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Author:

Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966.

Title:

"I do not apologize for the length of this letter" : the Mari Sandoz letters on Native American rights, 1940-1965 / introduced and edited by Kimberli A. Lee ; foreword by John R. Wunder.

Publisher:

Texas Tech University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xviii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Great Plains--History--20th century--Sources.
Indians of North America--History--History--20th century--Sources.
Social justice--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
Sandoz, Mari,--1896-1966--Correspondence.
Sandoz, Mari,--1896-1966--Political and social views.
Women political activists--United States--Correspondence.
Political activists--United States--Correspondence.
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.

Other Authors:

Lee, Kimberli A., 1959-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Quest for historical accuracy -- Political activism/social justice for the tribes -- Campaign against American Indian stereotypes -- The advocate : promotion of Native artists and writers -- Afterword: The alongsiders.

Summary:

"The collected correspondence of Mari Sandoz focusing on her political activism in behalf of American Indians in the mid-twentieth century. Introduced and edited by Kimberli Lee, the letters document Sandoz's role as a non-Native chronicler and advocate for Plains Indian cultures"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Plains histories

ISBN:

0896726665 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780896726666 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)326466500

LCCN:

2009028080

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)