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The Lipan Apaches

People of Wind and Lightning

By: Thomas A. Britten

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The Lipan Apaches

People of Wind and Lightning

By: Thomas A. Britten

This study of one of the least known Apache tribes utilizes archival materials to reconstruct Lipan history through numerous threats to their society.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826345875

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Voice of the Tribes

A History of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association

By: Thomas A. Britten

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Voice of the Tribes

A History of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association

By: Thomas A. Britten

The 1960s and 1970s were a time of radical change in U.S. history. During these turbulent decades, Native Americans played a prominent role in the civil rights movement, fighting to achieve self-determination and tribal sovereignty. Yet they did not always agree on how to realize their goals. In 1971, a group of tribal leaders formed the National Tribal Chairmen’s Association (NTCA) to advocate on behalf of reservation-based tribes and to counter the more radical approach of the Red Power movement. Voice of the Tribes is the first comprehensive history of the NTCA from its inception in 1971 to its 1986 disbandment. Scholars of Native American history have focused considerable attention on Red Power activists and organizations, whose confrontational style of advocacy helped expose the need for Indian policy reform. Lost in the narrative, though, are the achievements of elected leaders who represented the nation’s federally recognized tribes. In this book, historian Thomas A. Britten fills that void by demonstrating the important role that the NTCA, as the self-professed “voice of the tribes,” played in the evolution of federal Indian policy. During the height of its influence, according to Britten, the NTCA helped implement new federal policies that advanced tribal sovereignty, protected Native lands and resources, and enabled direct negotiations between the United States and tribal governments. While doing so, NTCA chairs deliberately distanced themselves from such well-known groups as the American Indian Movement (AIM), branding them as illegitimate—that is, not “real Indians”—and viewing their tactics as harmful to meaningful reform. Based on archival sources and extensive interviews with both prominent Indian leaders and federal officials of the period, Britten’s account offers new insights into American Indian activism and intertribal politics during the height of the civil rights movement.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806166983

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9780806166988

The National Council on Indian Opportunity

Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

By: Thomas A. Britten

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The National Council on Indian Opportunity

Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

By: Thomas A. Britten

Largely forgotten today, the National Council on Indian Opportunity (1968–1974) was the federal government’s establishment of self-determination as a way to move Indians into the mainstream of American life. By endorsing the principle that Indians possessed the right to make choices about their own lives, envision their own futures, and speak and advocate for themselves, federal policy makers sought to ensure that Native Americans possessed the same economic, political, and cultural opportunities afforded other Americans. In this book, the first study of the NCIO, historian Thomas A. Britten traces the workings of the council along with its enduring impact on the lives of indigenous people.

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UNM Press

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0826355005

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9780826355003

The Illusion Of Victory

America In World War I

By: Thomas Fleming

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The Illusion Of Victory

America In World War I

By: Thomas Fleming

The political history of the American experience in World War I is a story of conflict and bungled intentions that begins in an era dedicated to progressive social reform and ends in the Red Scare and Prohibition. Thomas Fleming tells this story through the complex figure of Woodrow Wilson, the contradictory president who wept after declaring war, devastated because he knew it would destroy the tolerance of the American people, but who then suppressed freedom of speech and used propaganda to excite America into a Hun-hating mob. This is tragic history: inexperienced American military leaders drove their troops into gruesome slaughters; progressive politics were put on hold in America; an idealistic president's dreams were crushed because of his own negligence. Wilson's inability to convince Congress to ratify U.S. membership in the League of Nations was one of the most poignant failures in the history of the American presidency, but even more heartrending were Wilson's concessions to his bitter allies in the Treaty of Versailles. In exchange for Allied support of the League of Nations, he allowed an unfair peace treaty to be signed, a treaty that played no small role in the rise of National Socialism and the outbreak of World War II. Thomas Fleming has once again created a masterpiece of narrative American history. This incomparable portrait shows how Wilson sacrificed his noble vision to megalomania and single-mindedness, while paying homage to him as a visionary whose honorable spirit continues to influence Western politics.

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Basic Books

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0786724986

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9780786724987

American Indians in World War I

At Home and at War

By: Thomas Anthony Britten

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American Indians in World War I

At Home and at War

By: Thomas Anthony Britten

Provides the first broad survey of Native American contributions during the war, examining how military service led to hightened expectations for changes in federal Indian policy and their standard of living.

