Post by blackcrowheart on Mar 24, 2006 9:58:55 GMT -5
Native Women (history)
Note: Very long article, only abstract follows, for full article, go
to:
www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1809545.php
American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
by Donna Hightower Langston Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2006 at 10:20 AM
Abstract: This article will focus on the role of women in three red
power events: the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Fish-in movement,
and the occupation at Wounded Knee. Men held most public roles at
Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, even though women were the numerical majority
at Wounded Knee. Female elders played a significant role at Wounded
Knee, where the occupation was originally their idea. In contrast to
these two occupations, the public leaders of the Fish-in movement were
women—not an untraditional role for women of Northwest Coastal tribes.
Note: Very long article, only abstract follows, for full article, go
to:
www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1809545.php
American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
by Donna Hightower Langston Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2006 at 10:20 AM
Abstract: This article will focus on the role of women in three red
power events: the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Fish-in movement,
and the occupation at Wounded Knee. Men held most public roles at
Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, even though women were the numerical majority
at Wounded Knee. Female elders played a significant role at Wounded
Knee, where the occupation was originally their idea. In contrast to
these two occupations, the public leaders of the Fish-in movement were
women—not an untraditional role for women of Northwest Coastal tribes.