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In this important work Annette Angela Portillo examines Native American women’s autobiographical discourses and argues that the complexity of these life stories resists generic classifications. The “sovereign stories” and “blood memories” not only reveal the multiple layers of history and identity shared by each author but demonstrate how their narratives are grounded in ancestral memory and land. Portillo analyzes traditional autobiographies and memoirs alongside interviews and social media to explore the intricacies of Native American women’s voices and the stories that they share.

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This book is an effort to recover indigenous epistemologies, an intimate embrace of spoken and visual images, silhouettes imprinted in the minds of Native American women over the centuries that are inspiring a new cadre of scholars. - M. Talamantez, coeditor of Teaching Religion and Healing

The Orlando Sentinel (FL) Nine is a perfect 10.

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Annette Angela Portillo is an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her articles have appeared in several publications, including Western American Literature, College English Association Forum, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History.

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