Brave Hearts: Indian Women of the Plains

by Joseph Agonito

Overview

Brave Hearts: Indian Women of the Plains tells the story of Plains Indian women through a series of fascinating vignettes. They are a remarkable group of women – some famous, some obscure. Some were hunters, some were warriors and, in a rare case, one was a chief; some lived extraordinary lives, while others lived more quietly in their lodges. Some were born into traditional families and knew their place in society while others were bi-racial who struggled to find their place in a world conflicted between Indian and white. Some never knew anything but the old, nomadic way of life, while others lived on to suffer through the reservation years. Others were born on the reservation but did their best in difficult times to keep to the old ways. Some never left the reservation while others ventured out into the larger world. All, in their own way, were Plains Indian women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493052493
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/15/2021
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	1,053,444
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Joseph Agonito, PhD, an award-winning author, has published four books, as well as numerous popular and scholarly articles, and produced three film documentaries. He is the co-author of Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Story of a Warrior of the Little Bighorn, based on a true story, which won the 2006 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Novel. He also won the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Sellers Memorial Award for an Outstanding Original Contribution published in Nebraska History, “Young Man Afraid of His Horses: The Reservation Years,” and three film awards for his documentary work. His most recent book was Lakota Portraits: Lives of the Legendary Plains People. Professor Emeritus of American History, he specializes in the Plains Indians and the American West. Agonito has lectured widely on these and other topics.

Table of Contents

Preface v

Chapter 1 Woman Chief: Leader of Her People 1

Chapter 2 Osh Tisch: Becoming a Woman 5

Chapter 3 Running Eagle: Brave-Hearted Woman 15

Chapter 4 Buffalo Calf Road: Warrior Woman 20

Chapter 5 Kate Bighead: Wartime Reporter 29

Chapter 6 Iron Teeth: Strong-Willed Survivor 38

Chapter 7 Medicine Snake Woman: Embracing the White World 51

Chapter 8 Eagle Woman: Peace Emissary 59

Chapter 9 Cynthia Ann Parker: White Comanche 70

Chapter 10 Monahsetah: Custer's Captive "Wife" 86

Chapter 11 Pretty Shield: Remembering the Old Days 104

Chapter 12 Buffalo Bird Woman: Keeping the Traditions Alive 120

Chapter 13 Josephine Crowfeather: Catholic Nun 136

Chapter 14 Sanapia: Comanche Medicine Woman 146

Chapter 15 The La Flesche Sisters: Walking in Two Worlds 159

Chapter 16 Josephine Waggoner: Lakota Historian 192

Chapter 17 Zitkala-Sa: Woman of the World 215

Chapter 18 Lost Bird: Sacred Child of the Wounded Knee Battlefield 236

Chapter 19 Mary Brave Bird: Defender of Her People 252

Chapter 20 SuAnne Big Crow: Shooting Star 275

Chapter 21 Rosebud Yellow Robe: Living in the Big City 286

Chapter 22 Lillian Bullshows Hogan: "A Plain Crow Indian Woman" 296

Acknowledgments 311

Bibliography 316

Index 330

About the Author 344