Cherokee Women in Crisis: Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907

by Carolyn Ross Johnston

Book Overview

Explains how traditional Cherokee women's roles were destabilized, modified, recovered, and in some ways strengthened during three periods of great turmoil

American Indian women have traditionally played vital roles in social hierarchies at the family, clan, and tribal levels. In the Cherokee Nation, specifically, women and men are considered equal contributors to the culture. With this study, however, we learn that three key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081735056X
• ISBN13: 9780817350567
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"