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Grandmother's Grandchild: A Crow Indian Life
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Grandmother's Grandchild: A Crow Indian Life Hardcover - 2000

by Alma Hogan Snell; Becky Matthews (Editor); Preface by Peter Nabokov


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"I became what the Crows call kalisbaapite--a 'grandmother's grandchild.' That means that I was always with my Grandma, and I learned from her. I learned how to do things in the old ways."--Alma Hogan Snell

Grandmother's Grandchild is the remarkable story of Alma Hogan Snell (1923-2008), a Crow woman brought up by her grandmother, the famous medicine woman Pretty Shield. Snell grew up during the 1920s and 1930s, part of the second generation of Crows to be born into reservation life. Like many of her contemporaries, she experienced poverty, personal hardships, and prejudice and left home to attend federal Indian schools.

What makes Snell's story particularly engaging is her exceptional storytelling style. She is frank and passionate, and these qualities yield a memoir unlike those of most Native women. The complex reservation world of Crow women--harsh yet joyous, impoverished yet rich in meaning--unfolds for readers. Snell's experiences range from the forging of an unforgettable bond between grandchild and grandmother to the flowering of an extraordinary love story that has lasted more than five decades.

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  • Title Grandmother's Grandchild: A Crow Indian Life
  • Author Alma Hogan Snell; Becky Matthews (Editor); Preface by Peter Nabokov
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st US - 1st Pri
  • Pages 215
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE
  • Date March 1, 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780803242777 / 0803242778
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.27 x 6.28 x 0.97 in (23.55 x 15.95 x 2.46 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99039032
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Becky Matthews teaches history at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. Peter Nabokov is Professor of World Arts and Cultures at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is the author of Two Leggings: The Making of a Crow Warrior (Nebraska 1982) and other works.
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