Native American Women's History
Women's role and women leaders in Native American communities. Resources for reading and research. Includes notable Native American women, from Pocahontas and Sacagawea (Sacajawea) to Zitkala-Sa to Wilma Mankiller, and many more.
A profile of Ellen Russell Emerson, writer in the 19th century about Native American myths and Native American legends.
A genre of American literature has been the Indian captivity narrative. In these stories, it's usually women who are kidnapped and held captive by American Indians. And the women who are taken captive are white women -- women of European descent.
A study guide for the American writer and friend of Emily Dickinson who wrote
entury of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with some of the Indian Tribes in 1881. Her novel
Ramona was a depiction of the injustice of white culture towards American Indians.
These Presbyterian sisters established a seminary, taught Euroamerican-style domestic skills, and struggled with federal agents and each other.
An online exhibit about Apache women, curated by Ernestine Cody, herself a Western Apachean woman. Includes information about women's lives and some profiles of notable Apache women.
Summary of the 1996 book by Sally Roesch Wagner, documenting the inspiration of the radical feminists by Native American women.
Study of girls in American history. One unit on an Alaskan Inuit girl. Good reading lists for children and general info too.
Travelers to America in 1820-1842 share their observations on the lives and the treatment of Native American women.
