A clan mother's call : reconstructing Haudenosaunee cultural memory /

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Author / Creator:Rodriguez, Jeanette, 1954-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Description:1 online resource (xii, 116 pages)
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in critical Haudenosaunee studies
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12017532
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Other authors / contributors:Wakerakatste, Iakoiane, contributor.
ISBN:9781438466255
1438466250
1438466234
9781438466231
9781438466248
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9781438466231
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2017).
Other form:Print version: Rodriguez, Jeanette, 1954- Clan mother's call. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2017 9781438466231
Standard no.:99974869312
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Call of the Earth Mother; The Call of the Earth Mother; 1 Setting the Context; 2 The Epoch of Sky Woman; The Creation Story; Sustaining Creation (The Three Sisters); 3 Clans and the Epoch of the League; Haudenosaunee Clans; How a Clan Mother Came to Be; 4 Crossover Ceremonies; Life Stages; Healing through Ceremony; The Crossover Ritual for Young Women; The Crossover Ritual for Young Men; 5 Indigenous Strategies in the Global Arena; Our Oldest Home; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Letter to Jeanette Rodriguez from Wakerahkats:teh, Bear Clan Matron.
  • Appendix 2: Tasks and Responsibilities of a Clan Mother; Notes; Works Cited; About the Authors; Index.