Life of the Indigenous Mind - Vine Deloria Jr. And the Birth of the Red Power Movement

Informationen zum Autor David Martínez (Akimel O’odham/Hia Ced O’odham/Mexican) is an associate professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Dakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought and editor of The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972.   Klappentext David Martínez (Akimel O’odham/Mexican) is an associate professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Dakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought and editor of The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972. ¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung Examines the early activism, life, and writings of Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), the most influential indigenous activist and writer of the twentieth century. In this work of both intellectual and activist history, Martínez assesses the early life and legacy of Deloria's “Red Power Tetralogy”, his most powerful and polemical works. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Fanfare for the American Indian1. Vine Deloria Jr. and the Discourse on Tribal Self-Determination: Independence beyond the Reservation System2. Coyote Old Man Tells a Story: History, Plight, and Indian-White Relations3. The Law of the Land: Tribes as Higher than States, Indians as Lower than Human4. For the Good of the Indian: Termination Policy and the Pillaging of Indian Country5. Not Your Minority: Tribalism during the Civil Rights Era6. Here Come the Anthros!: A Tribal Critique of the Social Sciences7. “Merciless Indian Savages”: Christianity, Churches, and the Soul of the Indian8. The Scandal of Indian Affairs: Policy, Reservations, and the Future of Indian Freedom9. Twentieth-Century Tribes: Nonlinear People in a Linear World10. The Good Red Road Ahead: Self-DeterminationNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: David Martinez, David Martínez
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781496211903
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-1190-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: New Visions in Native American; New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies; New Visions in Native American; New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Biografien: Literatur, Politischer Aktivismus