Upon Her Shoulders

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Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community

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Upon Her Shoulders is a documentary-style collection of stories, poems, essays, and interviews by Southeastern Native American women. It highlights their activism and dedication to sustaining their communities, focusing on voices rarely represented in other publications. The volume draws on the rich traditions of storytelling and oral history, showcasing resilience, leadership, and spirituality amid legal and societal challenges.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Native American culture, women's studies, activism, and regional histories, particularly those focused on the Southeastern United States and the Lumbee community.

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A documentary-style collection of stories, poems, essays, and interviews by Southeastern Native American women.

Upon Her Shoulders is a collection of stories, poems, and prose by Southeastern Native American women whose narratives attest to the hard work and activism required to keep their communities well and safe. This collection highlights Native female voices in the Southeast, a region and its peoples rarely covered in other publications.

The editors have deep roots in the scholarship and culture of Native women. Featured prominently is the Lumbee community, where two of the editors (members of the Lumbee tribe themselves) teach at the nearby University of North Carolina at Pembroke, a centre for scholarship about the Lumbee people.

This volume honours the Native American tradition of passing on knowledge through stories and oral histories. With contributions by both professional and everyday writers, the collection spotlights these societies that have raised girls from an early age to be independent and competent leaders, to access traditional Native spirituality despite religious oppression, and to fight for justice for themselves and other Native people across the nation in the face of legal and societal oppression.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781949467802

Publisher: John F Blair Publisher

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 July 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: John F Blair Publisher

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Ulrike Wiethaus
Edited by Ulrike Wiethaus
Edited by Mary Ann Jacobs
Edited by Cherry Maynor Beasley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 132

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About the Author

MARY ANN JACOBS is an Associate Professor and chairs American Indian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP). She holds a PhD in Social Welfare with an emphasis in Child Welfare policy from the University of Chicago. She is the co-editor of American Indian Women of Proud Nations: Essays on History, Language, and Education (Peter Lang, 2016) and numerous articles and textbook sections.

CHERRY MAYNOR BEASLEY is a recognized expert in public health, culture of health, and education. She has devoted most of her 45-year career to rural, underserved populations. She is an active member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. She is the current chair of the Department of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, located in a rural, minority-majority community experiencing entrenched poverty. She serves as the inaugural Anna Belk Endowed Professor for Rural and Minority Health, is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and a Major in the Army Nurse Corp. Dr. Beasley, whose primary expertise is in the area of health, has joined Drs. Jacob and Wiethaus as a co-editor of American Indian Women of Proud Nations: Essays on History, Language, and Education (Peter Lang, 2016).

ULRIKE WIETHAUSShe was elected as the 2013 Community Solutions Fellow with the Institute for Public Engagement at Wake Forest University, received the Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service, and served as a Shively Faculty Fellow. Widely published, her most recent publication in American Indian Studies is American Indian Women of Proud Nations: Essays on History, Language, and Education co-edited with Cherry Maynor Beasley and Mary Ann Jacobs.