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Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power (Paperback)
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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 comedian Dick Gregory spoke about the problems Native Americans
faced. 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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