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The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

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  • In Paula Gunn Allen

    Her first novel, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows (1983), weaves traditional tribal songs, rituals, and legends into the story of a woman of mixed heritage whose struggle for survival is aided by Spider Grandmother, a figure from ancient tribal mythology. In The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine…

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