Introduction -- 1. The Society of American Indians: The Founders in a Changing World -- 2. "We Are All Indian Brothers:" The Early Years, 1911-1912 -- 3. We Are "the Indians of Today:" Mid years, 1913-1914 -- 4. "Let My People Go," 1915-1916 -- 5. The Great War, Citizenship and the Draft, 1917-1918 -- 6. The Final Years, 1919-1923 -- Conclusion: "We Are Still Here" -- Appendix A: Approval of a National Organization, 1911 -- Appendix B: Constitution: The Society of American Indians -- Appendix C: List of Active Members, 1912 -- Appendix D: Annual Conferences.
Summary:
"The early twentieth-century roots of modern American Indian protest and activism are examined in We Are Not a Vanishing People. It tells the history of Native intellectuals and activists joining together to establish the Society of American Indians, a group of Indigenous men and women united in the struggle for Indian self-determination"-- Provided by publisher.
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