American Indian Activism
Subtitle: ALCATRAZ TO THE LONGEST WALK
Contributors: Troy R. Johnson (Editor); Joane Nagel (Editor); Duane Champagne (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: October 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780252066535
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; North America; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Social Science / Native American Studies; Ethnic Issues; 1934-; Alcatraz Island (Calif.); Government relations; History; Indian occupation, 1969-1971; Indians of North America; Sociology
First sentence: The occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969-71 initiated a unique nine-year period of Red Power protest that culminated in the transformation of national consciousness about American Indians and engendered a more open and confident sense of identity among people of Indian descent.