The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions

Le Jeune, Fr. Paul, 38–40
Lesbianism, see Homosexuality (gay males and lesbians)
Lewis and Clark expedition, 215
Life-Bestower, 61. See also Creatrix, the
Light, manifestation of, 61
Lincoln, Kenneth: quoted, 76
Literature, see American Indian literature
Little War Twins, 19. See also Twins; War
Locke, John, 214
Longhouse (clan), see Tribal systems
Lorde, Audre, 214
Love: absence of (and alienation), 143–44 (see also Alienation);
significance of, 24
Love and Will (May), 116
Lowie, Robert, 253
McCabe, Mabel, 204, 208
McNickle, D’Arcy, 83, 84–85, 101, 151, 264, 266
“Magic,” see Sacred ritual
Magnus (Narragansett sunksquaw), 33–34, 35, 263
Maheo (All-Spirit), 57–59. See also All-Spirit
Male dominance, 38, 220, 223n, 273n7; acculturation and, 40,
42, 247, 268; benefits (to males) of, 224; in “democracy,” 41;
female power vs., 47–48; and male bias, 222 (see also
Cultural bias); propaganda for, 32, 203; of ritual, 31. See also
Males; Patriarchy
Males: bias of, see Cultural bias; female goddesses changed to,
see Gender change in traditional tales; gay, see
Homosexuality (gay males and lesbians); loss of ritual power
of, 47; and male tradition, 86–87, 267; membership of, in
sisterhood, 251; role models of, 2 (see also Gender roles); as
shamans, 40, 256, 263; status of, under colonization, 202; as
writers about Indians, 265. See also Male dominance;