The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions

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book literary criticism work of Native American studies

The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions is a groundbreaking work of Native American literary and cultural criticism that re-centers Indigenous women’s roles and feminist perspectives within tribal traditions and worldviews.

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The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions canonical	4

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Context triple: [Paula Gunn Allen, notableWork, The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions]

A. The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians is an anthropological study and interpretation of Native American ritual and mythology by ethnologist Paul Radin.
B. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays by Alice Walker that explores Black women's creativity, history, and resilience through literary criticism, biography, and personal reflection.
C. Green Place of Many Mothers
The Green Place of Many Mothers is a once-fertile matriarchal oasis in the Mad Max: Fury Road universe, remembered as Imperator Furiosa’s lost childhood homeland.
D. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
"Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit" is a collection of essays by Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko that blends memoir, cultural criticism, and storytelling to explore Laguna Pueblo traditions, identity, and the power of narrative.
E. The Culture of the Winnebago
The Culture of the Winnebago is an ethnographic study by anthropologist Paul Radin that documents and analyzes the traditional life, beliefs, and social organization of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
F. None of above. chosen
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Target entity: The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
Target entity description: The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions is a groundbreaking work of Native American literary and cultural criticism that re-centers Indigenous women’s roles and feminist perspectives within tribal traditions and worldviews.

A. The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians is an anthropological study and interpretation of Native American ritual and mythology by ethnologist Paul Radin.
B. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays by Alice Walker that explores Black women's creativity, history, and resilience through literary criticism, biography, and personal reflection.
C. Green Place of Many Mothers
The Green Place of Many Mothers is a once-fertile matriarchal oasis in the Mad Max: Fury Road universe, remembered as Imperator Furiosa’s lost childhood homeland.
D. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
"Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit" is a collection of essays by Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko that blends memoir, cultural criticism, and storytelling to explore Laguna Pueblo traditions, identity, and the power of narrative.
E. The Culture of the Winnebago
The Culture of the Winnebago is an ethnographic study by anthropologist Paul Radin that documents and analyzes the traditional life, beliefs, and social organization of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ work of Native American studies ⓘ
aimsTo	challenge dominant Western narratives about Native cultures ⓘ recover suppressed Indigenous women’s traditions ⓘ
associatedWith	Paula Gunn Allen’s Laguna Pueblo heritage ⓘ
author	Paula Gunn Allen ⓘ
contributesTo	Native American literary studies ⓘ feminist scholarship on Indigenous peoples ⓘ women’s studies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
critiques	Eurocentric literary criticism ⓘ patriarchal interpretations of Native cultures ⓘ
emphasizes	centrality of women in tribal societies ⓘ spiritual dimensions of Indigenous feminism ⓘ
examines	impact of colonization on Indigenous gender roles ⓘ relationships between gender and tribal sovereignty ⓘ representations of Native women in literature ⓘ
focusesOn	Native American oral traditions ⓘ myth and storytelling ⓘ re-centering Indigenous women’s roles ⓘ tribal worldviews ⓘ
genre	cultural criticism ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ
influenced	scholarship on Native women’s literature ⓘ subsequent Indigenous feminist theorists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	American Indian traditions ⓘ Indigenous feminism ⓘ Native American spirituality ⓘ Native American women ⓘ linked to: Native Americans feminist literary criticism ⓘ
notableFor	groundbreaking integration of feminism and Native traditions ⓘ influential role in Indigenous feminist discourse ⓘ
perspective	Native feminist perspective ⓘ
publicationPeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
publisher	Beacon Press ⓘ
structure	collection of essays ⓘ
usedIn	courses on feminist theory ⓘ university courses in Native American studies ⓘ university courses in women’s and gender studies ⓘ

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Paula Gunn Allen → notableWork → The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions ⓘ

Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman’s Sourcebook → relatedWork → The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions ⓘ

Life Is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995 → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions ⓘ

Skins and Bones: Poems 1979–1987 → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions ⓘ

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