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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461559503321

Autore

Smith Sherry L (Sherry Lynn), <1951->

Titolo

Hippies, Indians, and the fight for red power [[electronic resource] /] / Sherry L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-59515-9

9786613624987

0-19-985560-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

323.1197

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Politics and government

Indians of North America - Government relations - 1934-

Indian activists - United States - History - 20th century

Church work with Indians - United States - History - 20th century

Counterculture - United States - History - 20th century

Social movements - United States - History - 20th century

Protest movements - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Alcatraz Island (Calif.) History Indian occupation, 1969-1971

Wounded Knee (S.D.) History Indian occupation, 1973

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Salmon Wars of the Pacific Northwest; 2. The California Scene; 3. Politics, Parks, and Alcatraz; 4. Back to the Land; 5. From Coast to Coast; 6. On to Wounded Knee; Epilogue; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Through much of the 20th century, federal policy toward Indians sought to extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That policy was dramatically confronted in the late 1960's when a loose coalition of hippies, civil rights advocates, Black Panthers, unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakers and other Christians, celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight for Indian rights. In Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power, Sherry Smith offers the first full account of



this remarkable story. Hippies were among the first non-Indians of the post-World War II generation to...