Political Power of Indigenous Women in the Early Twentieth-Century America

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  • 20世紀初頭米国における先住民女性の政治力
  • The Case of an Oneida Woman’s Activism
  • オナイダ族女性の取り組みを例に

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It is said that Western colonialism and a series of federal policies that attempted to “civilize” Native Americans since the 19th century weakened social and political status of Native women within their communities. However, this was not always the case for some women in the early 20th century. This paper will introduce the political activities of Laura Cornelius Kellogg, an Oneida woman whose tribe traditionally followed a matrilineal kinship system, which valued women as the center of their society. By examining her involvement in the Society of American Indians and the women's suffrage movement, it reveals how she tried to establish her position within her community and in wider American society while facing Western gender roles that were expected of women at the time.

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