Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power

by Sherry L. Smith

Book Overview

Through much of the 20th century, federal policy toward Indians sought to extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That policy was dramatically confronted in the late 1960s when a loose coalition of hippies, civil rights advocates, Black Panthers, unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakers and other Christians, celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight for Indian rights.

In Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190217855
• ISBN13: 9780190217853
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"