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American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Donna Hightower Langston
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Abstract

This article will focus on the role of women in three red power events: the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Fish-in movement, and the occupation at Wounded Knee. Men held most public roles at Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, even though women were the numerical majority at Wounded Knee. Female elders played a significant role at Wounded Knee, where the occupation was originally their idea. In contrast to these two occupations, the public leaders of the Fish-in movement were women—not an untraditional role for women of Northwest Coastal tribes.

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Indigenous Women in the Americas
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Hypatia , Volume 18 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Indigenous Women in the Americas , Spring 2003 , pp. 114 - 132
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Copyright © 2003 by Hypatia, Inc.

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