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.
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