Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows by Frank B. Linderman
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Book Synopsis: Pretty-shield told her story to Frank Linderman through an interpreter and using sign language. The lives, responsibilities, and aspirations of Crow women are vividly brought to life in these pages as Pretty-shield recounts her life on the Plains of long ago. She speaks of the simple games and dolls of an Indian childhood and the work of the girls and women—setting up the lodges, dressing the skins, picking berries, digging roots, and cooking. Through her eyes we come to understand courtship, marriage, childbirth and the care of babies, medicine-dreams, the care of the sick, and other facets of Crow womanhood.Condition: Good. Never finished reading through it. -no torn pages, just general shelf wear superb for everyday use. first-class materials and excellent craftsmanship ensure long-lasting durability.
