Native Women

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News from Indian Country (7/5/99) has highlighted national and prominent Indian women.Each woman speaks from her heart.

Leslie Billie, Seminole, working with Seminole youth.

Loretta Lynn, Country Western singer.

Avis Little Eagle,Lakota, Newswoman

Susan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne/Arapaho, poet

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cree, Folk Singer

Wambli, Lakota, Musician

Vi Hilbert, College Professor

Mary Youngblood, Flutistm Musician

Irene Bedard, Alaskan, Writer

Karen Lincoln Michel, Journalist

Kara Briggs, Yakama, Journalist

Marge Anderson, Grandmother, leader

Winona LaDuke, Writer, Professor

Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida, Actress

Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee, Tribal Leader

Mary Kim Tttla, Wife, Mother, Journalist

Denise Sweet, Community builder

Janet McCloud, Wife, Mother, Advocate

Patty Lowe, City girl, broadcasting

The message from these women has been two fold: have and show respect -- pray always.
The response from women has been so effusive that News from Indian Country (7831 N. Grindstone Avenue, Hayward, WI 54843-2052) will continue the series on Indian Women. Write for a copy and receive the words of the women. E-mail: newsfic@aol.com