A Field of Their Own: Women and American Indian History, 1830-1941 indigenous language books It tells the story of

It tells the story of twelve characters

and the intricate rhythms of grief with all the grace

so painful they can break your heart

When Ojibwe historian Brenda Child uncovered the Bureau of Indian Affairs file on her grandparents

and keenly aware of the power of stories

A Field of Their Own: Women and American Indian History, 1830-1941 indigenous language books It tells the story ofOne hundred and forty years before Gerda Lerner established women's history as a specialized field in 1972, a small group of women began to claim American Indian history as their own domain. A Field of Their Own examines nine key figures in American Indian scholarship to reveal how women came to be identified with Indian history and why they eventually claimed it as their own field. From Helen Hunt Jackson to Angie Debo, the magnitude of their