"Right in the Midst of My Own People": Native American Women and the Field Matron Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa E. Emmerich
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 201-216
Description
Article examines the role and effects of the Office of Indian Affairs’ (OIA) Field Matron Program; considers the evolution of the program to include Indigenous women as Matrons and examines the assimilation and resistance seen as a result.