Description
Cherokee women wielded significant power, and history demonstrates that in what is now America, indigenous women often bore the greater workload, both inside and outside the home. During the French and Indian War, Cherokee women resisted a chief's authority, owned family households, were skilled artisans, produced plentiful crops, mastered trade negotiations, and prepared chiefs' feasts. Cherokee culture was lost when the Cherokee Nation began imitating the American form of governance to gain political favor, and white colonists reduced indigenous women's power.
This book recounts long-standing Cherokee traditions and their rich histories. It demonstrates Cherokee and indigenous women as independent and strong individuals through feminist and historical perspectives. Readers will find that these women were far ahead of their time and held their own in many remarkable ways.
Author: Karen Coody Cooper
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 03/25/2022
Pages: 245
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.92h x 6.93w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781476688183
ISBN10: 1476688184
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
About the Author
Karen Coody Cooper was born in 1946 in Oklahoma where her grandmother grew melons on a Cherokee allotment. After studying anthropology Cooper worked at museums in three states before employment at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Retired, she has written or co-authored half a dozen history books. She lives in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.