Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
American Indian Women
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Background Reference Works

Champagne, Duane, ed. The Native North American Almanac. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.

------. Chronology of Native American History. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
Ten chronocologically arranged chapters highlight important people, places and events that have shaped Native American history. Supplementary sections include "Tribal Chronologies," "American Indian Orators," "Documents of History," and "Excerpts from Significant Legal Cases."

Demos, John. The Tried and the True: Native American Women Confronting Colonization. Vol. 1 of The Young Oxford History of Women in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Finger, John R. "Tennessee Notes: Recent Books on Southern Indians: A Brief Review." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 53 (Winter 1994): 280-87.

Markowitz, Harvey, ed. American Indians. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1995.

Paterek, Josephine. Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1994.

Reddy, Marlita A., ed. Statistical Record of Native North Americans. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.
The 127 statistical tables in Chapter 1, "History," cover such topics as population, blood status, education, health, and marriage.

Shoemaker, Nancy. "Native American Families." In American Families: A Research Guide and Historical Handbook, edited by Joseph M. Hawes and Elizabeth I. Nybakken. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1991.


Books, Articles & Theses

Awiakta, Marilou. Abiding Appalachia: Where Mountain and Atom Meet. Memphis: Saint Luke's Press, 1978.

------. Rising Fawn and the Fire Mystery: A Child's Christmas in Memphis, 1833. Memphis: Saint Luke's Press, 1983.

Bataille, Gretchen M. and Kathleen M. Sands. American Indian Women: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.

Hatley, Thomas. "Cherokee Women Farmers Hold Their Ground." In Appalachian Frontiers, edited by Robert D. Mitchell. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1991.

McClary, Ben Harris. "Nancy Ward: The Last Beloved Woman of the Cherokees." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 21 (1962): 354-364.

Purdue, Theda and Michael D. Green. The Cherokee Removal: A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martins Press, 1995.

Purdue, Theda. The Cherokee. New York: Chelsea House, 1989.

------. "Cherokee Women and the Trail of Tears." Journal of Women's History 1 (1989): 14-30.

------. Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835. Indians of the Southeast. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Reviewed for H-SHEAR by Andrew K. Frank: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=2118920639535.

------. "Native American Women in Tennessee." In Shaping a State: The Legacy of Tennessee Women. Nashville: [Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center], 1995.

------. "Southern Indians and the Cult of True Womanhood." In The Web of Southern Social Relations: Essays on Family Life, Education and Women, edited by Walter J. Fraser, Jr., R. Frank Saunders, Jr. and Jon L. Wakelyn. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985.

Sneed, Roseanna. "Two Cherokee Women." Frontiers 6, no. 3 (1981): 35-38.
Family life, from the perpectives of mother and daughter, from 1900 to 1935.

Tucker, Norma. "Nancy Ward, Ghighau of the Cherokees." Georgia Historical Quarterly 53 (1969): 192-200.


Films & Videos

Natchez Trace: Pathway to Parkway. Nashville: Channel 8-WDCN Educational Television, 1988.
Nanyehi (Nancy Ward) is one of the individuals featured in this 60- minute film.


Manuscript & Other Research Collections

Alley, Ann. "Suggestions for Native American Research (Cherokee)." Online. Available from http://www.state.tn.us/other/statelib/pubsvs/cherokee.htm. 1994. Very informative guide to resources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Chepesiuk, Ron, and Arnold Shankman, compilers. American Indian Archival Material: A Guide to Holdings in the Southeast. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.

Hill, Edward E. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington, D.C.: General Services Administration, 1981.


Related Internet Sites

Tennessee Archaeology Net: http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/archpage.html



Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
Ken Middleton kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu
Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University