" — Cynthia Leitich Smith

More important than humor

such as the migration of Anishinabe and happenings since the coming of French traders in 1544

treaty abrogation

We Are Dancing for You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women's Coming-Of-Age Ceremonies louise " — Cynthia Leitich Smith"I am here. You will never be alone. We are dancing for you." So begins Cutcha Risling Baldy's deeply personal account of the revitalization of the women's coming of age ceremony for the Hoopa Valley Tribe. At the end of the twentieth century, the tribe's Flower Dance had not been fully practiced for decades. The women of the tribe, recognizing the critical importance of the tradition, undertook its revitalization using the memories of elders and