Saving the reservation : Joe Garry and the battle to be Indian / John Fahey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fahey, John, 1919-2004.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garry, Joe, 1910-1975.

Garry, Joe.

National Congress of American Indians--History.

National Congress of American Indians.

Coeur d'Alene Indians--Biography.

Coeur d'Alene Indians.

Indian activists--United States--Biography.

Indian activists.

Indian civic leaders--United States--Biography.

Indian civic leaders.

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-.

Self-determination, National--United States.

Self-determination, National.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Joseph R. Garry (1910-1975), a Coeur d'Alene Indian, served six terms as president of the National Congress of American Indians in the 1950s. He led the battles to compel the federal government to honor treaties and landownership and dominated an era in government-Indian relations little attended by historians. Firmly believing that forced assimilation of Indians and termination of federal trusteeship over Native Americans and their reservations would doom Indian cultures, Garry had his greatest success as a leader in uniting American Indian tribes to fend off Congress's plan to abandon Indian citizens. Born into a chief's family and raised on the Coeur d'Alene reservation in northern Idaho, Garry rose to chairmanship of his tribal council, president of the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians, and leadership of NCAI. He was the first Native American elected to the Idaho House and Senate. Handsome, personable, and articulate, Garry traveled constantly to urge Indian tribes to hold onto their land, develop economic resources, and educate their young. In a turbulent decade, Garry elevated Indians to political and social participation in American life, and set in motion forces that underlie Indian relations today.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

1 Emergency!

2 "The Chance of Our Indian Lifetimes"

3 The Crucial Year

4 Turning Points

5 Roots: The Coeur d'Alenes

6 Boy to Man

7 Toward a Victory of Sorts

8 The Garry Era Ends

9 Money-and Its Consequences

10 "I Enjoyed Working with the People"

Epilogue

Notes

Sources

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780295801261

0295801263

OCLC:

781639619