Introduction : Twentieth-century warriors / R. David Edmunds -- Charles Curtis (Kaw) / William E. Unrau -- Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša) (Dakota) / Deborah Welch -- Robert Yellowtail (Crow) / Frederick E. Hoxie and Tim Bernardis -- Vine V. Deloria, Sr. (Dakota) / Philip J. Deloria -- D'Arcy McNickle (Métis-Flathead) / Dorothy R. Parker -- LaDonna Harris (Comanche) / Gary C. Anderson -- Russell Means (Lakota) / Raymond Wilson -- Howard Tommie (Seminole) / Harry A. Kersey, Jr.-- Phillip Martin (Mississippi Choctaw) / Benton R. White and Christine Schultz White -- Wilma Mankiller (Cherokee) / Brad Agnew -- Ada Deer (Menominee) / Clara Sue Kidwell -- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne) / Donald L. Fixico -- Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top (Crow) / Douglas Nelson and Jeremy Johnston -- Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) / John R. Wunder.
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An indispensable introduction to the rich variety of Native leadership in the modern era, The New Warriors profiles Native men and women who have played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the twentieth century. The leaders showcased include the early-twentieth-century writer and activist Zitkala-a; American Indian Movement leader Russell Means; political activists Ada Deer and LaDonna Harris; scholar and writer D'Arcy McNickle; orator and Crow Reservation superintendent Robert Yellowtail; U.S. Senators Charles Curtis and Ben Nighthorse Campbell; Episcopal priest Vine V. Deloria Sr.; Howard Tommie, the champion of economic and cultural sovereignty for the Seminole Tribe of Florida; Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller; Pawnee activist and lawyer Walter Echo-Hawk; Crow educator Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top; and Phillip Martin, a driving force behind the spectacular economic revitalization of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws.
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Title
New warriors.
International Standard Book Number
0803218206
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Indian activists-- United States, Biography.
Indian civic leaders-- United States, Biography.
Indians of North America-- Government relations.
Indians of North America-- Politics and government.