Episode 8: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
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Episode 8: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Author and Educator
Motivated by the desire to provide more accurate depictions of Native American experiences in children’s books, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve launched her career as an author when she entered a national writing contest. Since that contest, she has authored almost thirty books. Her work increases the visibility of women in Native American stories. Influential within the family and adaptable are two traits she identifies in Native American women. She says they’ve always had traditionally significant Influence in their homes and persuaded their husbands to vote in support of women’s issues; however, it took time to get them to the polls.
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