Piikanaikiiks : a literary analysis of Blackfoot oral stories and the traditional roles of women in leadership

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dc.contributor.authorEli, Shelly Kay
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorNg, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T20:59:30Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T20:59:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a combination of life writing and literary analysis of select oral stories regarding the leadership role of the woman in Blackfoot culture. I discuss the leadership qualities of The Holy Woman, The Woman Chief/Warrior and The Blackfoot Woman Storyteller and the importance of these identities for contemporary Piikani Women. I explain traditional Blackfoot women’s roles by describing the connection between traditional women’s roles, oral stories, ceremonies, Blackfoot language, and the land. A literary analysis and a comparison of the oral stories found in Percy Bullchild’s The Sun Came Down: The History of The World as My Blackfeet Elders Told It, Beverley Hungry Wolf’s The Ways of My Grandmothers, and Clark Wissler and D C Duvall’s Mythology of The Blackfoot Indians will demonstrate archetypal women in leadership roles, and will show the origins of these traditional roles. The argument for this thesis is to encourage Piikani women to return to traditional Blackfoot roles for the purpose of establishing traditional Blackfoot leadership to balance power between women and men; create healthy communities; and empower future generations of Piikani Women leaders.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3572
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0740en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Englishen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Englishen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectoral storiesen_US
dc.subjectBlackfoot cultureen_US
dc.subjectrole of womenen_US
dc.subjectleadership rolesen_US
dc.subjectPiikani womenen_US
dc.subjectAmpskapi Piikani -- Fiction -- Research
dc.subjectAmpskapi Piikani -- Folklore -- Research
dc.subjectAmpskapi Piikani -- Social life and customs -- Research
dc.subjectAmpskapi Piikani -- Rites and ceremonies -- Research
dc.subjectKainai -- Fiction -- Research
dc.subjectKainai -- Folklore -- Research
dc.subjectKainai -- Social life and customs -- Research
dc.subjectKainai -- Rites and ceremonies -- Research
dc.subjectIndigenous women -- Fiction -- Research
dc.subjectIndigenous women -- Folklore -- Research
dc.subjectIndigenous women -- Social life and customs -- Research
dc.subjectIndigenous women -- Rites and ceremonies -- Research
dc.subjectLeadership in women -- Research -- Canada
dc.subjectDissertations, Academic
dc.titlePiikanaikiiks : a literary analysis of Blackfoot oral stories and the traditional roles of women in leadershipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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