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Making a Difference - My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice (Hardcover)
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Making a Difference - My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice (Hardcover)
Series: New Directions in Native American Studies Series
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2019 National Native American Hall of Fame Inductee This stirring
memoir is the story of Ada Deer, the first woman to serve as head
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Deer begins, ""I was born a
Menominee Indian. That is who I was born and how I have lived.""
She proceeds to narrate the first eighty-three years of her life,
which are characterized by her tireless campaigns to reverse the
forced termination of the Menominee tribe and to ensure sovereignty
and self-determination for all tribes. Deer grew up in poverty on
the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, but with the encouragement
of her mother and teachers, she earned degrees in social work from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Columbia University. Armed
with a first-rate education, an iron will, and a commitment to
justice, she went from being a social worker in Minneapolis to
leading the struggle for the restoration of the Menominees' tribal
status and trust lands. Having accomplished that goal, she moved on
to teach American Indian Studies at UW-Madison, to hold a
fellowship at Harvard, to work for the Native American Rights Fund,
to run unsuccessfully for Congress, and to serve as Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs in the Clinton
administration. Now in her eighties, Deer remains as committed as
ever to human rights, especially the rights of American Indians. A
deeply personal story, written with humor and honesty, this book is
a testimony to the ability of one individual to change the course
of history through hard work, perseverance, and an unwavering
commitment to social justice.
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