Red Power: The American Indians' Fight for Freedom, Second Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803225873 ISBN 13: 9780803225879

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1999

Synopsis

Red Power is a classic documentary history of the American Indian activist movement. This landmark second edition considerably expands and updates the original, illustrating the development of American Indian political activism from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century. Included in the fifty selections are influential statements by Indian organizations and congressional committees, the texts of significant laws, and the articulate voices of individuals such as Clyde Warrior, Vine Deloria Jr., Dennis Banks, Wilma Mankiller, Ada Deer, and Russell Means. The selections are organized around key issues: the nature of the original Red Power protest; tribal identity, self-determination, and sovereignty; land claims and economic development; cultural traditions and spirituality; education; and reservation conditions.

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About the Author

Alvin M. Josephy Jr. was the founding chairman of the board of the National Museum of the American Indian. His many books include Five Hundred Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians. Joane Nagel is chair of the sociology department at the University of Kansas and the author or editor of several books, including American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture.  Troy Johnson is an associate professor of American Indian studies and history at California State University, Long Beach, and the author of several books, including The Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Indian Self-Determination and the Rise of Indian Activism.

From Library Journal

The original 1971 edition of Red Power was a classic documentary history of the American Indian activist movement. Included in this expanded and updated version are speeches by American Indian leaders, among them Vine Deloria Jr., Dennis Banks, Russell Means, Wilma Mankiller, Clyde Warrior, and Ada Deer. Topics such as tribal identity and sovereignty, land claims and economic development, cultural traditions and spirituality, education, and social conditions are covered in six chapters; where the original text had 26 selections, the second edition has 50. An introduction to each selection provides context for the growing Native American demand for self-determination. President Nixon's watershed Indian Affairs Message of 1970 suggests that such demands were beginning to receive official recognition and support. Editor Josephy (Five Hundred Nations, Knopf, 1998) was the founding chair of the National Museum of the American Indian. This new edition will be useful for students who want to examine contemporary and historical Native American points of view.AVicki Leslie Toy Smith, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
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Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0803225873
• ISBN 13: 9780803225879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Johnson Troy R., Josephy Jr. Alvin M., Nagel Joane