TY - BOOK AU - Churchill,Ward TI - Acts of rebellion: the Ward Churchill reader SN - 0203449517 AV - E93 .C58 2003eb U1 - 973.0497 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Indians of North America KW - Government relations KW - Social conditions KW - Land tenure KW - Indian land transfers KW - Indians KW - Indiens d'Amérique KW - Terres KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Ethnic Studies KW - Native American Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-447) and index; "The law stood squarely on its head" -- The nullification of Native America? -- Confronting Columbus Day -- The earth is our mother -- A breach of trust -- Like sand in the wind -- The bloody wake of Alcatraz -- Fantasies of the master race -- Let's spread the "fun" around -- Indians 'R' us -- False promises -- The new face of liberation -- I am indigenist N2 - What could be more American than Columbus Day? Or the Washington Redskins? For Native Americans, they are bitter reminders that they live in a world where their identity is still fodder for white society. ""The law has always been used as toilet paper by the status quo where American Indians are concerned,"" writes Ward Churchill in Acts of Rebellion, a collection of his most important writings from the past twenty years. Vocal and incisive, Churchill stands at the forefront of American Indian concerns, from land issues to the American Indian Movement, from government repression to the histor UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=102492 ER -