"I do not apologize for the length of this letter"
Subtitle: the Mari Sandoz letters on Native American rights, 1940-1965
By: introduced and edited by Kimberli A. Lee ; foreword by John R. Wunder.
Contributors: Lee, Kimberli A., 1959-
Series: Plains histories; Plains histories
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780896726666
Subjects: Sandoz, Mari, -- 1896-1966 -- Correspondence; Sandoz, Mari, -- 1896-1966 -- Political and social views; Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Social justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Women political activists -- United States -- Correspondence; Political activists -- United States -- Correspondence; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence; Sources
Description: "The collected correspondence of Mari Sandoz focusing on her political activism in behalf of American Indians in the mid-twentieth century. Introduced and edited by Kimberli Lee, the letters document Sandoz's role as a non-Native chronicler and advocate for Plains Indian cultures"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Quest for historical accuracy; title: Political activism/social justice for the tribes; title: Campaign against American Indian stereotypes; title: The advocate : promotion of Native artists and writers; title: Afterword: The alongsiders.