American Indian Intellectual Tradition

David Martínez is Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University and the author of Dakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought.

• IntroductionNotesPart I: From Colonialism to Removal and the End of Treaty-Making, 1770s–1870sIntroductionNotes1. Joseph Johnson, "LETTER from J—h J—n, one of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians, to his Countryman, Moses Paul, under Sentence of Death, in New-Haven Goal" (1772)2. Samson Occom, "A Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, An Indian" (1772)3. Elias Boudinot, "An Address to the Whites" (1826)4. John Ross, "To the Cherokee People" (1829)5. John Ross, "To the Cherokees, Friends & Fellow Citizens" (1831)6. William Apess, "An Inquiry into the Education and Religious Instruction of the Marshpee Indians" (1835)7. George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh), "Address before Both Houses of the Legislature of South Carolina" (1848)8. Ely S. Parker, "Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs" (1869)Notes to Part IPart II: From Reservation System to Reform, 1880s–1920sIntroductionNotes9. Susette La Flesche, "The Indian Question" (1880)10. Elias Johnson, "Legends, Traditions and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians" (1881)11. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, "Life Among the Piutes" (1883)12. Richard C. Adams, "A Delaware Indian Legend and The Story of Their Troubles" (1899)13. Andrew J. Blackbird, "The Indian Problem; From the Indian's Standpoint" (1900)14. Laura Cornelius Kellogg, "Industrial Organization for the Indian"(1912)15. Laura Cornelius Kellogg, "The Lolomi Program of Self-Governance" (1920)16. Sherman Coolidge, "The Indian American—His Duty to His Race and to His Country, the United States of America" (1913)17. Dennison Wheelock, "Not an Indian Problem but a Problem of Race Separation" (1913)18. Henry Roe Cloud, "Education of the American Indian" (1914)19. Arthur C. Parker, "The Legal Status of the American Indian" (1914)20. Carlos Montezuma, "Let My People Go" (1915)21. Charles A. Eastman, "The Indian as a Citizen" (1915)22. Zitkala-Sa (aka Gertrude Bonnin), "Americanize the First American" (1921)23. Zitkala-Sa (aka Gertrude Bonnin), "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft and Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes—Legalized Robbery" (1924)Notes to Part IIPart III: The Birth and Termination of Modern Indian Nations, 1930s–1970sIntroductionNotes24. D'Arcy McNickle, "Four Years of Indian Reorganization" (1938)25. Ella Deloria, "Speaking of Indians" (1944)26. Helen L. Peterson, "American Indian Political Participation" (1957)27. Frell M. Owl, "Who and What Is an American Indian?" (1962)28. Clyde Warrior, "Which One Are You? Five Types of Young Indians" (1964)29. Robert K. Thomas, "Pan-Indianism" (1965)30. Vine Deloria, Jr., "The Disastrous Policy of Termination" (1969)31. Hank Adams, et al., "Trail of Broken Treaties 20-Point Position Paper" (1972)Notes to Part IIISelected BibliographiesIndex

"David Martínez's anthology is a terrific resource for all of us in Native American Studies and for American Indian people in general. These writings demonstrate the richness and depth of an intellectual heritage that deserves the sort of focus and attention offered so abundantly here."—Robert Warrior, University of Illinois