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Native Americans

This collection contains interviews, commentary and stories about Native American resistance against Euro-American settler colonialism. Specific topics addressed include the 1973 Occupation of Wounded Knee, health and medical conditions on reservations, environmental and ecological challenges facing Native communities and the voices of Native leaders.  

Documents

Civilize Native American People?; Excerpt from Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions: Women on Their Moon Civilize Native American People?; Excerpt from Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions: Women on Their Moon
Author: John F. Lame DeerPublisher: Tayac FamilyFormat: CompilationCollection: Native Americans
Reproductions of: Unnamed letter to journal concerning the racial and religious suppression of Native American prisoners; Excerpt from Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions Chapter 9: Medicine Good and Bad (p.159-182 with handwritten annotation); Letter from The Tayac Family regarding Moon Lodge for menstruating women and related traditional practices.
Oyate Materials List Oyate Materials List
Publisher: OyateYear: 1992Format: CatalogCollection: Native Americans
Materials list for pre. K - 12 native education
The FBI Takes AIM: The FBIs Secret War Against the American Indian Movement The FBI Takes AIM: The FBIs Secret War Against the American Indian Movement
Authors: Ward Churchill, Jim Vander WallPublisher: The Other SideDate: 6/1987Volume Number: JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Reproduction of original article.
Open Fire: Or the FBI's History Lesson Open Fire: Or the FBI's History Lesson
Authors: Judy Gumbo Clavir and Stew AlbertPublisher: CrawdaddyDate: 11/1976Volume Number: NovemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Reproduction of original article. Article is about the FBI and AIM.
Death Squads in the US: Confessions of a Government Terrorist Death Squads in the US: Confessions of a Government Terrorist
Author: Ward ChurchillPublisher: Z MagazineVolume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Article about the GOON (Guardians of the Oglala Nation) squads operating on Pine Ridge Reservation during the 1970s.
The Systematic Genocide of Native Nations by the United States Government The Systematic Genocide of Native Nations by the United States Government
Author: Native American Solidarity CommitteePublisher: American Indian Treaty Council Information CenterDate: 6/1977Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Native Americans
Overall description of U.S. imperialist genocide against Native Americans
Harvest Quarterly Harvest Quarterly
Publisher: Harvest Quarterly 1976Year: 1976Volume Number: No1 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Native Americans
Articles include Blueprint for a Police State by Center for Research on Criminal Justice, Steps to Sovereighty by John Mohawk
Free Paul Skyhorse and Richard Mohawk - Stop All Attacks on Indian People Free Paul Skyhorse and Richard Mohawk - Stop All Attacks on Indian People
Authors: Info for brochure from Skyhorse-Mohawk Judicial Liberation Committee, Akwasasne Notes, Seven Days MagazinePublisher: Native American Solidarity CommitteeYear: 1975Format: PamphletCollection: Native Americans
Support for AIM political prisoners Richard Mohawk and Paul Skyhorse
Navajos Resist Forced Relocation, Big Mountain & Joint Use Area Communities Fight Removal Navajos Resist Forced Relocation, Big Mountain & Joint Use Area Communities Fight Removal
Publisher: Big Mountain Support GroupYear: 1983Format: MonographCollection: Native Americans
Navajo people's struggle to hold onto the land they have inhabited for over 400 years
Z Magazine Z Magazine
Publisher: ZDate: 5/1997Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Subterfuge and Self-Determination: Suppression of Indigenous Sovereignty in 20th Century United States, by Ward Churchill