Beloved Women: Nurturing the Sacred Fire of Leadership From an American Indian Perspective

Counseling professionals are taught to rely heavily on theories and interventions steeped in a Western, masculinized worldview. This article explores a paradigm shift by providing a contrasting cultural view of leadership among women. The “crosswalk” between the American Indian perspective of nurtur...

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Published inJournal of counseling and development Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 284 - 291
Main Authors Portman, Tarrell Awe Agahe, Garrett, Michael Tlanusta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 22.06.2005
American Counseling Association
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Altruism
American Indian History
American Indian people
American Indians
Analysis
Cooperation
Counseling
Counselors
Cross cultural studies
Cultural attitudes
Cultural Context
Females
Leaders
Leadership
Leadership Styles
Mentors
Multicultural counselling
Native North Americans
Oral tradition
Professional development
Society
Tribes
United States
United States History
USA
Water
Women
World Views
United States
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Summary:Counseling professionals are taught to rely heavily on theories and interventions steeped in a Western, masculinized worldview. This article explores a paradigm shift by providing a contrasting cultural view of leadership among women. The “crosswalk” between the American Indian perspective of nurturing leadership in women and the theoretical basis of relational‐cultural theory is explored as a way of adding critical, ancient knowledge about leadership to the counseling profession. Implications for mentoring female leaders are presented.
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ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00345.x