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| Title: | We Are Still Here
: American Indians in the Twentieth Century |
| Author: | Peter Iverson |
| ISBN: | 0882959409 : 9780882959405 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 135x205mm |
| Pages: | 255 |
| Weight: | .305 Kg. |
| Published: | Harlan Davidson - March 1998 |
| List Price: | 15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | HISTORY |
Too often textbook accounts of American Indians end with the massacre at Wounded Knee, but the story of American Indians is an ongoing one. In this remarkable feat of inclusion, Professor Iverson begins at Wounded Knee and tells the stories of Indian communities throughout the United States, including not only political leaders and activists, but also professionals, artists, soldiers and athletes-men and women who have throughout this century worked to carry on time-honored traditions even as they created new ones.
Though appropriate attention is paid to federal officials and policies, We Are Still Here centers on Indian country-on the decisions and actions of Indian individuals-in its discussion of urbanization, economic development, cultural revitalization, identity, and sovereignty.
Contents: 'We Indians Will Be Indians All Our Lives', 1890-1920 -- Disappearing Peoples?; Education; Religions; Land; Identities; World War I. Confronting Continuations, 1921-1932 -- Failed Policies; Collier and the Pueblo Indians; Rights, Opportunities and Identity; Tourism and the Arts; Work, Community and Government; Moving Toward Reform. Initiatives and Impositions, 1933-1940 -- Collier's Perspective; Cultural Considerations; Education, Health Care, and Land Use; The Indian Reorganisation Act; Alaska and Oklahoma; Land Bases and Recognition. The War, Termination, and the Start of Self Determination, 1941-1961 -- World War II and its Consequences; The NCAI, the ICC and Legal Representation; The Termination Era; Dimensions of Termination; Urban Migration and Relocation; Toward Self-Determination. The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1962-1980 -- Restoration; Fishing Rights and the Growth of Activism; Lands and Recognition; Education and Economies; Rights and Restrictions; Writers, Musicians and Artists. 'We Are All Indians', 1981-1997 -- Contemporary Identities; New Voices, New Images; Museums and Repatriation; Gaming; Communities; Tribal Membership and Indian Rights; Economies and Education. The Memorial Ride. American Indian Communities.
"Clearly the best treatment of twentieth-century Native American history available. It is melodiously written. Themes are clear, and the Native voice is almost always present, something most textual approaches cannot claim."-John R. Wunder, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
