by Denise Oliver VelezFollow for Daily Kos, Sun Mar 02, 2014 http://s3.amazonaws.com/dk-production/images/71098/large/elder_woman.jpg?1393582460 This is a first! I NEVER post anything from this site. It's only because it deals with American Indians that I even bothered to read it. This is an important segment of the story: It includes an interesting video @ http://vimeo.com/76004072 Read the full piece @ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/02/1280488/-Women-s-History-Native-Americans An aside - many of the treaties between the US and American Indians were not valid as they were not worked out with the real leaders of the tribes - the Peace Chiefs and the councils in which women played an important part.
