Rodriguez A Clan Mother's Call

Reconstructing Haudenosaunee Cultural Memory
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6625-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Critical Haudenosaunee Studies

Addresses the importance of Haudenosaunee women in the rebuilding of the Iroquois nation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodriguez, Jeanette

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wakerahkats:the, Iakoiane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: 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

Über Autor(innen)

Jeanette Rodriguez is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University. She is the coauthor (with Ted Fortier) of Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith, and Identity. Iakoiane Wakerahkats:teh is Condoled Bear Clan Mother of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation.