Dismantling the Master's Tools with the Master's House: Native Feminist Liberation Theologies
Abstract
I’m a feminist because I think anything else is unintelligent. And I just can’t go with turning my brain into jello for someone else’s fantasy fulfi llment. I also think it’s ordained by God. I really do think I have divine power on my side in that regard. To me you cannot advocate sovereignty without advocating feminism because feminism should be at its heart the same what sovereignty is. I do see feminism as ordering right relations and I think that’s what Native American traditions are all about, being in balance with one another. Being in balance with all creation, be it the environment, be it nation-to-nation, and I think feminism is that, but it does so from the particular vantage point that women are able to provide, and have always provided.1
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After the destruction of tribal life American Indian women were taken as 'squaws' by traders, trappers, and military men.
“After the destruction of tribal life American Indian women were taken as 'squaws' by traders, trappers, and military men.”
From American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes (2013) · cites this paper as Smith, 2006
As the depersonalized squaws, they were powerless.
“As the depersonalized squaws, they were powerless.”
From American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes (2013) · cites this paper as Smith, 2006
Like their male relatives they may be easily destroyed without reference to their humanity.
“Like their male relatives they may be easily destroyed without reference to their humanity”
From American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes (2013) · cites this paper as Smith, 2006
At that time Indian women were viewed by Whites as sub-humans, fit only to kill or to rape.
“At that time Indian women were viewed by Whites as sub-humans, fit only to kill or to rape.”
From American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes (2013) · cites this paper as Smith, 2006
They endured slavery, abuse, scorn, and outrage.
“They endured slavery, abuse, scorn, and outrage.”
From American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes (2013) · cites this paper as Smith, 2006
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- Authors
- Smith, A.
- Corresponding author
- Smith, Andrea
- Venue
- Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- 2006
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 85-97
- ISSN
- 1553-3913 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2005315452
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Theological Perspectives and Practices
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality
- Keywords
- liberation theology, Indigenous sovereignty, feminist theology, Native American customs, relationality, critique of Eurocentrism
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