Since the colonization of indigenous peoples in North America, the roles of Native women within their societies have been concealed or, at best, misunderstood. Women and Power in Native North America removes the curtain surrounding gender status and power in native societies. Laura F. Klein is Professor of Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. Lillian A. Ackerman is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington and the author of A NECESSARY BALANCE: GENDER AND POWER AMONG INDIANS OF THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU also published by the University of Oklahoma Press