This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They Made
- ISBN-10
- 0143124021
- ISBN-13
- 9780143124023
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 467
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-26
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- Frederick Hoxie
Description
A comprehensive history of the achievements of leading Native American civil rights activists traces 200 years of legal and political campaigns while connecting the experiences of specific individuals to the stories of their tribes. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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- 2012-10-25
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