Will Put First, First Edition (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Seaward-Hiatt, Erin (cover design); Peltier, Leonard (color illustrations) (illustrator). 1st Edition. New condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with a section of color photographic plates and a repeating black-and-white chapter introductory illustration. "A unique portrayal of four members of the American Indian Movement -- with unique photos and fascinating full-color images created by Leonard Peltier! In I Will, Sheron Wyant-Leonard weaves the personal recollections of four members of the American Indian Movement -- Leonard Peltier, Dennis Banks, Dorothy Ninham, and her husband Herb Powless -- into a unique narrative to expose their trials and tribulations over the course of two decades. When the last gunshots of the Indian Wars of the nineteenth century faded away, a dark and desperate time began for Native American people. Poverty, neglect, and hopelessness hung over the land. But as the 1970s dawned, a powerful movement for change by newly urban Indians was born with the words "American Indian Movement." Starting with a brief look at the childhoods of four critical members of AIM and their experience at government boarding schools, I Will offers a detailed account of life on the reservation, the fight against termination or disbandment of the tribes, and the founding of their resistance. They walked the line between courage and fear and changed the direction of Native history forever." -- from the inner front jacket flap. "Both heartbreaking and inspiring, Sheron Wyant-Leonard adds a dimension to the American Indian Movement narrative that demands its place among the story of this country. This book captures the essence of the Movement in the tragedy, triumph, and above all, humanity, of the individuals portrayed." -- Judge Kevin Sharp, US District Court (2011-2017). "While working in a community radio news department during the 1970s, I aired many reports on AIM-related events. Back then, I thought I knew what was going on. After reading I Will, I realize I barely knew a single thing." -- Jill Hannum, former News Department co-director, KPFA-FM. "During the Woulnded Knee siege in winter of '73 on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation, roadblocks were set up to keep out the press. Herb Powless, (featured in I Will) arranged a two-day overland trek to get me inside the besieged compound. I owe my films to that." -- Kevin McKiernan, Pulitzer Prize-nominated foreign correspondent. "I Will humanizes history, uplifting the tenacious and courageous love that mobalized a world-changing movement for Native rights. Wyant-Leonard reveals the inspiring life spark carried through extraordinary individual leaders who lit the way for future generations." - Gabrielle Tayac, Ph.D., associate professor of public history at George Mason University. "Sheron Leonard has a poet's way with words and understands it is the details, closely and freshly observed -- a glance between friends, the feel of falling snow, one night's alignment of the stars, the manifestations of hunger or fear or joy -- that make a story. I Will weaves into the arduous paths of four people who ended up leaders of the American Indian Movement insights about love, courage, determination and the wisdom of native ways, both heartbreaking and inspiriting." -- James Silk, Binger clinical professor of human rights at Yale Law School.