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Daughters of the buffalo women : maintaining the tribal faith
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

1996
Book
Creators
Hungry Wolf, Beverly
Description
"Here is a collection of stories from the author's mother and other women of a generation that grew up among buffalo-era elders of the Blackfoot tribes in Montana and Canada. Included are childhood memories of reservation life, boarding school, and the hardships of starting their own families in the years when jobs and money were scarce, and when tribal traditions were on the decline."--Amazon

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
0920698565
Statement of Responsibility
Beverly Hungry Wolf.
Publication Information
[Skookumchuck, B.C.] : Canadian Caboose Press
Physical Description
143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. My mother's childhood days in the 1920's : Ruth Little Bear -- 2. "Going to sit" - a Native view of schooling -- 3. Seeing boarding school from the other side -- 4. My mother's arranged marriage -- 5. Trying to make our own home -- 6. Calling on the medicine men and women -- 7. A missionary who really cared -- 8. Traditional ways with children : Margaret Hind Man -- 9. My aunt next door : Mabel Beebe -- 10. Leaving the kitchen for work : Katie Wells -- 11. A medicine pipe ceremonial Elder : Molly Kicking Woman -- 12. Maintaining the faith on a changing path.
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