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Module 3 Weblog – Post #2 – Native Daughters

The role of women in preserving traditional Native American language and customs is outlined in the multimedia article Native Storytellers Connect the Past and Future. This article is found on the website Native Daughters, a project of the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

The site includes contributions by a group of Native American women and young girls described as:

  • Artists
  • Environmentalists
  • Healers
  • Lawgivers
  • Leaders
  • Storytellers, and
  • Warriors

Through video clips and text content, some very interesting perspectives are shared. While similar topics/themes are covered in these pieces to some of the film and video material from Module 3 of this course, there are certainly areas where the perspectives differ, e.g. the idea/definition of warrior. For me, this is an important reminder of how critical context/place/community is to Indigenous knowledge and culture.