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Spider Woman's granddaughters : traditional tales and contemporary writing by Native American women / edited and with an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen.

Boston : Beacon Press, c1989.

viii, 242 p. ; 24 cm.

Indian women -- North America -- Literary collections.

Women -- United States -- Literary collections.

Short stories, American -- Indian authors.

Indians of North America -- Fiction.

Indians of North America -- Folklore.

American fiction -- Women authors.

Allen, Paula Gunn.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234).

A woman's fight / Pretty Shield -- A warrior's daughter / Zitkala-Sa -- Oshkikwe's baby / Delia Oshogay -- American horse / Louise Erdrich -- The warrior maiden / Oneida Traditional -- The woman who fell from the sky / Iroquois (Mohawk) Traditional -- As it was in the beginning / E. Pauline Johnson -- The clearing in the valley / Soge Track -- Blue Bird's offering / Ella Cara Deloria -- The warriors / Anna Lee Walters -- The beginning and the end of the world / Okanogan Traditional -- Coyote kills Owl-woman / Okanogan Traditional -- The story of Green-blanket Feet / Humishima -- The disposal of Mary Joe's children / Mary TallMountain -- Grace / Vickie L. Sears -- Making do / Linda Hogan -- The power of horses / Elizabeth Cook-Lynn -- Evil Kachina steals Yellow Woman ; Sun steals Yellow Woman / Cochiti Pueblo Traditional -- Whirlwind Man steals Yellow Woman / Laguna Pueblo Traditional -- Yellow Woman / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Deep purple / Paula Gunn Allen -- An American in New York / LeAnne Howe -- Stories don't have endings / Misha Gallagher.

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