Spider Woman's granddaughters : traditional tales and contemporary writing by Native American women / edited and with an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).
Contents
Introduction / Paula Gunn Allen.
The warriors. A woman's fight / Pretty Shield -- A warrior's daughter / Zitkala-Ša -- Oshkikwe's baby / Delia Oshogay -- American horse / Louise Erdrich -- The warrior maiden / Oneida traditional -- The woman who fell from the sky / Iroquois (Mohawk) traditional -- As it was in the beginning / E. Pauline Johnson -- The clearing in the valley / Soge Track -- Blue Bird's offering / Ella Cara Deloria -- The warriors / Anna Lee Walters -- The beginning and the end of the world / Okanogan traditional.
The casualties. Coyote kills Owl-woman / Okanogan traditional -- The story of Green-blanket Feet / Humishima -- The disposal of Mary Joe's children / Mary TallMountain -- Grace / Vickie L. Sears -- Making do / Linda Hogan.
The resistance. The power of horses / Elizabeth Cook-Lynn -- Evil Kachina steals Yellow Woman / Cochiti Pueblo traditional -- Sun steals Yellow Woman / Cochiti Pueblo traditional -- Whirlwind Man steals Yellow Woman / Laguna Pueblo traditional -- Yellow Woman / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Deep purple / Paula Gunn Allen -- An American in New York / LeAnne Howe -- Stories don't have endings / Misha Gallagher.
