Oglala Women: Myth, Ritual, And Reality (Women In Culture And Society),New Buckley Jr. ' Comes A Truer Recognition

' Comes A Truer Recognition Of Life

Not A Straitjacket

Knowing That Your Feet Are Frozen Inside Your Wet Boots

Bibliography Is Extensive But Would Be More Useful To General Readers If It Were Classified Or Annotated

By The Time Hannah Retired In 1989

Oglala Women: Myth, Ritual, And Reality (Women In Culture And Society),New Buckley Jr. ' Comes A Truer RecognitionBased On Interviews And Life Histories Collected Over More Than Twentyfive Years Of Study On The Pine Ridge Reservation In South Dakota, Marla N. Powers Conveys What It Means To Be An Oglala Woman. Despite The Myth Of The Euramerican That Sees Oglala Women As Inferior To Men, And The Lakota Myth That Seems Them As Superior, In Reality, Powers Argues, The Roles Of Male And Female Emerge As Complementary. In Fact, She Claims, Oglala Women Have Been