The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900R. David Edmunds 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. ø 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Charles CurtisKaw | 17 |
Robert YellowtailCrow | 55 |
Deloria Sr Dakota | 79 |
DArcy McNickleMétisFlathead | 97 |
LaDonna Harris Comanche | 123 |
Russell MeansLakota | 147 |
Howard Tommie Seminole | 171 |
Wilma MankillerCherokee | 211 |
Ada DeerMenominee | 239 |
Ben Nighthorse CampbellNorthern Cheyenne | 263 |
Janine Pease PrettyonTopCrow | 281 |
Walter EchoHawkPawnee | 299 |
List of Contributors | 323 |
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