Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows

Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the CrowsA rare, documented account of the life of a Crow medicine woman, drawn from interviews conducted by legendary writer and ethnographer Frank Bird Linderman and told in her own words. In the spring of 1931, Pretty shield, a grandmother and medicine healer in the Crow tribe, met Frank Linderman for a series of interviews. When Linderman asked Pretty shield about her life, the old woman relaxed and laughed. "We shall be here until we die." In this rich

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she provides children with a foundation for understanding and celebrating the enduring culture and heritage of American Indians

hungering to know their stories

the animals said to her " We know you could get there safely

and the ground trembles

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"migration" through procreation

and sensations of his great-grandfather's cabin

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