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This multidisciplinary collection of nine previously unpublished
essays presents new research in three interlocking domains: tribal
history with a special emphasis on Native women in the Southeast,
language revitalization efforts and the narrative knowledge
inherent in indigenous oral culture, and traditional educational
systems in the context of the ongoing colonization of American
Indian educational practices and values. This volume highlights
Southeastern Indian issues and demonstrates the unique situation of
women in tribes lacking (full) federal recognition or a more
inclusive and multidisciplinary discussion of Native women in more
than one tribal nation. Southeastern themes are linked with topics
of concern by other tribal nations to show commonalities and raised
awareness about the central experiences and contributions of Native
women in the encounter and ongoing struggle with Euro-American
systems of oppression and cultural erasure. This book spans the
full gamut from naming women's experiences of historical trauma to
their ongoing efforts at preserving and rebuilding their Native
nations. The collection of essays is distinctive in its Indigenous
hermeneutics in that it insists on a holistic view of time and
place-based knowledge - the past still fully affects the present
and gives the present depth and meaning beyond the linear flow of
time. This book also features American Indian and non-American
Indian scholars who are well known in American Indians studies,
scholars beginning their career and scholars who, while not experts
in American Indians studies, are considered experts in other
disciplines and who recognize the unique attributes of Southeastern
American Indian nations.
A documentary-style collection of stories, poems, essays, and
interviews by Southeastern Native American women. Upon Her
Shoulders is a collection of stories, poems, and prose by
Southeastern Native American women whose narratives attest to the
hard work and activism required to keep their communities well and
safe. This collection highlights Native female voices in the
Southeast, a region and its peoples rarely covered in other
publications. The editors have deep roots in the scholarship and
culture of Native women. Featured prominently is the Lumbee
community, where two of the editors (members of the Lumbee tribe
themselves) teach at the nearby University of North Carolina at
Pembroke, a center for scholarship about the Lumbee people. This
volume honors the Native American tradition of passing on knowledge
through stories and oral histories. With contributions by both
professional and everyday writers, the collection spotlights these
societies that have raised girls from an early age to be
independent and competent leaders, to access traditional Native
spirituality despite religious oppression, and to fight for justice
for themselves and other Native people across the nation in the
face of legal and societal oppression.
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