Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234)
Contents:
Introduction / Paula Gunn Allen The warriors. A woman's fight / Pretty Shield A warrior's daughter / Zitkala-Ša Oshkikwe's baby / Delia Oshogay American horse / Louise Erdrich The warrior maiden / Oneida traditional The woman who fell from the sky / Iroquois (Mohawk) traditional As it was in the beginning / E. Pauline Johnson The clearing in the valley / Soge Track Blue Bird's offering / Ella Cara Deloria The warriors / Anna Lee Walters The beginning and the end of the world / Okanogan traditional The casualties. Coyote kills Owl-woman / Okanogan traditional The story of Green-blanket Feet / Humishima The disposal of Mary Joe's children / Mary TallMountain Grace / Vickie L. Sears Making do / Linda Hogan The resistance. The power of horses / Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Evil Kachina steals Yellow Woman / Cochiti Pueblo traditional Sun steals Yellow Woman / Cochiti Pueblo traditional Whirlwind Man steals Yellow Woman / Laguna Pueblo traditional Yellow Woman / Leslie Marmon Silko Deep purple / Paula Gunn Allen An American in New York / LeAnne Howe Stories don't have endings / Misha Gallagher