Wynema
by Callahan, S. AliceEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-04-28
Publisher(s): Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Summary
Originally published in 1891,Wynemais the first novel known to have been written by a woman of American Indian descent. Set against the sweeping and often tragic cultural changes that affected southeastern native peoples during the late nineteenth century, it tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women from vastly different backgroundsWynema Harjo, a Muscogee Indian, and Genevieve Weir, a Methodist teacher from a genteel Southern family. Both are firm believers in women's rights and Indian reform; both struggle to overcome prejudice and correct injustices between sexes and races. Callahan uses the conventional traditions of a sentimental domestic romance to deliver an elegant plea for tolerance, equality, and reform.
Author Biography
S. Alice Callahan (1868-94) was a mixed-blood of Muscogee descent and became a Methodist teacher for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma.
Table of Contents
| Publisher's Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Editor's Introduction | p. xiii |
| Introductory | p. 1 |
| The School | p. 6 |
| Some Indian Dishes | p. 10 |
| The Busk | p. 14 |
| The Dance | p. 19 |
| An Indian Burial | p. 23 |
| A Strange Ceremony | p. 27 |
| What Became of It? | p. 30 |
| Some Changes | p. 34 |
| Gerald Speaks | p. 37 |
| In the Old Home | p. 42 |
| A Conservative | p. 47 |
| Shall We Allot? | p. 50 |
| More concerning Allotments | p. 54 |
| Wynema's Mischief | p. 59 |
| The Return | p. 65 |
| Another Visit to Keithly College | p. 67 |
| Turmoil with the Indians | p. 71 |
| The Family Together | p. 76 |
| Among the Rebels | p. 80 |
| Civilization or Savage Barbarity | p. 88 |
| Is This Right? | p. 94 |
| The Papoose | p. 99 |
| Conclusion | p. 103 |
| Notes to the Text | p. 105 |
| Works Cited and Recommended Reading | p. 115 |
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