Native-American Women in History

Ironically, Native-American women figure prominently in traditional narratives of American history, but until recently women's experiences and perspec tives have been largely excluded from re search in Native-American history. Ask any schoolchild to name famous Native Americans from before 1850, and most likely you will hear of Pocahontas and Sacagawea. But pick up any book surm veying American-Indian history, white Indian relations in the United States, or