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Confessions of an Iyeska
Title
Confessions of an Iyeska [electronic resource] / by Viola Burnette.
ISBN
1607816407
9781607816409
1607816393
9781607816393
Published
Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 online resource.)
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Summary
"The memoirs of a Lakota woman who rose from humble beginnings, overcoming hardship to attain a prominent position as a judge, legal activist, and spokesperson for her people"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2019 Complete
Project MUSE - 2019 Native American and Indigenous Studies
Project MUSE - 2019 US Regional Studies, Midwest
Other formats
Print version: Burnette, Viola, 1939- author. Confessions of an Iyeska Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 09, 2019
Contents
Lakota beginnings
Growing up on the farm
Boarding school
What means
Religion's role
Assimilation begins
California, here I come
Army life
Time to grow
The long road back
Obstacles
A paradigm shift
Law school
Searching for my future
Return to the culture
Living the dream
Back to the people
The work goes on
Epilogue : hope for the future.
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