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Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power (Hardcover)
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Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power (Hardcover)
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Through much of the 20th century, Federal policy toward Indians
sought to extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That
policy was dramatically confronted in the late 1960s when a loose
coalition of hippies, civil rights advocates, Black Panthers,
unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakers and other Christians,
celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight
for Indian rights. In Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red
Power, Sherry Smith offers the first full account of this
remarkable story. Hippies were among the first non-Indians of the
post World War II generation to seek contact with Native Americans.
The counterculture saw Indians as genuine holdouts against
conformity, inherently spiritual, ecological, tribal, communal-the
original "long hairs." Searching for authenticity while trying to
achieve social and political justice for minorities, progressives
of various stripes and colors were soon drawn to the Indian cause.
Black Panthers took part in Pacific Northwest fish-ins. Corky
Gonzales' Mexican American Crusade for Justice provided supplies
and support for the Wounded Knee occupation. Actor Marlon Brando
and black comedian Dick Gregory spoke out about the plight of
Native Americans. For their part, Indians understood they could not
achieve political change without help. Non-Indians had to be
educated and enlisted. Smith shows how Indians found, among this
hodge-podge of dissatisfied Americans, willing recruits to their
campaign for recognition of treaty rights; realization of tribal
power, sovereignty, and self determination; and protection of
reservations as cultural homelands. The coalition was ephemeral but
significant, leading to political reforms that strengthened Indian
sovereignty. Thoroughly researched and vividly written, this book
not only illuminates this transformative historical moment but
contributes greatly to our understanding about social movements.
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