> "For the most part I'm doing interviews with various native women
> that I know or know of ut I would like some written material as
> well."
Heather,
Two pieces by Kate Shanley, a member of the Assiniboine tribe and
professor in English and in the American Indian Program at Cornell, might
prove useful:
1) "Notes on Indian Feminism" is published in _A Gathering of Spirit:
Writing and Art by Native American Women_, edited by Beth Brant in 1984.
2) Kate is presenting a paper entitled "Bloodties and Blasphemy: American
Indian Women and the Problem of History," at a conference this month at
the University of Minnesota. The conference is called "Thinking, Writing,
Teaching, and Creating Social Justice," and is sponsored by the UM Center
for Advanced Feminist Studies. The conference flyer indicates that you
can write for copies of papers ($2 each). Mail to 3122 Registrar,
University of Minnesota, Professional Development and Conference Services,
235 Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0139.
My impression of her approach is that she emphasizes the cultural and
communal, and multiply gendered, aspects of Indian women's roles, rather
than essentialist or biological ones.
Good luck. I'd be eager to hear what you come up with.
DLM
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David L. Moore
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