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City Indian : Native American activism in Chicago, 1893-1934 / Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R.M. Beck.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780803278509
  • 0803278500
  • 9780803278486
  • 0803278489
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: City Indian.DDC classification:
  • 323.11970773 23
LOC classification:
  • E78.I3 L36 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
American Indians and Chicago in the nineteenth century -- The world comes to Chicago (The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition) -- Indian professionals in the city -- Indian encampments and entertainments -- The Indian Fellowship League -- Emerging organizations -- Definitions of Indianness at the Century of Progress -- Self determination -- Appendix of tables -- Chicago population and American Indian population in Chicago, 1830-2010 -- Chicago Indians in the 1920 Census -- Chicago Indians in the 1930 Census.
Summary: In City Indian, Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R.M. Beck tell the engaging story of American Indian men and women who migrated to Chicago from across America. From the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the 1934 Century of Progress Fair, American Indians in Chicago voiced their opinions about political, social, educational, and racial issues. City Indian focuses on the privileged members of the American Indian community in Chicago who were doctors, nurses, business owners, teachers, and entertainers. During the Progressive Era, more than at any other time in the city's history, they could be f.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

American Indians and Chicago in the nineteenth century -- The world comes to Chicago (The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition) -- Indian professionals in the city -- Indian encampments and entertainments -- The Indian Fellowship League -- Emerging organizations -- Definitions of Indianness at the Century of Progress -- Self determination -- Appendix of tables -- Chicago population and American Indian population in Chicago, 1830-2010 -- Chicago Indians in the 1920 Census -- Chicago Indians in the 1930 Census.

In City Indian, Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R.M. Beck tell the engaging story of American Indian men and women who migrated to Chicago from across America. From the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the 1934 Century of Progress Fair, American Indians in Chicago voiced their opinions about political, social, educational, and racial issues. City Indian focuses on the privileged members of the American Indian community in Chicago who were doctors, nurses, business owners, teachers, and entertainers. During the Progressive Era, more than at any other time in the city's history, they could be f.

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