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Hippies, Indians, and the fight for red power / Sherry L. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Sherry L. (Sherry Lynn), 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Politics and government.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-.
- Indian activists--United States--History--20th century.
- Indian activists.
- Church work with Indians--United States--History--20th century.
- Church work with Indians.
- Counterculture--United States--History--20th century.
- Counterculture.
- Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Protest movements.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History--Indian occupation, 1969-1971.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.).
- Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.
- Wounded Knee (S.D.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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...
- Contents:
- 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;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-993937-3
- 1-280-59515-9
- 9786613624987
- 0-19-985560-9
- OCLC:
- 781629125
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