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0826320902

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We Are Not a Vanishing People

The Society of American Indians, 1911–1923

By: Thomas Constantine Maroukis

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We Are Not a Vanishing People

The Society of American Indians, 1911–1923

By: Thomas Constantine Maroukis

In 1911, a group of Native American intellectuals and activists joined together to establish the Society of American Indians (SAI), an organization by Indians for Indians. It was the first such nationwide organization dedicated to reform. They used a strategy of protest and activism that carried into the rest of the twentieth century. Some of the most prominent members included Charles A. Eastman (Dakota), Arthur Parker (Seneca), Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai), Zitkala-Ša (Yankton Sioux), and Sherman Coolidge (Peoria). They fought for U.S. citizenship and quality education. They believed these tools would allow Indigenous people to function in the modern world without surrendering one’s identity. They believed this could be accomplished by removing government controls over Indian life. Historian Thomas Constantine Maroukis discusses the goals, strategies, successes, and failures of the Indigenous intellectuals who came together to form the SAI. They engaged in lobbying, producing publications, informing the media, hundreds of speaking engagements, and annual conferences to argue for reform. Unfortunately, the forces of this era were against reforming federal policies: The group faced racism, a steady stream of negative stereotyping as a so-called vanishing race, and an indifferent federal bureaucracy. They were also beset by internal struggles, which weakened the organization. This work sheds new light on the origins of modern protest in the twentieth century, and it shows how the intellectuals and activists associated with the SAI were able to bring Indian issues before the American public, challenging stereotypes and the “vanishing people” trope. Maroukis argues that that the SAI was not an assimilationist organization; they were political activists trying to free Indians from government wardship while maintaining their cultural heritage.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816543011

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9780816543014

Selected Letters of Michael Tippett

By: Thomas Schuttenhelm

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Selected Letters of Michael Tippett

By: Thomas Schuttenhelm

Throughout his life, which spanned the greater part of the twentieth century (1905-1998), Sir Michael Tippett was a prolific letter-writer. He wrote to a vast number of people over the years, including family, friends and lovers, colleagues in the music world, journalists, poets, dramatists and politicians. Published to coincide with the centenary of Tippett's birth, these carefully selected letters provide us with a first hand account of the composer's private and professional experiences, revealing a uniquely personal view which until now has remained largely unknown to the public. Bearing witness to the atrocities and advancements of the twentieth century, these letters display a fiercely creative mind struggling to construct a universal artistic expression. His correspondence places the reader at the composer's side, within the historical moment, as a witness to the creative process. Writing open, uninhibited letters became common practice for Tippett, his candid tone lending itself to tackling a wide range of personal and social issues. From the bombing of his cottage in Oxted, to the ecstatic experience of artistic breakthrough that led to progress on a new composition, each new event and accomplishment is documented with clarity and urgency.

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Faber & Faber

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0571358152

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Voice of the Tribes

A History of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association

By: Thomas A. Britten

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A History of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association

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The National Council on Indian Opportunity

Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

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Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

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National Council on Indian Opportunity, The: Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

By: Thomas Anthony Britten

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National Council on Indian Opportunity, The: Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

By: Thomas Anthony Britten

Largely forgotten today, the National Council on Indian Opportunity (1968 1974) was the federal government s establishment of self-determination as a way to move Indians into the mainstream of American life. By endorsing the principle that Indians possessed the right to make choices about their own lives, envision their own futures, and speak and advocate for themselves, federal policy makers sought to ensure that Native Americans possessed the same economic, political, and cultural opportunities afforded other Americans. In this book, the first study of the NCIO, historian Thomas A. Britten traces the workings of the council along with its enduring impact on the lives of indigenous people.

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1306981018

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American Indians in World War I

At Home and at War

By: Thomas Anthony Britten

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At Home and at War

By: Thomas Anthony Britten

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The Lipan Apaches

The Lipan Apaches

Voice of the Tribes

Voice of the Tribes

The National Council on Indian Opportunity

The National Council on Indian Opportunity

The Illusion Of Victory

The Illusion Of Victory

American Indians in World War I

American Indians in World War I

We Are Not a Vanishing People

We Are Not a Vanishing People

Selected Letters of Michael Tippett

Selected Letters of Michael Tippett

Voice of the Tribes

Voice of the Tribes

The National Council on Indian Opportunity

The National Council on Indian Opportunity

National Council on Indian Opportunity, The: Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

National Council on Indian Opportunity, The: Quiet Champion of Self-Determination

American Indians in World War I

American Indians in World War I

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