Reviews
"Edwards offers a powerful contribution to the story of the Osage empire through an examination of gender roles and their persistence throughout a critical period of U.S. removal and settler expansion. Historians interested in indigenous history, gender, and settler colonialism will find Osage Women and Empire useful and thought provoking."-- Journal of American History "With clarity and grace, Edwards presents a fascinating shapshot of the gender roles played by Osage women and men. This succinct book, suitable for course adoption, will be useful for students of Native American history, women's suites, and settler colonialism."-- Missouri Historical Review, " Osage Women and Empire skillfully illustrates how incorporating women's history and attention to gender can enrich and transform our understandings of all kinds of history, often identifying continuities where there seemed only disruption. With its beautiful prose and embedding of gender analysis within clear explanations of Osage and U.S. history, Edwards's book should be assigned not only in classes on indigenous studies and women's history but also in U.S. history courses."-- American Historical Review, "Edwards offers a powerful contribution to the story of the Osage empire through an examination of gender roles and their persistence throughout a critical period of U.S. removal and settler expansion. Historians interested in indigenous history, gender, and settler colonialism will find Osage Women and Empire useful and thought provoking."Journal of American History, "Edwards highlights the continuity of Osage gender roles and Osage women's significance."-- Early American Literature " Osage Women and Empire skillfully illustrates how incorporating women's history and attention to gender can enrich and transform our understandings of all kinds of history, often identifying continuities where there seemed only disruption. With its beautiful prose and embedding of gender analysis within clear explanations of Osage and U.S. history, Edwards's book should be assigned not only in classes on indigenous studies and women's history but also in U.S. history courses."-- American Historical Review, "With clarity and grace, Edwards presents a fascinating shapshot of the gender roles played by Osage women and men. This succinct book, suitable for course adoption, will be useful for students of Native American history, women's suites, and settler colonialism."-- Missouri Historical Review, "In her comprehensive analysis of gender roles throughout a critical period in Osage history, Tai S. Edwards demonstrates how attention to a Native American nation's deeply held beliefs in complementarity, autonomy, and balance allows us to understand indigenous resilience to colonization. Edwards does not simply add women to the story of the Osage empire. Rather, she proves that we cannot understand their creative and often successful adaptation without paying attention to the persistence of gendered values and behaviors. This book will change the way we understand the history of the southern plains."-- Rose Stremlau , author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation "An important new work that refutes the long-standing false stereotype of the male domination and abuse of women in Plains warrior societies. Edwards restores Osage women to their rightful place in an egalitarian, non-hierarchical indigenous system in which they were respected and essential participants in every aspect of Osage life while providing new insights regarding Osage resistance to, and selective adaption of, white norms under US colonialism. Important reading for students of indigenous history, women's studies, and settler colonialism."-- --Donna L. Akers, author of Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860, In her comprehensive analysis of gender roles throughout a critical period in Osage history, Tai S. Edwards demonstrates how attention to a Native American nation's deeply held beliefs in complementarity, autonomy, and balance allows us to understand indigenous resilience to colonization. Edwards does not simply add women to the story of the Osage empire. Rather, she proves that we cannot understand their creative and often successful adaptation without paying attention to the persistence of gendered values and behaviors. This book will change the way we understand the history of the southern plains.-- Rose Stremlau , author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation An important new work that refutes the long-standing false stereotype of the male domination and abuse of women in Plains warrior societies. Edwards restores Osage women to their rightful place in an egalitarian, non-hierarchical indigenous system in which they were respected and essential participants in every aspect of Osage life while providing new insights regarding Osage resistance to, and selective adaption of, white norms under US colonialism. Important reading for students of indigenous history, women's studies, and settler colonialism.-- Donna L. Akers , author of Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860, "In her comprehensive analysis of gender roles throughout a critical period in Osage history, Tai S. Edwards demonstrates how attention to a Native American nation's deeply held beliefs in complementarity, autonomy, and balance allows us to understand indigenous resilience to colonization. Edwards does not simply add women to the story of the Osage empire. Rather, she proves that we cannot understand their creative and often successful adaptation without paying attention to the persistence of gendered values and behaviors. This book will change the way we understand the history of the southern plains."