Great documents in American Indian history

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Great documents in American Indian history

edited by Wayne Moquin with Charles Van Doren ; afterword by Robert Powless ; [new foreward by Dee Brown]

Da Capo Press, 1995

1st Da Capo Press ed

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Originally published: New York : Praeger, 1973. With new introd

"Glossary of tribes": p. 403-408

Bibliography: p. 409-410

Includes index

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Description

This remarkable collection of nearly one hundred primary documents presents a mosaic of individual Indian voices that span the vastness of their history while illuminating its particular moments. From an ancient Zuni creation myth to the resurgence of "Red Power" in the 1970s, this book gathers together the views of Indian leaders past and present, including Pontiac, Red Jacket, Chief Seattle, Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Ely S. Parker, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Cochise, Geronimo, Luther Standing Bear, Ruth Muskrat Bronson, and Vine Deloria, Jr. Here is a Pawnee mother's advice to her son Lone Chief; Charles Eastman's memories of his tribal boyhood; Speckled Snake's biting response to President Jackson's Indian Removal policy; Big Eagle's account of the Great Sioux Uprising; Two Moons's eyewitness account of the Battle of Little Big Horn; Chief Joseph's history of the Nez Perces tribe; the Massacre at Wounded Knee in the words of Sioux survivors; and much, much more. The result is a masterful, kaleidoscopic survey of American Indian thought, culture, and history that is as fascinating to read as it is impossible to forget.

Table of Contents

* Introduction The Indian Way Captive Nations Heading Toward the Mainstream * Afterword by Robert Powless (Oneida) * Glossary of Tribes * Recommended Reading

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