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Best of the Web: History & Social Sciences » Native North American Resources » Women
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American Indian Women
Links to a variety of reference and primary sources.
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Children of Changing Woman
Exhibit from the Peabody Museum, Harvard.
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Nancy Ward
Biographical information about this Cherokee woman tribal leader who was given the title Ghighua,or Beloved Woman, after showing bravery in battle.
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Native American Women
"This gallery explores daily life for late-19th-century Native American women of the plains and the desert southwest. Multiple tribes are pictured, illustrating a composite of early Native American life. Similarities in daily activities for women across tribes are presented."
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Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
Website of the first health resource center located on a reservation in the United States.
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Wilma Mankiller former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
The site presents biographical information about this important Native American activist.
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Women's Issues
Special Issue of The Wind River Rendezvous on early Plains Indian women.

