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Author Burnette, Viola, 1939- author

Title Confessions of an Iyeska / Viola Burnette
Published Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Lakota beginnings -- Growing up on the farm -- Boarding school -- What means -- Religion's role -- Assimilation begins -- California, here I come -- Army life -- Time to grow -- The long road back -- Obstacles -- A paradigm shift -- Law school -- Searching for my future -- Return to the culture -- Living the dream -- Back to the people -- The work goes on -- Epilogue : hope for the future
Summary "The memoirs of a Lakota woman who rose from humble beginnings, overcoming hardship to attain a prominent position as a judge, legal activist, and spokesperson for her people"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2019)
Subject Burnette, Viola, 1939-
Lakota Indians -- Mixed descent -- United States -- Biography
Lakota women -- United States -- Biography
Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography
Indian judges -- United States -- Biography
Indian women activists -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Indian judges
Indian women activists
Lakota Indians -- Mixed descent
Lakota women
Women lawyers
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018010960
ISBN 9781607816409
1607816407