Militarization of Indian Country

Name: Militarization of Indian Country
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ISBN: 9781938065002

ISBN-10: 193806500X

ISBN-13: 9781938065002

Edition: 2013

Authors: Winona LaDuke, Sean Aaron Cruz

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When it became public that Osama bin Laden's death was announced with the phrase "Geronimo, EKIA!" many Native people, including Geronimo's descendants, were insulted to discover that the name of a Native patriot was used as a code name for a world-class terrorist. Geronimo descendant Harlyn Geronimo explained, "Obviously to equate Geronimo with Osama bin Laden is an unpardonable slander of Native America and its most famous leader." The Militarization of Indian Country illuminates the historical context of these negative stereotypes, the long political and economic relationship between the military and Native America, and the environmental and social consequences. This book addresses the…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 110
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Barbara Alice Mann is a lecturer in the English department at the University of Toledo and the author ofGeorge Washington’s War on Native America. nbsp; Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist and the author ofRecovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming.



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Preface


The Military and the People


The Military and the Economy


The Military and the Land


The Military and the Future


Learn More about Military Impacts on Native America


Notes