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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dewi Ioan Ball; Joy Porter |
| ISBN: | 9781846450167 1846450160 |
| OCLC Number: | 265733755 |
| Description: | xvii, 445 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Origins of the world and 'discovery' -- Spirituality and faith, 1550-1805 -- Land and the environment, 1500s-1810 -- War and revolution, 1675-1800s -- Removal era, 1800s-1840s -- Three key events in Western expansion : Sand Creek (1864), Little Big Horn (1876), and Wounded Knee (1890) -- Era of assimilation and allotment, 1887-1934 -- Indian New Deal era, 1928-1941 -- Termination era, 1945-1970 -- Key events of the Red Power era : Alcatraz (1969), Trail of Broken Treaties and the occupation of the BIA headquarters (1972) and Wounded Knee (1973) -- Leonard Peltier -- Contemporary federal Indian law and jurisdiction -- Indian gaming -- Indian representation, museums and the repatriation of Indian bones -- Endmatter. |
| Series Title: | Fighting words (Oxford, England) |
| Responsibility: | [edited by] Dewi Ioan Ball and Joy Porter. |
Abstract:
A selection of short primary source accounts describing controversial moments in Native American history, from both Native and non-Native viewpoints. This title includes 'fighting words' on a range of bitterly-contested issues.
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