Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Overview of Coming-of-Age Ceremonies2. Contemporary Youth Concerns in Historical Perspective 3. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Development4. Menstruation, Cosmology, and Feminism5. Historical Overview of Coming-of-Age Practices6. Description of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony7. Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony8. Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa Puberty Customs9. Broader Perspectives on Coming-of-Age

Footnotes

References

Index

Promotional Information

An overview of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls both past and present

About the Author

Carol A. Markstrom is a professor in the Department of Technology, Learning, and Culture in the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University. She is the coauthor of The Adolescent Experience, fourth edition, and Adolescent Life Experiences, third edition, and has authored numerous scholarly works on adolescents and American Indians.

Reviews

""Carol Markstrom's book is a notable contribution to the literature on women in North American Indian societies.""—Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, Journal of American Ethnic History