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Book SynopsisTells the epic story of one of the early battles for reservation public schools. Martha Louise Hipp describes the successful fight through sustained Native community activism for public school sovereignty during the late 1960s and 1970s on the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes' Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
Trade Review"Martha Louise Hipp's
Sovereign Schools candidly illustrates, through exhaustive research and oral interviews, the resiliency of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribal Nations."—Cynthia Landrum,
Middle West Reviews"
Sovereign Schools definitely belongs on the shelf of students of Indian history and the struggle for self-determination. Martha Louise Hipp ably gives the reader a front row seat to observe this effort."—Kenneth Zontek,
Annals of Wyoming"This is a case study that informs and inspires."—Bob Clark,
Roundup Magazine“Taking readers through the rocky terrain of state and federal government politics on matters of Indians in general and those specifically related to the Northern Arapaho on the Wind River reservation, Martha Hipp masterfully blends historical and personal accounts of Arapahos who, though scarred by Anglocentric government policies, persevered to assert their sovereignty in establishing their schools.”—Neyooxet Greymorning, professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of Montana
“I am reminded of the struggles, obstacles, barriers, and economic racism that the founders of Wyoming Indian High School endured; this only made them more determined to achieve their goal to establish a public high school. The grassroots effort of the Native community followed its own path to self-determination at Wind River.”—W. Patrick Goggles, former Wyoming state representative and former chairman of the Wyoming Indian School Board
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Precursors: Massacres, “Agreements,” Boarding Schools, and Strategies for Survival
2. Self-Determination: A Twentieth-Century Use for the Schools
3. Why the Wind River People Wanted a School: Late 1960s
4. False Promises: Mid-1971
5. The Non-Indian Fight over Indian Resources: Fluid Minerals and Hard Feelings, 1969–72
6. Reservation Organizations Oppose the School: Early 1970s
7. Indian School Opens: 1971–72
8. Indian People Speak, Face Retaliation: 1972–73
9. Fights in the Wyoming and Federal Courts: 1973–75
10. Control of Their Destiny: 1975–80s
11. As Seen from the Sun Dance Grounds: A Public School
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
