater workload, both inside and outside the home. During the French and Indian War, Cherokee women resisted a chief's authority, owned family households, were skilled artisans, produced plentiful crops, mastered trade negotiations, and prepared chiefs' feasts. Cherokee culture was lost when the Cherokee Nation began imitating the American form of governance to gain political favor, and white colonists reduced indigenous women's power. This book recounts long-standing Cherokee traditions and their rich histories. It demonstrates Cherokee and indigenous women as independent and strong individuals through feminist and historical perspectives. Readers will find that these women were far ahead of their time and held their own in many remarkable ways.
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