A Clan Mother's Call : Reconstructing Haudenosaunee Cultural Memory.
Rodriguez, Jeanette.
A Clan Mother's Call : Reconstructing Haudenosaunee Cultural Memory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (130 pages) - SUNY Series in Critical Haudenosaunee Studies . - SUNY Series in Critical Haudenosaunee Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Call of the Earth Mother -- The Call of the Earth Mother -- 1 Setting the Context -- 2 The Epoch of Sky Woman -- The Creation Story -- Sustaining Creation (The Three Sisters) -- 3 Clans and the Epoch of the League -- Haudenosaunee Clans -- How a Clan Mother Came to Be -- 4 Crossover Ceremonies -- Life Stages -- Healing through Ceremony -- The Crossover Ritual for Young Women -- The Crossover Ritual for Young Men -- 5 Indigenous Strategies in the Global Arena -- Our Oldest Home -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Letter to Jeanette Rodriguez from Wakerahkats:teh, Bear Clan Matron -- Appendix 2: Tasks and Responsibilities of a Clan Mother -- Notes -- Works Cited -- About the Authors -- Index.
Addresses the importance of Haudenosaunee women in the rebuilding of the Iroquois nation.
9781438466255
Iroquois women-Biography.
Electronic books.
E99.I7.R637 2017
A Clan Mother's Call : Reconstructing Haudenosaunee Cultural Memory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (130 pages) - SUNY Series in Critical Haudenosaunee Studies . - SUNY Series in Critical Haudenosaunee Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Call of the Earth Mother -- The Call of the Earth Mother -- 1 Setting the Context -- 2 The Epoch of Sky Woman -- The Creation Story -- Sustaining Creation (The Three Sisters) -- 3 Clans and the Epoch of the League -- Haudenosaunee Clans -- How a Clan Mother Came to Be -- 4 Crossover Ceremonies -- Life Stages -- Healing through Ceremony -- The Crossover Ritual for Young Women -- The Crossover Ritual for Young Men -- 5 Indigenous Strategies in the Global Arena -- Our Oldest Home -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Letter to Jeanette Rodriguez from Wakerahkats:teh, Bear Clan Matron -- Appendix 2: Tasks and Responsibilities of a Clan Mother -- Notes -- Works Cited -- About the Authors -- Index.
Addresses the importance of Haudenosaunee women in the rebuilding of the Iroquois nation.
9781438466255
Iroquois women-Biography.
Electronic books.
E99.I7.R637 2017