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More About This Title "We Are Still Here": American Indians in the Twentieth Century
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Too often textbook accounts of American Indians end with the massacre at Wounded Knee, but the story of American Indians is an ongoing one. In this remarkable feat of inclusion, Professor Iverson begins at Wounded Knee and tells the stories of Indian communities throughout the United States, including not only political leaders and activists, but also professionals, artists, soldiers and athletes-men and women who have throughout this century worked to carry on time-honored traditions even as they created new ones.
Though appropriate attention is paid to federal officials and policies, We Are Still Here centers on Indian country-on the decisions and actions of Indian individuals-in its discussion of urbanization, economic development, cultural revitalization, identity, and sovereignty.
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Peter Iverson is Professor of History at Arizona State University and has also taught at Navajo Community College. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Indians in American History, Second Edition (edited with Frederick E. Hoxie), When IndiansBecame Cowboys, Carlos Mantezuma, and The Navajo Nation, Professor Iverson serves on the Advisory Council of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. He has held fellowships from the Newberry Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and has received the Carleton College Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Achievement.
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Foreword V
Acknowledgments IX
Introduction 1
Chapter One: “We Indians Will Be Indians All Our Lives,” 1890-1920 10
Disappearing People? 13
Education 19
Religions 26
Land 30
Identities 37
World War I 49
Chapter Two: Confronting Continuation, 1921-1932 53
Failed Policies 54
Collier and the Pueblo Indians 58
Rights, Opportunities, and Identity 62
Tourism and the Arts 65
Work, Community, and Government 69
Moving Toward Reform 74
Chapter Three: Initiatives and Impositions, 1933-1940 77
Cultural Considerations 80
Education, Health Care, and Land Use 86
The Indian Reorganization Act 89
Alaska and Oklahoma 98
Land Bases and Recognition 99
Chapter Four: The War, Termination, and the Start of Self-Determination, 1914-1961 103
World War II and Its Consequences 105
The NCAI, the ICC, and Legal Representation 113
The Termination Era 119
Dimensions of Termination 125
Urban Migration and Relocation 132
Toward Self-Determination 135
Chapter Five: The Struggles for Sovereignty, 1962-1980 139
Restoration 142
Fishing Rights and the Growth of Activism 146
Lands and Recognition 155
Education and Economies 159
Rights and Restrictions 169
Writers, Musicians, and Artists 171
Chapter Six: “We Are All Indians,” 1981-1997 175
Contemporary Identity 176
New Voices, New Images 182
Museums and Repatriation 187
Gaming 190
Communities 196
Tribal Membership and Indian Rights 198
Economies and Education 203
“We Are Still Here” 205
Epilogue: The Memorial Ride 210
Appendix: American Indian Communities 212
Bibliographical Essay 225
Index 228
Photoessay follow page 000
Map: State and Federally Recognized Reservation 8-9
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"Clearly the best treatment of twentieth-century Native American history available. It is melodiously written. Themes are clear, and the Native voice is almost always present, something most textual approaches cannot claim."
–John R. Wunder, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
