Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements

By (author) Todd Leahy, Nathan Wilson

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Publication date:

29 July 2016

Length of book:

336 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442268098

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 nontraditional worldviews of the colonizers and their policies. The Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements is designed to provide a useful reference for students and scholars to consult on topics dealing with key movements, organizations, leadership strategies, and the major issues these groups confronted.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, language, religion, politics, and the environment.

Editor’s Foreword JonWoronoff
Preface
Map of Native American Movements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix: Indian Voices from Native American Movements
Bibliography
About the Authors

Leahy and independent scholar Wilson provide around 250 dictionary entries tracing Native American organizations, movements, events, leaders, and issues. Entries range from a few sentences (e.g., American Indian Community House in NYC) to a few pages (e.g., American Indian Movement)…. [T]his unique work suits beginning researchers needing brief background information and ready-reference collections that do not already own the original.

Summing Up: Recommended. Beginning students; general readers.