Red Power

Alvin M. Josephy Jr. was the founding chairman of the board of the National Museum of the American Indian. His many books include Five Hundred Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians.

Red Power is a classic documentary history of the American Indian activist movement. This landmark second edition considerably expands and updates the original, illustrating the development of American Indian political activism from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century.

Contents: 1. Red Power ProtestDeclaration of Indian Purpose, 1961"We Are Not Free," 1967American Indian Warriors: Fishing Rights and the Vietnam War, 1968 and 1973This Country Was a Lot Better Off When the Indians Were Running It, 1970The Occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1969The Twenty-Point Proposal of Native Americans on the Trail of Broken Treaties, 1972Demands of the Independent Oglala Nation, 1973Women of All Red Nations, 1974The Longest Walk, 1978The Activist Legacy of Red PowerReferences and Further Reading2. Self-Determination and Tribal SovereigntyIndian Self-Government, 1949Indian Statement on Policy and Legislation, 1967The American Indian and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1969"We Speak as Indians," 1969Message to Congress on Indian Affairs, 1970Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 1975Indian Child Welfare Act, 1978Statement on Indian Policy, 1983Statement of Ada E. Deer before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1993References and Further Reading3. Economic Development and Land ClaimsAmerican Indian Capital Conference on Poverty, 1964Return of the Blue Lake to the Taos Pueblos, 1970Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 1971Launching the Tribes into a New Millennium, 1975United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 1980Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 1983California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 1987Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 1988References and Further Reading4. EducationRough Rock Demonstration and Community Schools, 1965- , Navajo Community College / Dine College, 1968- ,Indian Education: A National Tragedy and Challenge, 1969Big Rock School, 1969Deganawide-Quetzalcoatl University (D-QU), 1971- ,Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act, 1978Native American Languages Act, 1990American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities, 1996References and Further Reading5. Spiritual and Cultural RenewalAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act, 1978Archaeological Resources Protection Act, 1979The Black Hills and Camp Yellow Thunder, 1981-1987Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 1988The National Museum of the American Indian Act, 1989Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 1990Indian Arts and Crafts Act, 1990American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments, 1994References and Further Reading6. Rebuilding Native American Lives and CommunitiesAmerican Indian Population Trends, 1960-1990Report on Urban and Rural Non-Reservation Indians, 1976Definition of Indian: Tribal Membership, 1977Petitioners for Federal Acknowledgement, 1978-1997An Open Letter to the Governor of Georgia, 1993Statement of Ethnic Fraud, 1993Federal Indian Identification PolicyAmerican Indian Population Projections, 1980-2080References and Further Reading