The New Warriors Native American Leaders Since 1900
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An indispensable introduction to the rich variety of Native leadership in the modern era, The New Warriors profiles Native men and women who have played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the twentieth century.
The leaders showcased include the early-twentieth-century writer and activist Zitkala-Sa; American Indian Movement leader Russell Means; political activists Ada Deer and LaDonna Harris; scholar and writer D'Arcy McNickle; orator and Crow Reservation superintendent Robert Yellowtail; U.S. Senators Charles Curtis and Ben Nighthorse Campbell; Episcopal priest Vine V. Deloria Sr.; Howard Tommie, the champion of economic and cultural sovereignty for the Seminole Tribe of Florida; Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller; Pawnee activist and lawyer Walter Echo-Hawk; Crow educator Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top; and Phillip Martin, a driving force behind the spectacular economic revitalization of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780803218208 |
Publisher: | UNP - Nebraska |
Imprint: | University of Nebraska Press |
Pub date: | 31 Dec 2001 |
DEWEY: | 305.8970730922 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 346 |
Weight: | 624g |
Height: | 228mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 34mm |