Circle of goods
Subtitle: women, work, and welfare in a reservation community
By: Tressa Berman.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Description: "Circle of Goods compiles the stories of Native American women and examines their kinship, wage work, and informal economies. Responding to the upheavals of reservation life brought about by federal policies - from commodity rations to welfare reform - Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara women, each with distinct histories and cultural practices, stand at the center of the Fort Berthold reservation economy.

Berman introduces the concept of ceremonial relations of production to explain the contradictory effects of economic incentives and cultural commitments, and argues that the historical movement of people and goods through a series of structured dependencies often gives rise to creative strategies for survival and new social identities."--BOOK JACKET.