| Muscogee Daughter: My Sojourn to the Miss America Pageant Contributor(s): Supernaw, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803234163 ISBN-13: 9780803234161 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $21.21 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: American Indian Lives |
| Physical Information: 265 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How American is Miss America? For Susan Supernaw, a Muscogee (Creek) and Munsee Native American, the question wasnOCOt just academic. Throughout a childhood clouded by poverty, alcoholism, and abuse, Supernaw sought escape in school and dance and the Native American Church. She became a presidential scholar, won a scholarship to college, and was crowned Miss Oklahoma in 1971. Supernaw might not have won the Miss America pageant that year, but she did call attention to the Native peoples living largely invisible lives throughout their own American land. And she did at long last earn her Native American name. |