One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities

Red Power activism in the United States and Canada during the 1940s and 1950s is primarily localized, consisting of several tribes or particular regions of tribes simultaneously, but separately protesting local, state, or federal legislation that threatened aspects of their tribal sovereignty. The occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 by a group called Indians of All Tribes marked the beginning of pan-Indian activism, inspiring diverse, indigenous efforts to bring about social change. The localism of native activism before the occupation of Alcatraz also extended to intratribal divisions which is illustrated by two separate activist events in the Mohawk communities of Kahnawake and Akwesasne.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in History (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of History

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Pinkins, Carlyn N.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jonathan Bryant
• Cathy Skidmore-Hess

• ETD
• Red power
• Twentieth-century activism
• American Indian history
• Mohawk
• Haudenosaunee
• Mohawk warrior society
• Kahnawake
• Akwesasne
• Seaway international bridge
• National congress of American Indians
• National Indian youth council
• Society of American Indians
• American Indian movement
• Alcatraz occupation
• Indian of all tribes

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/601

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oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1601