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Grandmother's Grandchild

Grandmother's Grandchild

My Crow Indian Life

by Alma Hogan Snell

"This autobiographical work is at heart the story of a special relationship that existed between the author and her grandmother, Crow medicine woman Pretty Shield. The older woman . . . raised her granddaughter to appreciate the traditions and values of a vanishing culture. In adulthood, Snell would become a preservationist of the Crow philosophy of life and a healer who combined basic Christian teachings with native respect for and understanding of the power of nature. She writes with disarming honesty about the obstacles she encountered, including poverty, illness, . . . and unwed motherhood."—Library Journal.

"Her remarkable life story includes an enduring love affair enriched by pathos, traveling evangelism, a career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a period of activism, life on several reservations, and emergence as a cultural teacher. Her candor and willingness to describe intimate facets of Crow culture is unique in the literature."—Choice.

215 pp ~ illustrated — ©215

 

 

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8080-329-291 softcover $12.95 $11.00 $1.95 Buy
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ISBN: 0803292910
CATEGORY: Biography/Autobio
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