“I Saw All That”: A Lakota Girl's Puberty Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marsha C. Bol
Nellie Z. Star Boy Menard
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 25-42
Description
Details a 1925 honorary ceremony held for Nellie Zelda Star Boy Menard on the occassion of her first menstruation, an event believed to control or direct one's future life path.