Competing Voices from Native America

Dewi Ball gained his PhD from the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, in May 2007, and was funded by the Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Scholarship, City and County of Swansea, Wales. He contributed a number of entries to ABC-CLIO's Encyclopedia of Native American Treaties. Joy Porter is assistant dean of the School of Humanities at the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, and teaches American and Native American history and literature. Her publications include To Be Indian: The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker, winner of American Library Association's Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Competing Voices on the origins of the world and "Discovery "Chapter 2: Competing Voices on Spirituality and Faith, 1550- 1828Chapter 3: Competing Voices on Land and the EnvironmentChapter 4: Competing Voices in War and Revolution, 1650-1800sChapter 5: Competing Voices in the Removal Era, 1800s- 1850sChapter 6: Competing Voices from Three Key Events in Western ExpansionChapter 7: Competing Voices in the Era of Assimilation and Allotment, 1887-1934Chapter 8: Competing Voices during the Indian New Deal Era, 1928-1941Chapter 9: Competing Voices during the Termination Era, 1945 - 1970Chapter 10: Competing Voices from Three Key Events of the Red Power Era: Alcatraz, 1969, March on Washington, 1972 and the Occupation of the BIA Headquarters, 1972 and Wounded Knee, 1973Chapter 11: Competing Voices on Leonard Peltier, 1977Chapter 12: Competing Voices on Contemporary Indian Law and JurisdictionChapter 13: Competing Voices on Indian GamingChapter 14: Competing Voices on Indian Representation, Museums and the Repatriation of Indian Bones

The volume follows both a chronological and thematic arrangement with each chapter prefaced by a clear, edifying introduction to the topic. The documents themselves are drawn from a variety of sources on Native and non-Native sides of the issue and are comprised of legends, reports, treaties, court cases, letters, and memoirs and prefaced by brief introductions. Examples include documents by Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh, and Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. The work concludes with a time line, extensive source notes, and a comprehensive bibliography for each chapter, providing opportunities for further research. Whether discussing Pontiac's Rebellion or the 1977 trial of Leonard Peltier, these documents are sure to inspire debate among advanced students.