-- Rose Stremlau , author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation, In her comprehensive analysis of gender roles throughout a critical period in Osage history, Tai S. Edwards demonstrates how attention to a Native American nations deeply held beliefs in complementarity, autonomy, and balance allows us to understand indigenous resilience to colonization. Edwards does not simply add women to the story of the Osage empire. Rather, she proves that we cannot understand their creative and often successful adaptation without paying attention to the persistence of gendered values and behaviors. This book will change the way we understand the history of the southern plains.Rose Stremlau , author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation, "Edwards offers a powerful contribution to the story of the Osage empire through an examination of gender roles and their persistence throughout a critical period of U.S. removal and settler expansion. Historians interested in indigenous history, gender, and settler colonialism will find Osage Women and Empire useful and thought provoking."-- Journal of American History, "In her comprehensive analysis of gender roles throughout a critical period in Osage history, Tai S. Edwards demonstrates how attention to a Native American nation's deeply held beliefs in complementarity, autonomy, and balance allows us to understand indigenous resilience to colonization. Edwards does not simply add women to the story of the Osage empire. Rather, she proves that we cannot understand their creative and often successful adaptation without paying attention to the persistence of gendered values and behaviors. This book will change the way we understand the history of the southern plains."-- Rose Stremlau , author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation "An important new work that refutes the long-standing false stereotype of the male domination and abuse of women in Plains warrior societies. Edwards restores Osage women to their rightful place in an egalitarian, non-hierarchical indigenous system in which they were respected and essential participants in every aspect of Osage life while providing new insights regarding Osage resistance to, and selective adaption of, white norms under US colonialism. Important reading for students of indigenous history, women's studies, and settler colonialism."-- Donna L. Akers , author of Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860, An important new work that refutes the long-standing false stereotype of the male domination and abuse of women in Plains warrior societies. Edwards restores Osage women to their rightful place in an egalitarian, non-hierarchical indigenous system in which they were respected and essential participants in every aspect of Osage life while providing new insights regarding Osage resistance to, and selective adaption of, white norms under US colonialism. Important reading for students of indigenous history, womens studies, and settler colonialism.Donna L. Akers , author of Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 18301860, "With clarity and grace, Edwards presents a fascinating snapshot of the gender roles played by Osage women and men. This succinct book, suitable for course adoption, will be useful for students of Native American history, women's studies, and settler colonialism."-- Missouri Historical Review, " Osage Women and Empire skillfully illustrates how incorporating women's history and attention to gender can enrich and transform our understandings of all kinds of history, often identifying continuities where there seemed only disruption. With its beautiful prose and embedding of gender analysis within clear explanations of Osage and U.S. history, Edwardss book should be assigned not only in classes on indigenous studies and womens history but also in U.S. history courses."American Historical Review, "Edwards offers a powerful contribution to the story of the Osage empire through an examination of gender roles and their persistence throughout a critical period of U.S. removal and settler expansion. Historians interested in indigenous history, gender, and settler colonialism will find Osage Women and Empire useful and thought provoking."-- Journal of American History "With clarity and grace, Edwards presents a fascinating shapshot of the gender roles played by Osage women and men. This succinct book, suitable for course adoption, will be useful for students of Native American history, women's suites, and settler colonialism."Missouri Historical Review, "An important new work that refutes the long-standing false stereotype of the male domination and abuse of women in Plains warrior societies. Edwards restores Osage women to their rightful place in an egalitarian, non-hierarchical indigenous system in which they were respected and essential participants in every aspect of Osage life while providing new insights regarding Osage resistance to, and selective adaption of, white norms under US colonialism. Important reading for students of indigenous history, women's studies, and settler colonialism."-- Donna L. Akers , author of Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860
