Grandmother's Grandchild: My Crow Indian LifeU of Nebraska Press, 1 sept. 2001 - 215 pages ?I became what the Crows call k¾alisbaapite?a ?grandmother?s grandchild.? That means that I was always with my Grandma, and I learned from her. I learned how to do things in the old ways.??Alma Hogan SnelløGrandmother's Grandchild is the remarkable story of Alma Hogan Snell, a Crow woman brought up by her grandmother, the famous medicine woman Pretty Shield. Snell grew up during the 1920s and 1930s, part of the second generation of Crows to be born into reservation life. Like many of her contemporaries, she experienced poverty, personal hardships, and prejudice and left home to attend federal Indian schools.øWhat makes Snell's story particularly engaging is her exceptional storytelling style. She is frank and passionate, and these qualities yield a memoir unlike those of most Native women. The complex reservation world of Crow women?harsh yet joyous, impoverished yet rich in meaning?unfolds for readers. Snell's experiences range from the forging of an unforgettable bond between grandchild and grandmother to the flowering of an extraordinary love story that has lasted more than five decades. |
Table des matières
Grandmothers Grandchild | 27 |
Pretty Shield and Goes Ahead | 43 |
My Camp Is in a Different Place | 55 |
Turning the Storm | 76 |
Womanhood | 89 |
Loneliness and the Night Sky | 107 |
Assiniboines Have Strong Medicine | 117 |
A Bad Time in My Life | 127 |
I Have Crossed Three Rivers | 143 |
Many Roads | 158 |
Old Songs New Fruit | 173 |
Appendix 1 | 184 |
Genealogical Charts | 188 |
Notes | 191 |
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Page 1 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 3 - But when the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground, and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened.
Page 6 - ... pledge themselves to compel their children, male and female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school; and it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this stipulation is strictly complied with...
Page 15 - I have found Indian women diffident, and so self-effacing that acquaintance with them is next to impossible. ... I had nearly given up the idea of ever writing the life of an old Indian woman when Pretty-shield delighted me by consenting to tell me her story. Of all the old Indian women I know Pretty-shield would have been my choice, since in her the three essential qualifications for such story telling...
Page 15 - I had nearly given up the idea of ever writing the life of an old Indian woman when Pretty-shield delighted me by consenting to tell me her story. Of all the old Indian women I know Pretty-shield would have been my choice, since in her the three essential qualifications for such story telling are in happy combination, age that permits her to have known the natural life of her people on the plains, keen mentality, and, above all, the willingness to talk to me without restraint. Besides these necessary...