description: An Elegy for the American Indian.The Destruction of the American Indian --- By His Enemies and By His Friends.From the back This is the story of a proud, profoundly wise culture, which now seems doomed to extinction. It is the story of the American Indian, who first had his lands wrested away, and now [1972] is undergoing the final destruction of his identity. There are many actors in this the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its strangling lover's embrace; the last great chiefs and medicine men, struggling to keep alive their ancient traditions; the anthropologists and hippies, with their destructive invasions; the new Indian radicals, angry and divided; and above all, the ordinary Indians, in the reservations and in the cities, marked by the white world for spiritual death.It is history. It is news. It is tragedy.
language: English
title: The Death of the Great Spirit: an Elegy for the American Indian
titlecomplete: The Death of the Great Spirit: an Elegy for the American Indian
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Simon Schuster Trade