Cherokee women in charge : female power and leadership in American Indian nations of eastern North America /

"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...

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Main Author:	Cooper, Karen Coody (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
Subjects:	Cherokee women > Social conditions. Cherokee Indians > Social life and customs. Matrilineal kinship > North America. Femmes cherokee > Conditions sociales. Cherokee (Indiens) > Mœurs et coutumes. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. Women civic leaders. North America.