native american activists

Profiles ten men and women from various Native American tribes who dedicated their lives to the advancement of Native American rights.

In 1975 American Indian Movement members Kenny Loud Hawk, Dennis Banks, Leonard Peltier, Anna Mae Aquash, KaMook Banks, and Russ Redner were arrested and charged with possession of eight illegal weapons and seven cases of dynamite. What followed was the longest pretrial criminal case in United States history. The author was a first-year law student in 1975 and before the case ended in 1988 he appeared as lead counsel in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the defendants.

The story of The American Indian Movement (AIM), Wounded Knee II, and the murder of Anna Mae Aquash, an AIM member suspected of being an FBI informant, as told by an FBI agent.

The controversial leader and activist tells the story of his life in which, so far, he has done everything possible to dramatize the Indian desire for self-determination. He has stormed Mount Rushmore, seized Plymouth Rock, run for president in 1988 and led a seventy-one-day takeover of Wounded Knee in 1973.

Presents a collection of essays that profile the lives of over three hundred Native American Indians in history including religious, social, and political leaders, warriors, and reformers, as well as artists, writers, entertainers, athletes, and scientists.