City Indian
Book description
Robert G. Athearn Award from the Western History Association
In City Indian Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R. M. Beck tell the engaging story of American Indians who migrated to Chicago from across America to work and emerged as activists. From the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the 1934 Century…
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1 author picked City Indian as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
LaPier and Beck’s book is the perfect backstory to Van Alst’s.
Chicago, built on the lands of the Three Fires Council, has a long history as an Indigenous metropolis, from activism around the famous 1893 World’s Fair to the building of urban Indian organizations. The authors show how Indigenous people are everywhere in the archives.
From Coll's list on urban Indigenous lives.
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