This is Dr. Rachel Mason's presentation called Changing Understandings of Female Hunter-Gatherer for the event The Female in Indigenous and PreSocratic Cultures. The audio podcast is also posted in iTunes. Event guest speakers include Dr. Rachel Mason, (UAA Anthropology Dept., NPS), Dr. Kristin Helweg Hanson (UAA Philosophy Dept.), and Wolfgang Olsson, B.A. (UAA, English with Honors). Topics covered include: The "search" for the feminine in pre-Socratic society and places of possible intersection with indigenous philosophies; The importance of Aspasia, Changing understandings of female hunter-gatherer, and why the “female” has been suppressed and/or discarded over the years discussed. Ilarion Larry Merculieff also shared his understanding of Unangan women.(1:14:20-1:18:05); (1:20:17- 1:23:4) (1:27:18)-(1:28:27).