
- 346 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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-Å a; 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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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Twentieth-Century Warriors
- Charles Curtis / Kaw
- Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša) / Dakota
- Robert Yellowtail / Crow
- Vine V. Deloria Sr. / Dakota
- D’Arcy McNickle / Métis-Flathead
- LaDonna Harris / Comanche
- Russell Means / Dakota
- Howard Tommie / Seminole
- Phillip Martin / Mississippi Choctaw
- Wilma Mankiller / Cherokee
- Ada Deer / Menominee
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell / Northern Cheyenne
- Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top / Crow
- Walter Echo-Hawk / Pawnee
- List of Contributors
- Index