- Hardcover: 242 pages
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (Jan 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0803239475
- ISBN-13: 978-0803239470
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
In this "prequel" to her own growing-up story (Bead on an Anthill: A Lakota Childhood), Red Shirt lets readers listen in as her mother, Lone Woman, recounts her life and that of her grandmother, Turtle Lung Woman. With her fluid incorporation of her mother's Lakota phrases and songs, Red Shirt, a Yale professor of American studies and English, brings to life Lakota language, lore and history from the mid-19th century, "when things were still steeped in the old ways," to the mid-20th century, when "the world was changing daily." Details of Lakota life in South Dakota and Nebraska (such as the momentous adoption of canvas rather than buffalo hide moccasins) are etched with clarity, as are the consequences of larger historical forces. A medicine woman, Turtle Lung Woman lived among Crazy Horse, Red Cloud and Sitting Bull. She was 28 when the U.S. government forced the Lakota to move to a reservation in 1879, and she recalls hearing about Wounded Knee in 1890. Family marriages and births, Lakota standards of behavior, the practice of medicine women and "their own legends about how they came to be" mingle harmoniously in this dual memoir. Red Shirt does not lecture; rather, her vivid, simple prose turns the reader into a witness. "I was there and I remember," she writes, and readers will feel that way, too. Though the book is written for a general audience, women's studies scholars, anthropologists and ethnologists should be interested as well.
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"Part family history, part myth, it is made especially revealing by the lively, fantastic stories of Red ShirtÍs mother, Lone Woman. . . . These legends and histories, related in spare but eloquent language, are fascinating throughout."—The Washington Post
(The Washington Post )“Red Shirt does not lecture; rather, her vivid, simple prose turns the reader into a witness. ‘I was there and I remember,’ she writes, and readers will feel that way, too.”—Publishers Weekly
(Publisher's Weekly )"A colorful, emotional journey. . . . It is the intimacy and sacredness of the way these individualized stories have been preserved and retold that gives this story an uncommonly poignant spiritual glimpse into the historical perspective of these Lakota women."—Kaia Hemming, Voices from the Gap
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The Eloquence Within,
By Keith Rabin (Evergreen, Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter (Hardcover)
A beautiful minds, loving words, about family, about a people, about a way of life. This story combined with the beauty in word of " Bead on an Anthill " Delphine's first book sets the mind and soul, for a journey into one's self.In the female voice of the Lakota, live the life set in the beauty that is the Northern Plains, of this Turtle Island. The writting style is such , to savor each word as if it could fill you with the images it creates. This is what award winning writing should be about.........
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The Lakota way of life,
By Marta Maslowska "HeavenSent" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter (Paperback)
I was sceptical to read this book because it was assigned to me to read for one of my criminal justice courses. However, I was really absorbed in the story of the Native American Tribe, the Lakotas. The book is written from an "Americanized" point of view. It tells a story of the authors great grandmother and her life as a Lakota woman. There are many fun and interesting things that happen to the Turgle Lung Woman. She speaks of her courting rituals, battle rituals, labor divisions between men and women, children roles.There are interesting stories about homosexuality, adultury, death, commitment to the tribe and war. Definitely an interesting book that contains historical facts and the culture of the Lakota tribe. 5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The Eloquence Within,
By Keith Rabin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter (Hardcover)
A beautiful minds, loving words, about family, about a people, about a way of life. This story combined with the beauty in word of " Bead on an Anthill " Delphine's first book sets the mind and soul, for a journey into one's self.In the female voice of the Lakota, live the life set in the beauty that is the Northern Plains, of this Turtle Island. The writting style is such , to savor each word as if it could fill you with the images it creates. This is what award winning writing should be about......... 1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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By plains-girl - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter (Hardcover)
Unlike the last reviewer I was excited to read the book. Unfortunately it was a big dissapointment. I was bored to tears while reading this poorly written remake of every Native American story ever written, with none of the originality. It is truly surprising to see the level of writing published today, this is horrible.
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