Description: Further DetailsTitle: Red Power RisingCondition: NewSubtitle: The National Indian Youth Council and the Origins of Native ActivismEAN: 9780806143651ISBN: 9780806143651Publisher: University of Oklahoma PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/30/2014Description: During the 1960s, American Indian youth were swept up in a movement called Red Power - a civil rights struggle fueled by intertribal activism. While some define the movement as militant and others see it as peaceful, there is one common assumption about its history: Red Power began with the Indian takeover of Alcatraz in 1969. Or did it?In this groundbreaking book, Bradley G. Shreve sets the record straight by tracing the origins of Red Power further back in time: to the student activism of the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), founded in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1961. Unlike other 1960s and '70s activist groups that challenged the fundamental beliefs of their predecessors, the students who established the NIYC were determined to uphold the cultures and ideals of their elders, building on a tradition of pan-Indian organization dating back to the early twentieth century. Their cornerstone principles of tribal sovereignty, self determination, treaty rights, and cultural preservation helped ensure their survival, for in contrast to other activist groups that came and went, the NIYC is still in operation today. But Shreve also shows that the NIYC was very much a product of 1960s idealistic ferment and its leaders learned tactics from other contemporary leftist movements.By uncovering the origins of Red Power, Shreve writes an important new chapter in the history of American Indian activism. And by revealing the ideology and accomplishments of the NIYC, he ties the Red Power Movement to the larger struggle for human rights that continues to this day both in the United States and across the globe.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 413gAuthor: Bradley G. ShreveContributor: Shirley Hill Witt (Foreword by)Book Series: New Directions in Native American Studies SeriesGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Red Power Rising
Title: Red Power Rising
Subtitle: The National Indian Youth Council and the Origins of Native Activ
EAN: 9780806143651
ISBN: 9780806143651
Release Date: 06/30/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Shirley Hill Witt (Foreword by)
Series: New Directions in Native American Studies Series
Book Title: Red Power Rising : the National Indian Youth Council and the Origins of Native Activism
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Topic: Civil Rights, Student Life & Student Affairs, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Sociology / Social Theory, Native American, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Education, History
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Author: Bradley G. Shreve
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: New Directions in Native American Studies Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
