Since predator came : notes from the struggle for American Indian liberation


by Ward Churchill ; preface by Haunani-Kay Trask.
Bok Engelsk 2005
Originaltittel
Utgitt
Oakland, CA : : AK Press, , c2005.
Omfang
viii, 424 sider : illustrasjoner, kart;
Opplysninger
Første gang utgitt: Littleton, Colo. : Aigis Publications, c1995.. - Remembering Bob Thomas -- Deconstructing the Columbus myth: Was the "Great Discoverer" Spanish or Italian, Nazi or Jew? -- Since predator came: A survey of Native North America since 1492 -- Genocide in the Americas: Landmarks from "Latin" America since 1492 -- Genocide: Toward a functional definition -- The earth is our mother: Struggles for American Indian land and liberation in the contemporary United States -- Like sand in the wind: the making of an American Indian diaspora -- The bloody wake of Alcatraz: Political repression of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s -- White studies: the intellectual imperialism of U.S. higher education -- About that Bering Strait land bridge ...Let's turn those footprints around -- On gaining "moral high ground': An ode to George Bush and the "New world order" -- False promises: An Inndigenist perspective on Marxist theory and practice -- Between a rock and a hard place: Left-wing revolution, right-wing reaction, and the destruction of indigenous peoples (co-authored with Glenn T. Morris) -- On support of the Indian resistance in Nicaragua: A statement of position and principle -- The meaning of Chiapas: A North American Indigenist view -- Generations of resistance: American Indian poetry and the Ghost Dance spirit -- From a woman warrior: Wendy Rose's "What happened when the Hopi hit New York" -- Another vision of America: Simon J. Ortiz's "From Sand Creek".. - "Labeled "controversial" by politicians and pundits alike, Ward Churchill's scholarship endures the test of time. Rational, angry, yet ultimately hopeful, his is a leading voice against the ongoing genocide perpetrated on Native American peoples. Intellectually cogent while remaining accessible to the general reader, the eighteen essays herein will challenge you to think, and then act, in the fight for justice waged since Columbus' arrival."
Emner
Indians of North America - Government relations.
Indians of North America - Politics and government.
indianere menneskerettigheter historisk framstilling
USA Forente Stater
Dewey
ISBN
1904859445. - 9781904859444

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