An indispensable introduction to the rich variety of Native leadership in the modern era, The New Warriors profiles Native men and women who have played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the twentieth century.
He is the author of several works, including The Shawnee Prophet , and the editor of American Indian Leaders: Studies in Diversity (Nebraska 1980), both available in Bison Books editions..
David Edmunds is Watson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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He is the author of several works, including The Shawnee Prophet, and the editor of American Indian Leaders: Studies in Diversity (Nebraska 1980), both available in Bison Books editions.
David Edmunds is Watson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Howard Tommie, the champion of economic and cultural sovereignty for the Seminole Tribe of Florida
Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller
Pawnee activist and lawyer Walter Echo-Hawk
Crow educator Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top; and Phillip Martin, a driving force behind the spectacular economic revitalization of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws.
Senators Charles Curtis and Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Episcopal priest Vine V.
The Leaders showcased include the early-twentieth-century writer and activist Zitkala-Sa
American Indian Movement leader Russell Means; political activists Ada Deer and LaDonna Harris; scholar and writer D\'Arcy McNickle; orator and Crow Reservation superintendent Robert Yellowtail
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An indispensable introduction to the rich variety of Native leadership in the modern era, The New Warriors profiles Native men and women who have played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the twentieth century