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Onöndowa'ga: 'Wënö gweh (Seneca Women)

Onöndowa'ga: 'Wënö gweh (Seneca Women)

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 0359460674
ISBN13: 9780359460670
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Mar 1 2019
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Hodinöhsö ni' are a matriarchal society, women are a powerful entity. Membership is matrilineal, traditionally, the clan mother position holds a tremendous amount of responsibility to society. This book is a collection of Seneca women's names with a brief description for each entry. There are 253 names ranging from the 1600's to the 21st century. All the female Clerks of the Seneca Nation of Indians are listed. For the Senecas, the 1848 political revolution creating an elective system of political government; reduced the power of women for over a century. In the late 1960s, women regained political power and began to vote and run for office in the Seneca Nation of Indians. Since 1968, a woman has won the executive position of Clerk every elections since.

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