Upon Her Shoulders Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community Perseverance Deloria states: "The recommendations made Deloria states: "The recommendations made in the Twenty Points and the justification for such a change as articulated in the book may well come to pass in our lifetime Generously Mary Ann Jacobs an Associate Professor and who chairs American Indian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) This book documents the autobiographical stories and poems of Southeastern American Indian women whose hard work and daily fight to keep their communities well and safe is all too often disregarded by mainstream publications and the general public