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Main Title I Am the Fire of Time : The Voices of Native American Women /
Author Katz, Jane B.
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Katz, Jane B.,
Publisher E.P. Dutton,
Year Published 1977
OCLC Number 03588149
ISBN 0525474757; 9780525474753
Subjects Indigenous women--North America--Literary collections ; Indian women--North America ; Indians of North America--Literary collections ; Indian women--Literary collections ; American literature--Indian authors ; Indian literature--North America
Additional Subjects Indians of North America--Women ; American literature--Indian authors ; Indian literature
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EKBM  E98.W8I2 1977 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/27/2007
Edition 1st ed.
Collation xix, 201 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Contents Notes
"Jane Katz, author of We Rode the Wind: Recollections of 19th Century Plains Tribal Life and Let Me Be a Free Man: A Documentary History of Indian Resistance, has now given us a unique anthology, the first collection of writings by Native American women. I Am the Fire of Time contains almost 90 examples of their songs, poetry, prose, prayer, narrative, and oral history, which describe their everyday environment: the earth's past beauty and harmony, marriages and children, their roots and tribal history. Indian oral literature - the poetry as well as the prose - belies the popular stereotype of the native woman as a beast of burden. In fact, the Native American woman fulfilled a multitude of functions essential to the life of the tribe, such as in agriculture and the education of the children. Part I of this collection focuses on the songs, prayers, and rituals that were a part of the life cycle of the various tribes. Part II represents the women poets and prose writers of the twentieth century who have had to come to terms with the white man's desecration of their land and culture. This anthology, illustrated with 24 photographs, is a tribute to the Native American literary tradition, both the old and the new; and to the Native American woman, who, like the corn songs of the Pueblos, endures." --