The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty
Vine Deloria once said that Hank Adams was the most important Native American in the country. From his treaty rights work to his mediation of disputes between AIM and the US government in the 1970s, Adams shaped modern Native activism. For the first time, Adams' writings are collected, evidencing his unparalleled role in Indian affairs and beyond.
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The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty
Vine Deloria once said that Hank Adams was the most important Native American in the country. From his treaty rights work to his mediation of disputes between AIM and the US government in the 1970s, Adams shaped modern Native activism. For the first time, Adams' writings are collected, evidencing his unparalleled role in Indian affairs and beyond.
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The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty

The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty

by David Wilkins
The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty

The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty

by David Wilkins

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Vine Deloria once said that Hank Adams was the most important Native American in the country. From his treaty rights work to his mediation of disputes between AIM and the US government in the 1970s, Adams shaped modern Native activism. For the first time, Adams' writings are collected, evidencing his unparalleled role in Indian affairs and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781555914479
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date: 08/01/2011
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Professor David E. Wilkins holds the McKnight Presidential Professorship in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. He has adjunct appointments in Political Science, Law, and American Studies. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill in 1990. Wilkins' research and teaching interests include indigenous politics and governance, federal Indian policy and law, comparative politics, and diplomacy and constitutional development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Foreword Billy Frank vii

Introduction 1

Fishing Rights 19

Trail of Broken Treaties and Wounded Knee II 89

Civil Rights and Termination 147

Media, Literature, and Scholarship 173

Trust, Land Issues, and Indian Claims 207

American Indian Policy Review Commission 223

Taxation, Economic Development, and Socioeconomic Issues 251

Critiques of Federal and Native Agencies 275

Index 303

About the Editor 312

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"Adams has always been an insightful and prolific writer and the Adams Reader will serve to introduce a new generation of Native leaders and activists to the important contribution made by this great intellectual." —Steve Pavlik, Indian Country Today

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