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Article: Fournel, Kelly. Native women of courage.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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FOURNEL, Kelly. Native women of courage. (Native Trailblazer Series). 7th Generation. 84p. illus. c2007. 978-0-9779183-2-4. $9.95. J
The ten Native women featured in this carefully structured book all had to fight for what they believed in as they crafted their careers. Some of them are from a century or two ago. Sarah Winnemucca, for example, was the first Native American woman to publish a book. Her 1883 Life among the Paiutes was a condemnation of the American government's treatment of Native Americans. Maria Tallchief, a member of the Osage tribe, was a prima ballerina in the mid-20th century. Other women featured are ...