Red Blood : One (Mostly) White Guy's Encounters with the Native World

by Hunter, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781578050482
• ISBN10: 1578050480
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books

Summary

A no-holds-barred autobiographical account of Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter's thrilling adventures in environmental activism and all-around creative troublemaking.

Author Biography

Robert Hunter has long been an articulate voice for radical activism. He was the first president of the Greenpeace Foundation and served on the front lines in the organization's encounters at sea over issues such as drift-netting practices and whaling. He is the co-author of Occupied Canada, which won the coveted Governor-General's Award in 1991, as well as the author of ten other books. A resident of Toronto, Hunter is currently a television reporter and print journalist covering environmental issues.

Table of Contents

The Huron in the Forest	3	(5)
An Indian in the Family	8	(6)
Bow Rider	14	(11)
The High of Battle	25	(8)
The Honorary Kwakiutl Shuffle	33	(15)
Sweat Lodge at My Door	48	(12)
Indian Time	60	(8)
Occupied Canada and the Governor-General	68	(11)
Flying South with Grizzly Bear Tracks	79	(14)
``Not Traditional Seafarers''	93	(8)
``Columbus, Make My Day!''	101	(11)
Native Trappers v. Saintly Vegans	112	(9)
Behind Enemy Lines in San Juan	121	(9)
Bring Me the Head of Inspector Garcia	130	(15)
Playing Chicken with a Frigate	145	(15)
Warbonnet Time	160	(9)
Storming the Santa Maria	169	(21)
Counting Coup	190	(16)
To the Powwow, with Expenses	206	(12)
Passing the Eagle Feather	218	(12)
``Willing to Pick Up a Gun Right Now''	230	(13)
The Talking Stick Descends	243	(9)
The Fall of the Medicine Man	252	(6)
Discussion by the Sacred Fire	258	(5)
Good Hunting at Gustafsen Lake	263	(8)
What Side Are You On?	271	(2)
Acknowledgments	273