We Are Still Here

Acknowledgments for the Second Edition x
 
Introduction 1
 
1 "We Indians Will Be Indians All Our Lives,"1890-1920 10
 
Disappearing Peoples? 13
 
Education 19
 
Religions 28
 
Land 32
 
Identities 39
 
World War I 53
 
2 Confronting Continuation, 1921-1932 57
 
Failed Policies 58
 
Collier and the Pueblo Indians 62
 
Rights, Opportunities, and Identity 66
 
Tourism and the Arts 69
 
Work, Community, and Government 74
 
Moving Toward Reform 78
 
3 Initiatives and Impositions, 1933-1940 83
 
Collier's Perspective 84
 
Cultural Considerations 87
 
Education, Health Care, and Land Use 93
 
The Indian Reorganization Act 97
 
Alaska and Oklahoma 106
 
Land Bases and Recognition 107
 
4 The War, Termination, and the Start of Self-Determination, 1941-1961 112
 
World War II and Its Consequences 114
 
The NCAI, the ICC, and Legal Representation 124
 
The Termination Era 129
 
Dimensions of Termination 135
 
Urban Migration and Relocation 143
 
Toward Self-Determination 147
 
5 The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1962-1980 151
 
Restoration 154
 
Fishing Rights and the Growth of Activism 159
 
Lands and Recognition 168
 
Education and Economies 172
 
Rights and Restrictions 183
 
Writers, Musicians, and Artists 185
 
6 "We Are All Indians," 1981-1999 190
 
Native Identity 191
 
New Voices, New Images 197
 
Museums and Repatriation 203
 
Gaming 206
 
Communities 213
 
Rights 216
 
Economies and Education 220
 
Here to Stay 223
 
7 "Much Work Remains to Be Done," 2000-2013 227
 
The Museum on the National Mall 229
 
The Cobell Settlement 231
 
Evolving Relations 234
 
Indigenous and International 239
 
Community Well-Being

Peter Iverson is Regents' Professor of History (Emeritus) at Arizona State University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 12 books, including We Will Secure Our Future: Empowering the Navajo Nation (with Peterson Zah, 2012); Diné: A History of the Navajos (2002); When Indians Became Cowboys (1997); and The Navajo Nation (1983). He has received the Outstanding Doctoral Mentor Award from the Graduate College at Arizona State University and awards for his service to the Navajo Nation and the Ak-Chin Indian Community.
 
Wade Davies is Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Montana. He is the author of Healing Ways: Navajo Health Care in the Twentieth Century (2001), numerous articles on the history of American Indian sports, and is co-editor of American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography (with Richmond L. Clow, 2009).

"Iverson and Davies have teamed up to update this pithy, yet comprehensive study of Native peoples in
the US. It is a taut overview of the major issues, events, and personalities in and about Indian Country and will admirably fit the bill for anyone interested in what has transpired during the last century and a quarter."
 
David Wilkins, University of Minnesota