The New Warriors

by Edmunds, R. David

• ISBN13: 9780803267510
• ISBN10: 0803267517
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

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.R. David Edmunds is Watson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of several works, including The Shawnee Prophet, and the editor of American Indian Leaders: Studies in Diversity (Nebraska 1980), both available in Bison Books editions.

Author Biography

R. David Edmunds is Watson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of several works, including The Shawnee Prophet, and the editor of American Indian Leaders: Studies in Diversity (Nebraska 1980), both available in Bison Books editions.

Table of Contents

Introduction Twentieth-Century Warriors	1	(16)
by R. David Edmunds
Charles Curtis / Kaw	17	(18)
by William E. Unrau
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) / Dakota	35	(20)
by Deborah Welch
Robert Yellowtail / Crow	55	(24)
by Frederick E. Hoxie and Tim Bernardis
Vine V. Deloria Sr. / Dakota	79	(18)
by Philip J. Deloria
D'Arcy McNickle / Métis-Flathead	97	(26)
by Dorothy R. Parker
LaDonna Harris / Comanche	123	(24)
by Gary C. Anderson
Russell Means / Lakota	147	(24)
by Raymond Wilson
Howard Tommie / Seminole	171	(24)
by Harry A. Kersey Jr.
Phillip Martin / Mississippi Choctaw	195	(16)
by Benton R. White and Christine Schultz White
Wilma Mankiller / Cherokee	211	(28)
by Brad Agnew
Ada Deer / Menominee	239	(24)
by Clara Sue Kidwell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell / Northern Cheyenne	263	(18)
by Donald L. Fixico
Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top / Crow	281	(18)
by Douglas Nelson and Jeremy Johnston
Walter Echo-Hawk / Pawnee	299	(24)
by John R. Wunder
List of Contributors	323	(4)
Index	327