| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Emergency! -- "The chance of our Indian lifetimes" -- The crucial year -- Turning points -- Roots: the Coeur d'Alenes -- Boy to man -- Toward a victory of sorts -- The Garry era ends -- Money-and its consequences -- "I enjoyed working with the people." |
| Summary |
"Joseph R. Garry (1910-1975), a Coeur d'Alene Indian, served six terms as president of the National Congress of American Indians in the 1950s. He led the battles to compel the federal government to honor treaties and landownership and dominated an era in government-Indian relations little attended by historians. Firmly believing that forced assimilation of Indians and termination of federal trusteeship over Native Americans and their reservations would doom Indian cultures, Garry had his greatest success as a leader in uniting American Indian tribes to fend off Congress's plan to abandon Indian citizens."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Garry, Joe, 1910-1975.
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Garry, Joe, 1910-1975. |
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National Congress of American Indians -- History.
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National Congress of American Indians. |
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History. |
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Garry, Joe, 1910-1975. |
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National Congress of American Indians -- History. |
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Coeur d'Alene Indians -- Biography.
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Coeur d'Alene Indians. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Indian activists -- United States -- Biography.
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Indian activists. |
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United States. |
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Indian civic leaders -- United States -- Biography.
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Indian civic leaders. |
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Indians of North America -- Politics and government.
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Indians of North America -- Politics and government. |
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Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934-
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Indians of North America -- Government relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1934- |
| Subject |
Self-determination, National -- United States.
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Self-determination, National. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1934 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fahey, John, 1919-2004. Saving the reservation. Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 2001 0295981539 (DLC) 2001035249 (OCoLC)46769571 |
| ISBN |
9780295801261 (electronic book) |
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0295801263 (electronic book) |
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0295981539 |
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9780295981536 |
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