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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

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
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
Z Magazine Z Magazine
Publisher: ZDate: 12/1995Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Fascism, the FBI & Native Americans, David Barsamian interviews Ward Churchill
Ka Ho'okolokolonui O Kanaka Maoli Ka Ho'okolokolonui O Kanaka Maoli
Publisher: Pro-Hawaiian Sovereignty Working GroupDate: 8/12/1993Volume Number: August 12-21Format: MonographCollection: Native Americans
The International Peoples' Tribunal-Hawaii- Document encourging people to attend the International People's Tribunal, and information about the colonization of the Hawaiian land.