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A unique, carefully-chosen selection of short, stimulating primary-source accounts describes controversial moments in Native American history since 1492, sharing both Native and non-Native viewpoints.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Competing Voices on the origins of the world and "Discovery " Chapter 2: Competing Voices on Spirituality and Faith, 1550- 1828 Chapter 3: Competing Voices on Land and the Environment Chapter 4: Competing Voices in War and Revolution, 1650-1800s Chapter 5: Competing Voices in the Removal Era, 1800s- 1850s Chapter 6: Competing Voices from Three Key Events in Western Expansion Chapter 7: Competing Voices in the Era of Assimilation and Allotment, 1887-1934 Chapter 8: Competing Voices during the Indian New Deal Era, 1928-1941 Chapter 9: Competing Voices during the Termination Era, 1945 - 1970 Chapter 10: Competing Voices from Three Key Events of the Red Power Era: Alcatraz, 1969, March on Washington, 1972 and the Occupation of the BIA Headquarters, 1972 and Wounded Knee, 1973 Chapter 11: Competing Voices on Leonard Peltier, 1977 Chapter 12: Competing Voices on Contemporary Indian Law and Jurisdiction Chapter 13: Competing Voices on Indian Gaming Chapter 14: Competing Voices on Indian Representation, Museums and the Repatriation of Indian Bones

About the Author

Dewi Ball gained his PhD from the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, in May 2007, and was funded by the Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Scholarship, City and County of Swansea, Wales. He contributed a number of entries to ABC-CLIO's Encyclopedia of Native American Treaties. Joy Porter is assistant dean of the School of Humanities at the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, and teaches American and Native American history and literature. Her publications include To Be Indian: The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker, winner of American Library Association's Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award.

Reviews

The volume follows both a chronological and thematic arrangement with each chapter prefaced by a clear, edifying introduction to the topic. The documents themselves are drawn from a variety of sources on Native and non-Native sides of the issue and are comprised of legends, reports, treaties, court cases, letters, and memoirs and prefaced by brief introductions. Examples include documents by Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh, and Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. The work concludes with a time line, extensive source notes, and a comprehensive bibliography for each chapter, providing opportunities for further research. Whether discussing Pontiac's Rebellion or the 1977 trial of Leonard Peltier, these documents are sure to inspire debate among advanced students.
*School Library Journal*

…a good choice for a reference collection, or as a companion textbook for a class.
*ARBAonline*

. . . easy-to-use, provocative . . . likely to be of value at many educational levels. . . . Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.
*Choice*

This is a documentary reader that provides a broad array of Native and non-Native primary source perspectives on key issues and events in Native American history.
*Reference & Research Book News*