Life Stages and Native Women by Anderson, Kim -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Acknowledgements Foreword by Maria Campbell Introduction: Digging Up the Medicines

“How It Was”: Looking for Native Women’s History Life Cycle Teachings of the Anishinaabek Overview of the Book Notes to the Introduction

1. Weaving the Stories

Written Sources Purpose: Listening for Stories that “Work like Arrows” Building on Relationships Responsibilities Working with the Historian Participants Notes to Chapter 1: Weaving the Stories

2. People and Places

Michif, Nēhiyawak, Anishinaabek: Locating the Oral Historians The Times Introducing the Oral Historian Participants Notes to Chapter 2: People and Places

3. The Life Cycle Begins: From Conception to Walking

Maintaining the Life Line

Family Planning Pregnancy: A Sacred Time

Birth and the Celebration of New Life

Postnatal Care Naming the Baby

Caring for Infants

Care for the Spirit Physical Care

“Walking Out”: The Toddler Years Conclusion Notes to Chapter 3: The Life Cycle Begins

4. The “Good Life” and the “Fast Life”: Childhood and Youth

Teaching Discipline and Self-Discipline Childrearing: “It Takes a Community” Reciprocity Uncles and Aunts Discipline and Self-Discipline Work School Play

The “Fast Life”: Moving into Adolescence

Fasting

Conclusion Notes to Chapter 4: The “Good Life” and the “Fast Life”

5. Adult Years: The Women’s Circle

Entering the Women’s Circle Managing the Resources: Work Within the Women’s Circle

Food Management and Security Clothing Working for Pay

Keepers of Relationships: Collectivism and Kinship Sexuality, Courting, and Marriage Conclusion Notes to Chapter 5: Adult Years

6. Adult Years: The Women’s Circle

General Roles and Responsibilities for the Elder Years Beginning with the Physical: Aging Leadership and Governance Teaching Managing the Health of the Community Doorkeepers to the Spirit World

Catching New Life Closing Life

Conclusion

Notes to Chapter 6: Grandmothers and Elders

8. Bibliography 9. Critical Studies in Native History About the Author