Title Blood and voice : Navajo women ceremonial practitioners / Maureen Trudelle Schwarz ; linguistic and cultural consultant, Mae Ann Bekis ; fieldwork assistant, Amelda Sandoval Shay.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	610.82 S411B	Check Shelf

Description	xii, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index.
Contents	The study of Navajo female ceremonial practitioners -- It is a gift, from the holy people -- The ceremony itself got a hold of me -- Blood, dangerous and otherwise -- It's yours now -- Communicating with the holy people -- Following the ceremony.
Summary	Drawing on interviews with seventeen Navajo women practitioners and five apprentices, the author examines Navajo women's role as ceremonial practitioners, examining the gender differences dictated by the Navajo origin story, detailing how women came to be practitioners, and revealing their experiences and the strategies they use to negotiate being both woman and singer.
Subject	Faith Healing (DNLM)D029221
	Indian women healers. (OCoLC)fst00969275
	Spiritual healing.
	Indians of North America.
	Southwestern United States -- ethnology (DNLM)D015206Q000208
	Navajo women. (OCoLC)fst01034910
Genre/Form	Interview (DNLM)D017203
Subject	Navajo women -- Biography.
	Navajo Indians -- Medicine. (OCoLC)fst01034836
	Women.
	New Southwest. (OCoLC)fst01244556
	Indians, North American (DNLM)D007198
	Ceremonial Behavior (DNLM)D002562
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- North America.
Genre/Form	Interviews.
Subject	Spiritual Therapies (DNLM)D026443
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Health Services, Indigenous (DNLM)D006303
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Subject	Women (DNLM)D014930
	Navajo Indians -- Medicine.
Genre/Form	Biography (DNLM)D019215
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples, North American (DNLM)D007198
Subject	Indian women healers -- Southwest, New -- Biography.
Local Subject	Indigenous women healers -- Southwest, New -- Biography.
Other Form:	Online version: Schwarz, Maureen Trudelle, 1952- Blood and voice. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2003 (OCoLC)606984948
ISBN	0816523002 (alk. paper)
	9780816523009 (alk. paper)
	0816523010 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9780816523016 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No.	40009582794

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