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Author:

Johnson, Troy R.

Title:

Red Power : the Native American civil rights movement / Troy R. Johnson.

Publisher:

Chelsea House,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Politics and government--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Civil rights--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Government relations--Juvenile literature.
American Indian Movement--History--Juvenile literature.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890--Juvenile literature.
Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--United States--Juvenile literature.
United States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
United States--Politics and government--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-105) and index.

Contents:

Index. legacy of Red Power and Wounded Knee -- 2. Wounded Knee Creek : 1890 -- 3. Failed Indian policy and the birth of Red Power -- 4. Murder on the "res" -- 5. The occupation of "The Knee" -- 6. Indian women at Wounded Knee -- 7. Trials, prison, and the end of Red Power -- 8. The legacy of Red Power and Wounded Knee -- Chronology and timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Index.

Summary:

The 71-day occupation of the village at Wounded Knee--February 27 to May 8, 1973--is a watershed event in the chronology of American Indian activism, because it reflects both the height of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the beginning of the end of the power of that organization. It was at Wounded Knee Village where government forces surrounded a small, poorly armed band of AIM members who were protesting the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Wesley Bad Heart Bull and the subsequent court trials that meted out only minimal sentences for involuntary manslaughter to the non-Indian defendants. AIM members confronted local law enforcement and violently protested against the charges. As a result, the government declared a concentrated, no-holds-barred campaign to remove AIM leadership and to bankrupt the organization.--From publisher description.

Series:

Landmark events in Native American history

ISBN:

0791093417 (hc.)
9780791093412 (hc.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77520605

LCCN:

2006102264

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)