In Women of the Earth Lodges, Virginia Peters uses women s accounts, myths and creation stories, and anthropological and archaeological data to examine the influence and vitality of Plains Indian women. She demonstrates that village life was organized around women s labor and the women acted as partners with men in economic, social, and religious affairs-functions overlooked by contemporary observers.
"
In Women of the Earth Lodges, Virginia Peters uses women s accounts, myths and creation stories, and anthropological and archaeological data to exa...
