City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934
- ISBN-10
- 0803248393
- ISBN-13
- 9780803248397
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-05
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Authors
- Rosalyn R. LaPier, David R. M. Beck
Description
In City Indian, Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R. M. Beck tell the engaging story of American Indian men and women who migrated to Chicago from across America. From the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition to the 1934 Century of Progress Fair, American Indians in Chicago voiced their opinions about political, social, educational, and racial issues. City Indian focuses on the privileged members of the American Indian community in Chicago who were doctors, nurses, business owners, teachers, and entertainers. During the Progressive Era, more than at any other time in the city’s history, they could be found in the company of politicians and society leaders, at Chicago’s major cultural venues and events, and in the press, speaking out. When Mayor “Big Bill” Thompson declared that Chicago public schools teach “America First,” American Indian leaders publicly challenged him to include the true story of “First Americans.” As they struggled to reshape nostalgic perceptions of American Indians, these men and women developed new associations and organizations to help each other and to ultimately create a new place to call home in a modern American city.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2015-05-01
- 288 pages
- Ebook
- U of Nebraska Press
-
- 2015-05
- 288 pages
- Ebook
- U of Nebraska Press
Similar books
-
The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933
By Scott RineyW Chadron Merriman ROSEBUD RES . Valentine Cody Crookston Springfield Niobrara Missouri River Gordon Rushville Crawford Sanatorium or " Sioux San " ) , the school. Shields Hankinsort South Dakota Fairmount Indian Reservations in 1920 ...
-
Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local
By Gavin ShatkinBringing together a collection of theoretical explorations and empirical studies, the volume offers important insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India.
-
Indian Cities: Histories of Indigenous Urbanization
By Andrew Needham, Cathleen D. Cahill, Kent BlansettJeanette Rodda, “Hizzoner, Baking Powder Bill and Rawhide Jimmy: Jerome's Mining History to the Great Depression,” in Experience Jerome and the Verde Valley: Legends and Legacies, ed. Aliza Cailou (Sedona, Ariz.
-
City Flicks: Indian Cinema and the Urban Experience
By Preben KaarsholmThe growth of Indian film production, the significance of cinema in Indian society within and beyond India, and the rapid expansion of Indian cities and the urban lifestyle are closely...
-
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi
By Timothy R. PauketatBrackenridge had heard the accounts of earlier pioneers and had talked with William Clark's brother, Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark, who had asked Chief Ducoign of the Algonkianspeaking Illini Indians about some mounds south ...
-
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By Sherman AlexieWith a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
-
City of Strangers: Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain
By Andrew M. GardnerShortly before arriving in Bahrain I met with Dr. Sharon Nagy, a cultural anthropologist interested in many of the same issues that brought me to the island. What could have ended up as a difficult relationship— two ethnographers with ...
-
Urban American Indians: Reclaiming Native Space
By Azusa Ono, Donna Martinez, Grace SageAnderson, Gary Clayton. Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian: The Crime That Should Haunt America. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2014. Anderson, Kat. Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's ...
-
Diplomats in Buckskins: A History of Indian Delegations in Washington City
By Herman J. ViolaA series of conferences took place in the nation's capital when Indian leaders met with government officials and tried through diplomacy to defend tribal interests from national desires. The story...
-
Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago
By John N. Low3. Ibid., 10. 4. Nancy Shoemaker, “Urban Indians and Ethnic Choices: American Indian Organizations in Minneapolis, ... in his book Talking Back to Civilization: Indian Voices from the Progressive Era (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, ...