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In many tribal traditions of the Native American culture, the role of women is central to the survival of the family and community, and women are respected for their knowledge, ability to procreate, as well as supernatural power that foster another level of reverence. Unlike many Euro-American cultures, women are not as relegated to prescribed gender roles and patriarchal structures are not fundamental to the overall social or communal structure (Taj, 2013). Gender holds different meaning and implications within the Native American culture that is contrary to many other cultures and ethnicities where women are inferior to patriarchal structures.
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Baxley, T.P., Boston, G.H. (2014). Central Power, New Frontier. In: (In)visible Presence. Transgressions, vol 102. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-689-9_7
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