Competing voices from native America / Dewi Ioan Ball and Joy Porter.

Author/creator Ball, Dewi Ioan
Other author Porter, Joy, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoSanta Barbra, Calif. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
Descriptionxvii, 445 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesFighting words
Fighting words (Oxford, England) ^A1030730
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.
Abstract A selection of short primary-source accounts from a variety of sources, including newspaper reports, Congressional documents, government documents, and Indian tribal sources, highlighting conflicts and controversies and presenting the opposing views of Native and non-Native Americans.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008045342
ISBN9781846450167 (alk. paper)
ISBN1846450160 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E77 .C743 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold