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"Red Mother" presents the oral history of Pretty‑Shield, the celebrated Crow medicine woman known as a healer, leader, and storyteller. Through interviews conducted by Frank Linderman with the aid of an interpreter and sign language, the book details life on the Plains when buffalo were abundant and the profound changes that followed as the Crow people were compelled to settle on reservations in the late nineteenth century. It offers vivid accounts of Crow womanhood—children’s play, household duties, courtship, marriage, childbirth, and care for the sick—illuminating the cultural traditions, responsibilities, and spiritual practices of the Crow Nation. A new preface by Alma Snell and Becky Matthews frames this important biography.
First publish date: 1932
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Linderman, Frank Bird
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