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American Indian activism : Alcatraz to the longest walk
Title:
American Indian activism : Alcatraz to the longest walk
Author:
Johnson, Troy R.
Publication Information:
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]

©1997
Physical Description:
297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
"Chapters 2-16 are reprinted with minor editorial changes from American Indian culture and research journal 18:4 (1994)"--T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
American Indian activism and transformation: lessons from Alcatraz / Alcatraz, activism, and accommodation / Urban Indians and the occupation of Alcatraz Island / Alcatraz recollections / Reflections of Alacatraz / Indian students and reminiscences of Alcatraz / Personal memories of Alcatraz, 1969 / Reminiscence of the Alcatraz occupation / Native struggle for liberation: Alcatraz / Alcatraz is not an island / From the reservation to the Smithsonian via Alcatraz / Government and the Indians: the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1969-1971 / American Indian placemaking on Alcatraz, 1969-1971 / Eagles I fed who did not love me / Reflections of an AIM activist: has it all been worth it? / Bloody wake of Alcatraz: political repression of the American Indian movenment during the 1970s
ISBN:
9780252023484

9780252066535
Format :
Book