THE NEW WARRIORS by R. David Edmunds (Editor) ( 9780803267510 )

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Title:

THE NEW WARRIORS
NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS SINCE 1900

By:

R. David Edmunds (Editor)

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0803267517

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9780803267510

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2004

Pages:

346

Description:

An introduction to the rich variety of Native leadership in the modern era, this work 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.

Synopsis:

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.

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University of Nebraska Press

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