"Uncovers the origins of the Red Power movement"
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.
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