The Kutenai Female Berdache: Courier, Guide, Prophetess and Warrior
Alternate Title
The Kootenai Female Berdache: Courier, Guide, Prophetess and Warrior
The Kootenay Female Berdache: Courier, Guide, Prophetess and Warrior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claude E. Schaeffer
Ethnohistory, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1965, pp. 193-236
Description
Ququonok Patke, a famous 19th century female berdache, whose role included mediation between the Flathead and Blackfoot peoples, was also recognized as a courier, warrior and guide.