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Book SynopsisAnalyses the cultural encounters of the medicine men and clergy meetings held on Rosebud Reservation in St. Francis, South Dakota, from 1973 to 1978. Sandra L. Garner shows how this cultural exchange reflects a rich Native intellectual tradition and articulates the multiple meanings of “understanding” that necessarily characterize intercultural encounters.
Trade Review“We are experiencing a reassessment of twentieth-century American Indian activism. Where all roads once led to the American Indian Movement, we now see multiple pathways leading to multiple destinations. By focusing on interactions between the Medicine Men Council and Catholic clergy at Rosebud, Sandra Garner shows us yet another dimension of this important story.”—Brian Hosmer, H. G. Barnard Chair of Western American History at the University of Tulsa and coeditor of
Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building “A vitally important book that combines community-based research with fine-grained archival investigation. . . . The result is a compelling narrative that successfully demonstrates how multiple and sometimes competing viewpoints existed within the Indigenous rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.”—C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, assistant professor of history at George Mason University and author of
Crooked Paths to Allotment: The Fight Over Federal Indian Policy after the Civil WarTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Which Kind of Indian Will Show the Way?2. Isákhib (Alongside)3. “I’m in This Bilingual”4. “How Can We Get to the People?”5. “Given to Them by the Supernatural”6. “Practice His Religion”7. “You Don’t Understand Us”NotesBibliographyIndex
