A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection by North American Indian Women

by Beth Brant (Editor)

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"The single best source for experiencing the vibrancy and breadth of contemporary Indian women's writing"--Jacket.

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Beth Brant
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Allen, Paula Gunn (Contributor)
Anderson, Rosemary (Contributor)
Awiakta, Marilou (Contributor)
Belarde, Linda (Contributor)
Benally, Nan (Contributor)
Benedict, Salli (Contributor)
Bennett, Mary (Contributor)
Bowen, Alice (Contributor)
Cameron, Barbara (Contributor)
Chrystos (Contributor)
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth (Contributor)
Cooper, Karen (Contributor)
Cotrell, Gretchen (Contributor)
deClue, Charlotte (Contributor)
Endrezze-Danielson, Anita (Contributor)
Gallant, Emilie (Contributor)
Glancy, Diane (Contributor)
Gould, Janice (Contributor)
Hall, Elaine (Contributor)
Harjo, Joy (Contributor)
Harris, Merry (Contributor)
Hayes, Dorothy (Contributor)
Hogan, Linda (Contributor)
Isom, Joan Shaddox (Contributor)
Jones, Rosalie (Contributor)
Keams, Geraldine (Contributor)
Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore (Contributor)
LaDuke, Winona (Contributor)
LaForme, Audrey (Contributor)
LeBrasseur, Margot (Contributor)
Meyette, Terri (Contributor)
Moran, Mary (Contributor)
Naranjo-Morse, Nora (Contributor)
Northsun, Nila (Contributor)
Ouart, Share (Contributor)
Panek, Denise (Contributor)
Purevich, Edith (Contributor)
Randall, Lynn (Contributor)
Rendon, Marcie (Contributor)
Reyna, Diane (Contributor)
Rose, Wendy (Contributor)
Sadongei, Alice (Contributor)
Sanchez, Carol Lee (Contributor)
Seale, Doris (Contributor)
Shanley, Kate (Contributor)
Silk-Nauni, Rita (Contributor)
Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See (Introduction)
Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See (Contributor)
Souligny, Alice (Contributor)
Sumrall, Amber Coverdale (Contributor)
Swallow, Debra (Contributor)
Tallmountain, Mary (Contributor)
Tapahonso, Luci (Contributor)
Valerio, Anita (Contributor)
Walters, Anna Lee (Contributor)
Woody, Elizabeth (Contributor)

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Original publication date
1984
Dedication
For Anna Mae Aquash (Micmac) Born in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, in 1945. Activist, freedom fighter, mother. Died in Wanblee, South Dakota, in 1976. Raped, shot in the head, thrown down an embankment. During the time between ... (show all)her autopsy and the release of her body to her family, her hands were cut off and never recovered. She was a casualty of the war between the FBI and the Indian People.
Saralinda Grimes (Cherokee) Born in 1957. Lesbian, resister, organizer. Died in Tilden Park, Berkeley, California, in 1976, from an overdose of morphine and codeine. She was a casualty of the war against women, against gays, against the Indian People.
AND
All Indian women who have survived these wars and live to tell the tales.
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I want to write about what it means to put together an issue by North American Indian women.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We'll ask my brother to dance on it
until the wildness sings

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Fiction and Literature, Poetry
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810.8 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American literature in English Anthologies and Collections
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PS508 .I5 .G27 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature
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