Pretty-shield, Medicine Woman of the Crows Summary
Frank Bird Linderman

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Pretty-shield, Medicine Woman of the Crows Summary

Frank Linderman, in Pretty-Shield, wrote the first extended account of Native American life from the perspective of a Native American woman, an elderly Crow medicine-woman known as Pretty-Shield. Linderman studied Native Americans for 46 years until he spoke at length with an old Native American woman because they think it appropriate to keep silent and far away from discussions among men.

Pretty-Shield was a member of the Sore-lips Crow clan that produced...

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