Navajo Women Ceremonial Practitioners
by
Maureen Trudelle Schwarz
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Adulthood in the Navajo world is marked by the onset of menstruation in females and by the deepening of the voice in males. Accordingly, young adults must accept responsibility over the powers manifest in blood and voice: for women, the forces that control reproduction and growth; for men, the powers...