The Traditional Roles of Women in Leadership

By Vinny Rubio

This Book is a combination of life writing and literary analysis of select

oral stories regarding the leadership role of the woman in Blackfoot culture. I

discuss the leadership qualities of The Holy Woman, The Woman Chief/Warrior

and The Blackfoot Woman Storyteller and the importance of these identities for

contemporary Piikani Women. I explain traditional Blackfoot women's roles by

describing the connection between traditional women's roles, oral stories,

ceremonies, Blackfoot language, and the land. A literary analysis and a

comparison of the oral stories found in Percy Bullchild's The Sun Came Down:

The History of The World as My Blackfeet Elders Told It, Beverley Hungry Wolf's

The Ways of My Grandmothers, and Clark Wissler and D C Duvall's Mythology of

The Blackfoot Indians will demonstrate archetypal women in leadership roles,

and will show the origins of these traditional roles. The argument for this Book is

to encourage Piikani women to return to traditional Blackfoot roles for the

purpose of establishing traditional Blackfoot leadership to balance power

between women and men; create healthy communities; and empower future

generations of Piikani Women leaders.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CWBPM9JF
• ISBN13: 9798869196378
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Ruby Publisher
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"