Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Battles over the place of Indians in the fabric of American life took place on reservations, in wartime service, in cold war rhetoric, and in the courtroom. The Society of American Indians, founded in 1911, asserted that America needed Indian cultural and spiritual values. In World War II, Indians fought for their ancestral homelands and for the United States. The domestic struggle of Indian nations to defend their cultures intersected with the international cold war stand against termination—the attempt by the federal government to end the reservation system. Native Americans seized on the ideals of freedom and self-determination to convince the government to preserve reservations as places of cultural strength. Red Power activists in the 1960s and 1970s drew on Third World independence movements to assert an ethnic nationalism that erupted in a series of protests—in Iroquois country, in the Pacific Northwest, during the occupation of Alcatraz Island, and at Wounded Knee. Believing in an empire of liberty for all, Native Americans pressed the United States to honor its obligations at home and abroad. Like African Americans, twentieth-century Native Americans served as a visible symbol of an America searching for rights and justice. American history is incomplete without their story.

Product Description: The history of the Lakota people is often understood solely through conflict and legendary figures such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. This informative book documents the Lakota Sioux's ongoing struggle to remain a distinct people and culture in a rapidly changing world.

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Product Description: The word mohawk means many things to different people: a river, a valley, a tribe, even a type of haircut. Just as Sioux conjures up an image of the Great Plains, horses, and war bonnets, the name Mohawk often summons images of the Northeast Woodland, gushing streams, and the tomahawk...read more

Examines the Battle of the Little Bighorn and its aftermath, as well as the events that led up to the engagement and its enduring legacy.

Discusses the history, policies, and events that precipitated the Black Hawk War in 1932, and profiles the Sauk elder who began the conflict.

Presents the combatant experiences of Native Americans in World War II, discussing their unique role of using native languages to transmit secret code and their considerable bravery in battle.

Describes the war between the Native Americans and the New England colonists that took place from 1675 to 1676, discussing the events that led to it, what happened during it, and its results for both groups.

Examines the rise of the Native American civil rights movement and the subsequent events that led up to the occupation of the village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota by members of the American Indian Movement.

Discusses the far-reaching consequences of the 1830 Indian Removal Act for the Cherokee, providing regional context and differing perspectives on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma.

Describes the resistance of the Apache Indians to the rule of the United States government after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, discussing the restrictions placed upon the tribes and resulting battles until the defeat of Geronimo in 1886.

Discusses a variety of issues relevant to Native Americans, including treaty rights, land claims, gaming, sports mascots and images, and economics. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Drawing on interviews, democratic theory, and extensive archival research, Paul C. Rosier focuses on the internal political, economic, and ethnic forces shaping the Blackfeet Nation during the first half of the twentieth century. Incorporating Blackfeet voices throughout his study, Rosier shows how transformations were not imposed on the Blackfeet but were the result of their continuing efforts to create a community of their own design and to reorganize relations with outsiders on their own terms...read more