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Informationen zum Autor Clifford Trafzer is distinguished professor of history and Rupert Costo chair in American Indian affairs at the University of California, Riverside. Donna Akers is associate professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Amanda Wixon is Ph.D. candidate at University of California, Riverside. Klappentext Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism. Zusammenfassung Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Red Power in the Northwest: Ramona Bennet Chapter 2: It Isn't Easy: Mary Crow Dog Chapter 3: Power of Voice, Power of Land: Ada Deer Chapter 4: Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee Activist: Suzan Shown Harjo Chapter 5: Strikes With Puha-Power! LaDonna Harris Chapter 6: Tribal Community and National Activist: Wilma Mankiller Chapter 7: Numakshi Mihe, The Lead Woman of the Three Affiliated Tribes: Alyce Spotted Bear Chapter 8: Navajo Judge, Crownpoint District: Irene Toledo Chapter 9: "In Unity There Is Strength," Writer and Activist: Marie Potts Chapter 10: Cultural Activist: Zitkala-Ša, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin Chapter 11: Where is Victory? Harriette Shelton Dover Chapter 12: Ending Termination in Indian Country: Lucy Covington Chapter 13: Good Hearted Woman: Cecilia Fire Thunder Chapter 14: The Necessary Evil: Dolly Smith Cusker Akers Chapter 15: Champion of the National Congress of the American Indian: Ruth Muskrat Bronson Chapter 16: Seeking Justice through Storytelling: Leslie Marmon Silko Chapter 17: Native American Scholar Activist: Bea Medicine Chapter18: Literary Activist, Political Voice of Native America: Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
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Edited by Cliff Trafzer; Donna L. Akers and Amanda Wixon - Contributions by Donna L. Akers; Daniel Archuleta; Renae M. Bredin; Julia Coates; Theodor Gordon; Richard A. Hanks; Benjamin Jenkins; Joshua Thunder Little; Thomas Long; Michelle Lorimer; Vera Par
