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The Matriarchal Lineage of Native American Feminism

Native American woman were already what we would consider feminist. In that feminism, they were actually living out  a more patriarchal Christian system than the patriarchal Christians.

1.Men are to lay down their lives for their brides and Christ did for the church. (Warrior)
2.Women are to support and love and obey their husbands. (Stability)

Sources
There is No Word for Feminism in My Language by Laura Tohe
-matirarchal lineage

Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon by Mona Kratzert and Debora Richey
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How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies by Robert Dale Parker
-defining feminism

Thresholds of Difference: Feminist Critique, Native Women's Writings, Postcolonial Theory by Julia V. Emberley
-bringing feminism to Native American culture

Native Americans of the Northwest Coast by Veda Boyd Jones
-tribes and roots

The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes by Sharon Malinowski
-tribes and roots then and now

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
-women's role
-perspective of Christians

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
-combining worlds

Smoke Signals directed by Chris Eyre screenplay by Sherman Alexie
-women's role reevaluated
-perspective of Christians
-man as warrior

Fallsapart.com Sherman Alexie's official web page.
-content
-changing perspective