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David Martínez examines the early activism, life, and writings of Vine Deloria Jr., the most influential Indigenous activist and writer of the twentieth century and one of the intellectual architects of the Red Power movement.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Fanfare for the American Indian
1. Vine Deloria Jr. and the Discourse on Tribal Self-Determination: Independence beyond the Reservation System
2. Coyote Old Man Tells a Story: History, Plight, and Indian-White Relations
3. The Law of the Land: Tribes as Higher than States, Indians as Lower than Human
4. For the Good of the Indian: Termination Policy and the Pillaging of Indian Country
5. Not Your Minority: Tribalism during the Civil Rights Era
6. Here Come the Anthros!: A Tribal Critique of the Social Sciences
7. “Merciless Indian Savages”: Christianity, Churches, and the Soul of the Indian
8. The Scandal of Indian Affairs: Policy, Reservations, and the Future of Indian Freedom
9. Twentieth-Century Tribes: Nonlinear People in a Linear World
10. The Good Red Road Ahead: Self-Determination
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
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.
Summary
David Martínez examines the early activism, life, and writings of Vine Deloria Jr., the most influential Indigenous activist and writer of the twentieth century and one of the intellectual architects of the Red Power movement.
