Competing Voices from Native America: Fighting Words

by Porter, Joy

• ISBN13: 9781846450167
• ISBN10: 1846450160
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-23
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

A unique, carefully-chosen selection of short, stimulating primary-source accounts describes controversial moments in Native American history since 1492, sharing both Native and non-Native viewpoints.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Competing Voices on the origins of the world and "Discovery " Chapter 2: Competing Voices on Spirituality and Faith, 1550- 1828 Chapter 3: Competing Voices on Land and the Environment Chapter 4: Competing Voices in War and Revolution, 1650-1800s Chapter 5: Competing Voices in the Removal Era, 1800s- 1850s Chapter 6: Competing Voices from Three Key Events in Western Expansion Chapter 7: Competing Voices in the Era of Assimilation and Allotment, 1887-1934 Chapter 8: Competing Voices during the Indian New Deal Era, 1928-1941 Chapter 9: Competing Voices during the Termination Era, 1945 - 1970 Chapter 10: Competing Voices from Three Key Events of the Red Power Era: Alcatraz, 1969, March on Washington, 1972 and the Occupation of the BIA Headquarters, 1972 and Wounded Knee, 1973 Chapter 11: Competing Voices on Leonard Peltier, 1977 Chapter 12: Competing Voices on Contemporary Indian Law and Jurisdiction Chapter 13: Competing Voices on Indian Gaming Chapter 14: Competing Voices on Indian Representation, Museums and the Repatriation of Indian Bones