Introduction: new perspectives on Plains Indian women / Patricia Albers
Beasts of burden and menial slaves / Katherine Weist
The shackles of tradition / Alice Kehoe
Male/female task differentiation among the Hidatsa / Janet Spector
Women's work / Mary Jane Schneider
The role of Sioux women in the production of ceremonial objects / Patricia Albers, Beatrice Medicine
The political-economy of gender / Alan Klein
Sioux women in transition / Patricia Albers
Male and female in traditional Lakota culture / Raymond Demallie
"Warrior women", sex role alternatives for Plains Indian women / Beatrice Medicine.
