- Fiction, Indian women, Indians of North America, Fiction, general
A memoir devoted to three generations of Cherokee women in Oklahoma. A look at what it means to be Indian in modern America, the disadvantages as well as the advantages. The author is a Cherokee.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Betty Louise Bell
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 197
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780806126012
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“I WAS RAISED on the voices of women.”
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