Charleyboy, Lisa, and Mary Beth Leatherdale, eds. #NotYourPrincess. 2017. 109p. ISBN 978-1-55451-957-6. Available at 971.004 CHA on the library shelves.
In the collective imagination, Native American girls are either like Pocahontas, ready to help the White man and selling her people, alcohol-abusing dysfunctioning individuals living on remote reservations, or invisible members of society ignored and neglected. These images are simple stereotypes reducing people to the status of Other, those who are different from us. Modern Native American women possess powerful voices, and this book features a collection of thoughts, ideas, and feelings that express, through poems, art, essays, and narratives how they experience everyday life. These experiences feature abuse as well as humiliation, but also redemption and hope for a better future. Every single voice in #NotYourPrincess passionately describe lives that demand society make changes to empower not only Native American women but all women.
Providing a great snapshot in the daily lives of Native American women, #NotYourPrincess will be enjoyed by readers who are ready to hear empowered voices and gain insights into a community we often romanticize or ignore.
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