Red Power
The American Indians' Fight for Freedom
Alvin M. Josephy(Author)
University of Nebraska Press
Published on 1. March 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
247 pages
978-0-8032-7563-8 (ISBN)
Description
Red Power is a documentary history of the militant American Indian movement that emerged in the 1960s. At the beginning, Alvin M. Josephy Jr. clearly states the major theme: "the right of Indians to be free of colonialist rule and to run their own affairs." What follows are twenty-six selections by Indian groups, congressional committees, and such articulate individuals as Clyde Warrior, Melvin Thom, Laura McCloud, and Andrew Heimequaftewa. They propose diverse solutions to problems of employment, education, and health. Their statements about such vital concerns as land and water, hunting and fishing rights are also proud and moving affirmations of Indian identity. In lucid introductions, Josephy places each selection in the context of Indian demands for self-determination.
Reviews / Votes
"An essential handbook for anyone concerned with the never-ending struggle of Native Americans to obtain freedoms that other Americans have long taken for granted."-Dee Brown, New York Times Book Review -- Dee Brown New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lincoln
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 134 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-7563-8 (9780803275638)
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Person
Alvin M. Josephy is Chairman of the Board of the National Museum of the American Indian. His many books include Five Hundred Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians, Civil War in the American West, Now That the Buffalo's Gone, and The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest, Abridged Edition, which is available as a Bison Book.