Gendered Checks and Balances: Understanding the Legacy of White Patriarchy in an American Indian Cultural Context
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Author/Creator
Robert A. Williams
Georgia Law Review, vol. 24, no. 4, Summer, 1990, pp. 1019-1044
Description
Uses the example of the Iroquois of upper New York to illustrate how Europeans interpreted social structure in terms of their own cultures and belief systems. In this case, the view that Indian men were lazy and the women "drudges" who nevertheless possessed a great deal of power.