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Author Berman, Tressa Lynn

Title Circle of goods : women, work, and welfare in a reservation community / Tressa Berman
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 154 pages) : illustrations
Series SUNY series in the anthropology of work
SUNY series in anthropological studies of contemporary issues
SUNY series in the anthropology of work.
SUNY series in anthropological studies of contemporary issues.
Contents Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. "Say Commodity Cheese!" -- 2. Ceremonial Relations of Production -- 3. Women, Work, and the State -- 4. Miheu, Mia, Sápat: Women's Ways of Leadership -- 5. "All we needed wasour gardens . . ." Implications of State Welfare Reform on the Reservation Economy -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W
Summary Circle of Goods compiles the stories of Native American women and examines their kinship, wage work, and informal economies. Responding to the upheavals of reservation life brought about by federal policies -- from commodity rations to welfare reform -- Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara women, each with distinct histories and cultural practices, stand at the center of the Fort Berthold reservation economy. Berman introduces the concept of ceremonial relations of production to explain the contradictory effects of economic incentives and cultural commitments, and argues that the historical movement of people and goods through a series of structured dependencies often gives rise to creative strategies for survival and new social identities
Analysis "Multi-User"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Public welfare -- North Dakota -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Indians of North America -- Public welfare -- North Dakota -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation -- Government relations
Hidatsa women -- North Dakota -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation -- Social conditions
Mandan women -- North Dakota -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
Economic history
Indians of North America -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Public welfare
Public welfare
Social conditions
SUBJECT Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Social conditions
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Economic conditions
Subject North Dakota -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002029233
ISBN 9780791487891
079148789X
0791455351
9780791455357
9780791455364
079145536X