TY - BOOK AU - LaPier,Rosalyn R. AU - Beck,David TI - City Indian: Native American activism in Chicago, 1893-1934 SN - 9780803278509 AV - E78.I3 L36 2015 U1 - 323.11970773 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Lincoln, NB PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - White people KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - Relations with Indians KW - Indian activists KW - Biography KW - Urban Indians KW - North America KW - Indians of North America KW - Ethnic identity KW - Politics and government KW - History KW - Activistes indiens d'Amérique KW - Biographies KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Freedom & Security KW - Civil Rights KW - bisacsh KW - Human Rights KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - State & Local KW - Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) KW - fast KW - Urban residence KW - Race relations KW - Chicago (Ill.) KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=964639 ER -