Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements

by Todd Leahy, Nathan Wilson

Overview

Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures. For centuries, Native Americans dealt with the onslaught of non-Indian land claims, the appropriation of their homelands, and the destruction of their ways of life. Through various movements, Native Americans accepted, rejected, or accommodated themselves to the nontraditional worldviews of the colonizers and their policies. The Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements is designed to provide a useful reference for students and scholars to consult on topics dealing with key movements, organizations, leadership strategies, and the major issues these groups confronted.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, language, religion, politics, and the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442268098
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/29/2016
Series:	Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Todd Leahy is the Conservation Director for the New Mexico Wildlife Federation. Among his publications are “Beef Instead of Bayonets” in the Chronicles of Oklahoma and the forthcoming “American Indian Water Rights and the Unitary Waters Theory” in American Indian Law Review. His most recent publications concern sportsmen’s issues and conservation, which can be found in The Hill, The Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe New Mexican and numerous other news outlets.

Nathan Wilson he has taught history the University of New Mexico, Fort Hays State University, Central Michigan University, Oklahoma State University, and was recently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Tulsa where he offered courses in the American West, Native America, and American Popular Culture. Currently, he is a freelance writer and editor who has contributed articles, essays, and reviews to both scholarly and commercial publications.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword JonWoronoff
Preface
Map of Native American Movements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix: Indian Voices from Native American Movements
Bibliography
About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

This indispensable reference to significant Native American figures, events, locations, and ritual artifacts opens with a chronology of Indian civilization, beginning with its first documented existence in 12,500 B.C.E. Leahy (history, Fort Hays Univ.) and Wilson (Indian Lives) follow with an introduction tracing Native American history from the pre-Columbus era onward. Organized alphabetically, the term definitions range in length from a single paragraph to multiple pages. Also included are a number of vital, historically definitive primary-source transcriptions, including proclamations by figures like Chief Pontiac and activist Russell Means. A 14-page thematically categorized, multimedia source list closes the book. Recommended for American history and all Native American studies collections.

—Savannah Schroll Guz

Library Journal

Todd Leahy, conservation director for the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, and Nathan Wilson have authored a second edition of a work first published in 2008…. The work begins with four introductory sections. The first is a map of the United States’ 48 contiguous states entitled ‘Map of Native American Movements.’ There are 16 spots on the map but there is no explanation as to why those locales are significant. It is followed by ‘Acronyms and Abbreviations.’ The ‘Chronology’ begins with the occupation of Monte Verde in present-day Chile at c. 12,500 B.C.E. and concludes with a mention that in 2015 the health of American Indians continues to be an issue…. The final section is the ‘Introduction,’ which is a 34-page essay that provides an overview of American Indian history.... [The authors] contextualize the entries included in the main body of the work. The dictionary includes approximately 250 entries.... The work concludes with an 18-page bibliography. Fewer than 15 books and articles included in that section were published within the last 10 years. Of those, many are obituaries…. [T]his work would serve as a good ready-reference tool for public libraries due to its coverage of the American Indian Rights movement of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

American Reference Books Annual

Leahy and independent scholar Wilson provide around 250 dictionary entries tracing Native American organizations, movements, events, leaders, and issues. Entries range from a few sentences (e.g., American Indian Community House in NYC) to a few pages (e.g., American Indian Movement)…. [T]his unique work suits beginning researchers needing brief background information and ready-reference collections that do not already own the original.

Summing Up:Recommended. Beginning students; general readers.

Choice Reviews

Leahy and independent scholar Wilson provide around 250 dictionary entries tracing Native American organizations, movements, events, leaders, and issues. Entries range from a few sentences (e.g., American Indian Community House in NYC) to a few pages (e.g., American Indian Movement)…. [T]his unique work suits beginning researchers needing brief background information and ready-reference collections that do not already own the original. Summing Up: Recommended. Beginning students; general readers.

Choice

Leahy and independent scholar Wilson provide around 250 dictionary entries tracing Native American organizations, movements, events, leaders, and issues. Entries range from a few sentences (e.g., American Indian Community House in NYC) to a few pages (e.g., American Indian Movement)…. [T]his unique work suits beginning researchers needing brief background information and ready-reference collections that do not already own the original.

Summing Up: Recommended. Beginning students; general readers.

CHOICE

The straightforward dictionary....will be a useful addition to materials on Native Americans. The text is accessible and appropriate for academic and large public libraries.

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The straightforward dictionary....will be a useful addition to materials on Native Americans. The text is accessible and appropriate for academic and large public libraries.

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