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This comprehensive reference source follows the history of efforts to preserve and recover the civil rights of American Indians in the United States.

The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Native American Rights Movement examines such matters as the political struggle over treaty obligations, religious freedom, and the political sovereignty of reservations. The A-Z entries cover key persons, legislation, organizations, and events.

Topics discussed include the American Indian Movement (AIM), the Wounded Knee occupation, the occupation of Alcatraz, the Native American Church, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Black and white illustrations enhance the easy to read text.

* A-Z entries cover key persons, legislation, organizations, and events

* Includes black and white illustrations

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Library Journal Review

Taking the view that the Native rights struggle began at European contact, Grossman (Guide to the Persian Gulf War, LJ 5/1/96) offers a valuable resource of information drawn from the voluminous annals of American Indian affairs. The alphabetically arranged articles reach back to the Laws of Burgos (Spain, 1512) but emphasize North American treaties, legislation, court decisions, presidential messages, commissions, and reports. Cross-cultural biographies include reformers, Indian commissioners, historic Native leaders, and 20th-century activists, while ethnology, pan-Indianism, archaeological protection, Native religious practice, gaming regulations, and taxation are among the topics covered. Native American rights have been addressed in many narrative texts, e.g., Wilcomb E. Washburn's classic Red Man's Land, White Man's Law (LJ 9/1/71), and several impressive encyclopedias on Natives have appeared recently, e.g., Encyclopedia of North American Indians (LJ 12/96). Yet Grossman's work is unique in drawing together Native rights issues and including material (especially descriptions of federal cases) not found in other works. Enhanced by a 30-page bibliography and a 25-page timeline, this is an important source. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries.‘Margaret W. Norton, Morton West H.S., Berwyn, Ill. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Part of the publisher's "Companions to Key Issues in American History and Life" series, this work covers themes, personalities, issues, organizations, and events of the movement "to preserve and recover the civil rights of American Indians." It stresses the cross-cultural nature of the movement, covering both Indians and whites. Because the legal foundations of Indian rights dominate the issues, many of the more than 500 entries cover treaties, legislation, and landmark court cases. Such entries conveniently give complete statute, code, and case law citations. The alphabetically arranged entries are well written and informative, and are followed by cross-references and sources. Appendixes include a chronology and index, as well as a bibliography of more than 700 entries including books, journal articles, government publications, dissertations, law review articles, and reference works. Useful, well crafted, and easy to use, this work is highly recommended for all collections. J. Drueke; University of Nebraska--Lincoln

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Mark Grossman is a professional writer specializing in American and world history, constitutional law, and the environment. He is the author of ABC-CLIO's award winning Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War .