Bead on an Anthill - A Lakota Childhood (Paperback, New Ed)

Bead on an Anthill is the story of a Lakota girl's experiences growing up in Nebraska and on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1960s and 1970s. Raised in a home without books, Delphine Red Shirt relied on family and friends as her "books" and wove their stories into her own. Like her ancestors, she felt a powerful connection to the openness of the Plains. She participated in coming-of-age ceremonies and learned the special rules for stringing beads together and the messages conveyed by hairstyles. At the same time, Red Shirt became increasingly aware of the distance between her world and that of her ancestors. Ringing with insight and honesty, this memoir gives voice to an emerging generation of Lakota women who attempt to navigate the difficult paths of a bicultural world.Delphine Red Shirt is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and represents her tribe as a nongovernmental representative at the United Nations.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1999
First published:	February 1999
Authors:	Delphine Red Shirt
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
Pages:	146
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-8976-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-8032-8976-6
Barcode:	9780803289765

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