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Empowerment of North American Indian Girls - Ritual Expressions at Puberty (Paperback, New)
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Empowerment of North American Indian Girls - Ritual Expressions at Puberty (Paperback, New)
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"Empowerment of North American Indian Girls" is an examination of
coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and
present, featuring an in-depth look at Native ideas about human
development and puberty. Many North American Indian cultures regard
the transition from childhood to adulthood as a pivotal and
potentially vulnerable phase of life and have accordingly devised
coming-of-age rituals to affirm traditional values and community
support for its members. Such rituals are a positive and enabling
social force in many modern Native communities whose younger
generations are wrestling with substance abuse, mental health
problems, suicide, and school dropout. Developmental psychologist
Carol A. Markstrom reviews indigenous, historical, and
anthropological literatures and conveys the results of her
fieldwork to provide descriptive accounts of North American Indian
coming-of-age rituals. She gives special attention to the female
puberty rituals in four communities: Apache, Navajo, Lakota, and
Ojibwa. Of particular interest is the distinctive Apache Sunrise
Dance, which is described and analyzed in detail. Also included are
American Indian feminist interpretations of menstruation and
menstrual taboos, the feminine in cosmology, and the significance
of puberty customs and rites for the development of young women.
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