Bibliograph

"Strong Medicine speaks", a Native American elder has her say : an oral history, Amy Hill Hearth

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"Strong Medicine speaks", a Native American elder has her say : an oral history, Amy Hill Hearth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

"Strong Medicine speaks"

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

137335139

Responsibility statement

Amy Hill Hearth

Sub title

a Native American elder has her say : an oral history

Summary

In "Strong Medicine" Speaks, Hearth turns her talent for storytelling to a Native American matriarch presenting a powerful account of Indian life. Born and raised in a nearly secret part of New Jersey that remains Native ancestral land, Marion "Strong Medicine" Gould is an eighty-five-year-old Elder in her Lenni-Lenape tribe and community. Taking turns with the author as the two women alternate voices throughout this moving book, Strong Medicine tells of her ancestry, tracing it back to the first Native peoples to encounter the Europeans in 1524, through the strife and bloodshed of America's early years, up to the twentieth century and her own lifetime, decades colored by oppression and terror yet still lifted up by the strength of an enduring collective spirit. This genuine and delightful telling gives voice to a powerful female Elder whose dry wit and charming humor will provide wisdom and inspiration to readers from every background

Table Of Contents

The hidden people -- In the land of the ancestors -- The boy on the bicycle -- "I am sorry to inform you ..." -- A "working" mother -- Changing times -- A woman's world -- Native pride -- Full circle -- Modern life -- The last word

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