TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barbara Alice Mann
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1091-8566
TI  - Iroquoian Women
T2  - The Gantowisas
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1101970
N2  - Iroquoian Women: The Gantowisas provides a thorough, organized look at the social, political, economic, and religious roles of women among the Iroquois, explaining their fit with the larger culture. Gantowisas means more than simply «woman» – gantowisas is «woman acting in her official capacity» as fire-keeping woman, faith-keeping woman, gift-giving woman; leader, counselor, judge; Mother of the People. This is the light in which the reader will find her in Iroquoian Women. Barbara Alice Mann draws upon worthy sources, be they early or modern, oral or written, to present a Native American point of view that insists upon accuracy, not only in raw reporting, but also in analysis. Iroquoian Women is the first book-length study to regard Iroquoian women as central and indispensable to Iroquoian studies.
KW  - Native American, feminism, leadership, native american, natives, Iroquoian history and culture
LA  - English
ER  -