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Great Speeches by Native Americans
Great Speeches by Native Americans
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Remarkable for their eloquence and depth of feeling, these 82 speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with non-indigenous peoples. Speakers include Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Seattle, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and many lesser-known leaders, whose compelling words are graced by forceful metaphors and vivid imagery. — Con... more »:
Sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Acuera (Timucua) ; Powhatan, Wahunsonacock (Powhatan) ; Chikataubut (Massachuset) ; Miantinomo (Naraganset) ; King Philip, Metacom (Wampanoag) ; Swerise (Oneida) ; Unnamed (Onondaga and Cayuga) ; Garangula (Onondaga) ; Unnamed (Iroquois) ; Minavavana (Chippewa/Ojibway) ; Pontiac (Ottawa) ; Red Hawk (Shawnee) ; Unnamed (Naudowessie) ; James Logan, Tahgahjute (Cayuga) ; Captain Pipe, Hopocan (Delaware) ; Buckongahelas (Delaware) ; Cornplanter, Half Town and Big Tree (Seneca) ; Unnamed Women and Red Jacket (Seneca) ; Unnamed (Delaware and twelve other tribes). Nineteenth century. Red Jacket, Sagoyewatha (Seneca) ; Big Elk, Ongpatonga (Omaha) ; Tecumseh (Shawnee) ; Pushmataha (Choctaw) ; Tecumseh (Shawnee) ; Tenkswatawa, 'The prophet' (Shawnee) ; Pushmataha (Choctaw) ; Between the Logs (Wyandot) ; William Weatherford, Red Eagle (Creek) ; Wabashaw (Sioux) ; Metea (Potawatomie) ; Cornplanter (Seneca) ; Petalesharo (Pawnee) ; Speckled Snake (Cherokee) ; Keokuk (Sauk) ; Black Hawk, Makataimeshiekiakiak (Sauk) ; Arapoosh (Crow) ; Osceola (Seminole) ; Unnamed (Blackfoot) ; William Apes (Pequot) ; The Four Bears, Mato Tope (Mandan) ; Seath'tl, 'Seattle' (Duwamish) ; Geronimo, Goyahkla (Chiricahua Apache) ; Little Crow, TaoÌyateduÌta (Santee Sioux) ; Struck by the Ree (Yankton Sioux) ; Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux) ; Spotted Tail (BruleÌ Sioux) ; Satanta (Kiowa) ; Blackfoot (Crow) ; Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witco (Oglala Sioux) ; Young Joseph, 'Chief Joseph' (Nez PerceÌ) ; Sitting Bull, Tatanka Yotanka (Hunkpapa Sioux) ; Standing Bear (Ponca) ; White Eagle (Ponca) ; Short Bull, Tatankaptecelan (BruleÌ Sioux) ; Kicking Bear (Oglala Sioux). Twentieth century. Celsa Apapas (Cupa) ; Carlos Montezuma, Wassaja (Apache) ; Chauncey Yellow Robe (Sioux) ; Delos Lonewolf (Kiowa) ; Jim Becenti (Navajo) ; Clyde Warrior (Ponca) ; David Courchene, Leading Thunderbird (Manitoba Indian Brotherhood) ; Russell Means (Oglala Sioux) ; Oren Lyons (Onondaga).
Author:
Remarkable for their eloquence and depth of feeling, these 82 speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with non-indigenous peoples. Speakers include Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Seattle, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and many lesser-known leaders, whose compelling words are graced by forceful metaphors and vivid imagery. — Con... more »:
Sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Acuera (Timucua) ; Powhatan, Wahunsonacock (Powhatan) ; Chikataubut (Massachuset) ; Miantinomo (Naraganset) ; King Philip, Metacom (Wampanoag) ; Swerise (Oneida) ; Unnamed (Onondaga and Cayuga) ; Garangula (Onondaga) ; Unnamed (Iroquois) ; Minavavana (Chippewa/Ojibway) ; Pontiac (Ottawa) ; Red Hawk (Shawnee) ; Unnamed (Naudowessie) ; James Logan, Tahgahjute (Cayuga) ; Captain Pipe, Hopocan (Delaware) ; Buckongahelas (Delaware) ; Cornplanter, Half Town and Big Tree (Seneca) ; Unnamed Women and Red Jacket (Seneca) ; Unnamed (Delaware and twelve other tribes). Nineteenth century. Red Jacket, Sagoyewatha (Seneca) ; Big Elk, Ongpatonga (Omaha) ; Tecumseh (Shawnee) ; Pushmataha (Choctaw) ; Tecumseh (Shawnee) ; Tenkswatawa, 'The prophet' (Shawnee) ; Pushmataha (Choctaw) ; Between the Logs (Wyandot) ; William Weatherford, Red Eagle (Creek) ; Wabashaw (Sioux) ; Metea (Potawatomie) ; Cornplanter (Seneca) ; Petalesharo (Pawnee) ; Speckled Snake (Cherokee) ; Keokuk (Sauk) ; Black Hawk, Makataimeshiekiakiak (Sauk) ; Arapoosh (Crow) ; Osceola (Seminole) ; Unnamed (Blackfoot) ; William Apes (Pequot) ; The Four Bears, Mato Tope (Mandan) ; Seath'tl, 'Seattle' (Duwamish) ; Geronimo, Goyahkla (Chiricahua Apache) ; Little Crow, TaoÌyateduÌta (Santee Sioux) ; Struck by the Ree (Yankton Sioux) ; Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux) ; Spotted Tail (BruleÌ Sioux) ; Satanta (Kiowa) ; Blackfoot (Crow) ; Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witco (Oglala Sioux) ; Young Joseph, 'Chief Joseph' (Nez PerceÌ) ; Sitting Bull, Tatanka Yotanka (Hunkpapa Sioux) ; Standing Bear (Ponca) ; White Eagle (Ponca) ; Short Bull, Tatankaptecelan (BruleÌ Sioux) ; Kicking Bear (Oglala Sioux). Twentieth century. Celsa Apapas (Cupa) ; Carlos Montezuma, Wassaja (Apache) ; Chauncey Yellow Robe (Sioux) ; Delos Lonewolf (Kiowa) ; Jim Becenti (Navajo) ; Clyde Warrior (Ponca) ; David Courchene, Leading Thunderbird (Manitoba Indian Brotherhood) ; Russell Means (Oglala Sioux) ; Oren Lyons (Onondaga).
ISBN-13: 9780486411224
ISBN-10: 0486411222
Publication Date: 6/20/2000
Pages: 218
Rating: 3
ISBN-10: 0486411222
Publication Date: 6/20/2000
Pages: 218
Rating: 3
4.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
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