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Author Deer, Ada Elizabeth, author.

Title Making a difference : my fight for native rights and social justice / Ada Deer ; with Theda Perdue ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson.

Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.1197 DEE    Check Shelf
Description xxiv, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
Series New Directions in Native American Studies series ; volume 19
New directions in Native American studies ; v. 19.
Note Includes index.
Contents Growing up Menominee -- Preparing for the future -- Trouble at home -- Working for justice -- Joining the struggle -- Restoration -- On the national stage -- In the belly of the beast -- Sovereignty -- Still an activist.
Summary "A memoir of the first eighty-three years in the life of Ada Deer, the first woman to serve as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and her tireless campaigns to reverse the forced termination of the Menominee tribe and to ensure sovereignty and self-determination for all tribes"-- Provided by publisher.
"A deeply personal story, written with humor and honesty, this book is a testimony to the ability of one individual to change the course of history through hard work, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to social justice"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Deer, Ada Elizabeth.
Menominee Indians -- Biography.
Indian women activists -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics.
Deer, Ada Elizabeth. (OCoLC)fst00332061
Indian women activists. (OCoLC)fst01741091
Menominee Indians. (OCoLC)fst01016230
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Autobiographies.
Local Subject Indigenous women activists -- Biography.
Added Author Perdue, Theda, 1949- author.
Wilkinson, Charles F., 1941- author of foreword.
ISBN 9780806164274 hardcover
0806164271 hardcover
Standard No. 40029573252
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