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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Reflexive Historiography -- I: CONTESTING CITIZENSHIP, 1887-1924 -- 1 "My Own Nation" (1899)-Queen Lili'uokalani -- 2 "Keep Our Treaties" (1906)-Chitto Harjo -- 3 "We Can Establish Our Rights" (1913)-Cherokee Freedmen -- 4 "That the Smaller Peoples May Be Safe" (1918)- Arthur C. Parker -- 5 "Another Kaiser in America" (1918)-Carlos Montezuma -- 6 "Our Hearts Are Almost Broken" (1919)-No Heart et al -- 7 "I Want to Be Free" (1920)-Porfirio Mirabel -- 8 "I Am Going to Geneva" (1923)-Deskaheh -- 9 "It Is Our Way of Life" (1924)-All-Pueblo Council -- II: RECLAIMING A FUTURE, 1934-1954 -- 10 "As One Indian to Another" (1934)-Henry Roe Cloud -- 11 "Fooled So Many Times" (1934)-George White Bull and Oliver Prue -- 12 "Let Us Try a New Deal" (1934)-Christine Galler -- 13 "If We Have the Land, We Have Everything" (1934)-Albert Sandoval, Fred Nelson, Frank Cadman, and Jim Shirley -- 14 "We Have Heard Your Talk" (1934)-Joe Chitto -- 15 "Eliminate This Discrimination" (1941)-Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich -- 16 "I Am Here to Keep the Land" (1945)-Martin Cross -- 17 "We Are Still a Sovereign Nation" (1949)-Hopi Traditionalist Movement -- 18 "I Had No One to Help Me" (1953)-Jake Herman -- 19 "We Need a Boldness of Thinking" (1954)-D'Arcy McNickle -- III: DEMANDING CIVIL RIGHTS OF A DIFFERENT ORDER, 1954-1968 -- 20 "We Are Citizens" (1954)-National Congress of American Indians -- 21 "This Resolution 'Gives' Indians Nothing" (1954)-Helen Peterson and Alice Jemison -- 22 "We Are Lumbee Indians" (1955)-D. F. Lowry -- 23 "The Mississippi Choctaws Are Not Going Anywhere" (1960)-Phillip Martin -- 24 "A Human Right in a Free World" (1961)-Edward Dozier -- 25 "This Is Not Special Pleading" (1961)-American Indian Chicago Conference.

"A valuable study, one that combines riveting narration, shrewd analysis, and a sharp understanding of the existing literature with fresh research, both archival and oral."--American Historical Review "A portrait of astute Indian politicking, conflict, and personal struggles, greatly adding to our understanding of American history in this crucial era."--Western Historical Quarterly "A common perception of the American Indian activist movement is that it began with the occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. This study by historian Cobb makes the case that the period from the start of the Cold War to 1968 was critical for generating ideas and training a new generation of leaders who brought issues of Indian sovereignty and rights to public attention. . . . Cobb adds to the literature on this period by presenting vignettes of some two dozen activists whom he personally interviewed."--Choice "This very readable text is suitable for American Indian studies and related courses at all levels."--Montana The Magazine of Western History "An outstanding and important achievement."--Journal of American Ethnic History "This book brings to light the efforts of a broad variety of Native leaders who shaped the future of Indian intellectualism, Indian policy, and tribal development in the latter twentieth century. . . . Essential reading for anyone attempting to understand the forces of change and the precursors to AIM in the years between the end of the Second World War and 1970."--Wicazo SA Review "This is an exceptional book that requires a close read. It is well researched and brings to the reader an understanding of Indian political activism that has long been neglected or relegated to the dustbins of history. Organizations and people that fought in obscurity for Indian rights are presented in great detail, including their strong and weak points. . . . I highly

Introduction / Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler -- Witness to change : fifty years of Indian activism and tribal politics / Donald L. Fixico -- Missing the point : academic experts and American Indian politics / Frederick E. Hoxie -- The foundations of federal Indian law and its application in the twentieth century / Taiawagi Helton and Lindsay G. Robertson -- At the headwaters of a twentieth-century "Indian" political agenda : rethinking the origins of the Society of American Indians / D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark -- The citizenship of dance : politics of music among the Lakota, 1900-1924 / John Troutman -- "In a name of justice and fairness" : the Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation versus the BIA, 1934 / Katherine M.B. Osburn -- Terminating the Choctaws / Clara Sue Kidwell -- Indians, the counterculture, and the new left / Sherry L. Smith -- Talking the language of the larger world : politics in Cold War (Native) America / Daniel M. Cobb -- In the arena : an expert witness view of the Indian Claims Commission / Helen Hornbeck Tanner -- Tribal sovereignty movements compared : the plains region / Loretta Fowler -- States of sovereignty : race shifting, recognition, and rights in Cherokee country / Circe Sturm -- Tribal courts and tribal states in the era of self-determination : an Ojibwe case study / Larry Nesper -- Florida Seminole gaming and local sovereign interdependency / Jessica Cattelino -- Miami Indian language and cultural research at Miami University / Daryl Baldwin and Julie Olds -- Conclusion: Education, art, and activism / Della Warrior

Introduction / Daniel M. Cobb and Helen Sheumaker -- Welcoming remarks / Allan M. Winkler -- From Lexington and Concord to Oklahoma City : the perils and promise of public history / Edward T. Linenthal -- The "remembered/forgotten" on Native ground / Daniel M. Cobb -- Museums matter / Helen Sheumaker -- Afternoon discussion