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Confessions of an Iyeska
- Title
- Confessions of an Iyeska / by Viola Burnette.
- Author
- Burnette, Viola, 1939-
- Publication
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 19-2315 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 195 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The memoirs of a Lakota woman who rose from humble beginnings, overcoming hardship to attain a prominent position as a judge, legal activist, and spokesperson for her people"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Lakota Indians > Mixed descent
- Women lawyers
- Lakota women
- Indian judges
- Indian women activists
- Biography
- Burnette, Viola, 1939-
- Lakota Indians > Mixed descent > United States > Biography
- Women lawyers > United States > Biography
- United States
- Autobiographies
- Lakota women > United States > Biography
- Indian judges > United States > Biography
- Indian women activists > United States > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Autobiographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195).
- Contents
- Lakota beginnings -- Growing up on the farm -- Boarding school -- What means -- Religion's role -- Assimilation begins -- California, here I come -- Army life -- Time to grow -- The long road back -- Obstacles -- A paradigm shift -- Law school -- Searching for my future -- Return to the culture -- Living the dream -- Back to the people -- The work goes on -- Epilogue : hope for the future.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-2315
- ISBN
- 9781607816393
- 1607816393
- LCCN
- 2018008704
- OCLC
- 1027732569
- Author
- Burnette, Viola, 1939- author.
- Title
- Confessions of an Iyeska / by Viola Burnette.
- Publisher
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195).
- Other Form:
- Online version: Burnette, Viola, 1939- author. Confessions of an Iyeska Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018] 9781607816409 (DLC) 2018010960
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-2315