Historical dictionary of Native American movements
By: Todd Leahy and Raymond Wilson
Contributors: Wilson, Raymond, 1945-
Series: Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements -- no. 88; Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements -- no. 88.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780810862623
Subjects: Human Rights; Government relations; Indians of North America; Civil Rights; Dictionaries; Ethnic relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Social movements; Political Freedom & Security
Description: Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures. For centuries, Native Americans dealt with the onslaught of non-Indian land claims, the appropriation of their homelands, and the destruction of their ways of life. Through various movements, Native Americans accepted, rejected, or accommodated themselves to the non-traditional worldviews of the colonizers and their policies. The Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements--through a chronology, an.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203).

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 08_239_01_Front.ps; 08_239_01a_Photospread.ps; 08_239_02_Dictionary.ps; 08_239_03_Appendix.ps; 08_239_04_Bibliography.ps; 08_239_05_Author.ps.