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EBOOK Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199939374
EAN: B20E6F85EB
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Stron: 280
Data wydania: 2012
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Through much of the 20th century, federal policy toward Indians sought to        extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That policy was dramatically        confronted in the late 1960s when a loose coalition of hippies, civil rights        advocates, Black Panthers, unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakers and other Christians,        celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight for Indian        rights.In Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power, Sherry Smith offers the        first full account of this remarkable story. Hippies were among the first        non-Indians of the post-World War II generation to seek contact with Native        Americans. The counterculture saw Indians as genuine holdouts against conformity,        inherently spiritual, ecological, tribal, communal-the original "e;long hairs."e;        Searching for authenticity while trying to achieve social and political justice for        minorities, progressives of various stripes and colors were soon drawn to the Indian        cause. Black Panthers took part in Pacific Northwest fish-ins. Corky Gonzales'        Mexican American Crusade for Justice provided supplies and support for the Wounded        Knee occupation. Actor Marlon Brando and comedian Dick Gregory spoke about the        problems Native Americans faced. For their part, Indians understood they could not        achieve political change without help. Non-Indians had to be educated and enlisted.          Smith shows how Indians found, among this hodge-podge of dissatisfied Americans,        willing recruits to their campaign for recognition of treaty rights; realization of        tribal power, sovereignty, and self-determination; and protection of reservations as        cultural homelands. The coalition was ephemeral but significant, leading to        political reforms that strengthened Indian sovereignty.Thoroughly researched and        vividly written, this book not only illuminates this transformative historical        moment but contributes greatly to our understanding about social movements.

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