Wynema: A Child of the Forest

Type

Book

Authors

S. Alice Callahan

ISBN 10

0803263783

ISBN 13

9780803263789

Tags

Classics, Native American, Contemporary, Literary, Native American Studies, Literature, Social Sciences

Description

Originally published in 1891, Wynema is the first novel known to have been written by a woman of American Indian descent. Set against the sweeping and often tragic cultural changes that affected southeastern native peoples during the late nineteenth century, it tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women from vastly different backgrounds—Wynema Harjo, a Muscogee Indian, and Genevieve Weir, a Methodist teacher from a genteel Southern family. Both are firm believers in women’s rights and Indian reform; both struggle to overcome prejudice and correct injustices between sexes and races. Callahan uses the conventional traditions of a sentimental domestic romance to deliver an elegant plea for tolerance, equality, and reform. - from Amzon

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