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I´ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist
Carolyn Niethammer
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Description for I´ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist
Paperback. Presents the story of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1918-1997). A daughter of the popular Navajo leader Chee Dodge, Wauneka spent most of her early years herding sheep and raising nine children. After her father's death, she entered politics and was often the only woman on the Navajo Tribal Council during the quarter century that she served. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 293 pages, 14 photographs, map, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
I'll Go and Do More is the story of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1918–97), one of the best-known Navajos of all time. A daughter of the popular Navajo leader Chee Dodge, Wauneka spent most of her early years herding sheep and raising nine children. After her father's death, she entered politics and was often the only woman on the Navajo Tribal Council during the quarter century that she served. Wauneka became a forceful and articulate advocate for Indian health care, education, and other issues, working both on the reservation and in the halls of Congress to improve the lives of the ... Read more
I'll Go and Do More is the story of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1918–97), one of the best-known Navajos of all time. A daughter of the popular Navajo leader Chee Dodge, Wauneka spent most of her early years herding sheep and raising nine children. After her father's death, she entered politics and was often the only woman on the Navajo Tribal Council during the quarter century that she served. Wauneka became a forceful and articulate advocate for Indian health care, education, and other issues, working both on the reservation and in the halls of Congress to improve the lives of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Series
American Indian Lives
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803283848
SKU
V9780803283848
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About Carolyn Niethammer
Carolyn Niethammer is the author of American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest (Nebraska 1999) and Daughters of the Earth: The Lives and Legends of American Indian Women.
Reviews for I´ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist
“Niethammer has done an excellent job with this well-written biography. Using both written and oral sources, she presents a fascinating portrait of Annie, accompanied by enough stories and anecdotes to make her subject come alive to the reader.”—Journal of Arizona History “Wauneka's life is elegantly captured in this aptly titled narrative.”—Choice “Scholarly but accessible, this latest entry in Nebraska's American ... Read more