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xiv, 176 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index. |
| Contents |
Red power in the Northwest : Ramona Bennett / Vera Parham -- Being Mary Crow Dog : It isn't easy : Mary Crow Dog / Renae M. Bredin -- Power of voice, power in the land : Ada Deer / Theodor Gordon and Michael Seager -- Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee activist : Suzan Shown Harjo / Michelle Lorimer -- Strikes with Puha power! Comanche activist, LaDonna Harris / Clifford E. Trafzer -- Tribal community and national activist : Wilma Mankiller / Jeffrey Allen Smith -- Numakshi Mihe : the lead woman of the three affiliated tribes : Alyce Spotted Bear / Daniel Archuleta -- Navajo judge, Ramah, and Crownpoint districts : Irene Toledo / Thomas Long -- "In unity there is strength," writer and activist : Marie Potts / Daniel Stahl-Kovell -- Cultural activist : Zitkala-a, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin / Benjamin Jenkins -- Where is victory? Harriette Shelton Dover / Richard A. Hanks -- Ending termination in Indian Country : Lucy Covington / Benjamin Jenkins -- Good-hearted woman : Cecilia Fire Thunder / Joshua Thunder Little -- The necessary evil : Dolly Smith Cusker Akers / Shannon M. Smith -- Champion of the National Congress of the American Indian : Ruth Muskrat Bronson / Julia Coates -- Seeking justice through storytelling : Leslie Marmon Silko / Amanda K. Wixon -- Native American scholar activist : Bea Medicine / Elvia Rodriguez -- Literary activist, political voice of Native America : Elizabeth Cook-Lynn / Susan M. Wood. |
| Summary |
"Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Indian women activists -- United States -- History.
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Indian women activists -- United States -- Biography.
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Indian women -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
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Indians of North America -- Political activity -- History.
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Indian women -- Political activity -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Indians of North America -- Political activity
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Indian women -- Political activity
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Indian women activists (OCoLC)fst01741091
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Added Author |
Trafzer, Clifford E., editor.
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Akers, Donna, editor.
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Wixon, Amanda K., editor.
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| Added Title |
Profiles of Native women in contemporary America |
| ISBN |
9781793645401 (cloth) |
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9781793645425 (paperback) |
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1793645426 (paperback) |
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179364540X |
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9781793645418 (electronic) |
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