Thanksgiving
Preface to the Second Edition
First Words
A Note on Terminology
Peace
Native American Political Traditions
Native Political Elites
Power
The Abuse of Power
Re-empowerment
Sovereignty: An Inappropriate Concept
Colonial Mentalities
Co-optation
Self-Conscious Traditionalism
Leadership
Responsibility
Righteousness
Money
Modern Treaties: A Path to Assimilation?
For the Youth: Toward a New Native Leadership
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Taiaiake Alfred is a Kahnawake Mohawk educator, author, and
activist. He has long been involved in the public life of his own
and other indigenous nations. He holds a Ph.D. in political science
from Cornell University and is the founding Director of the
University of Victoria's School of Indigenous Governance. His
awards include the Native American Journalists Association award
for column writing, a Canada Research Chair, and a National
Aboriginal Achievement Award
in the field of education. Taiaiake has written two other books,
Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors: Kahnawake Mohawk Politics and
the Rise of Native Nationalism (1995), also from Oxford
University
Press, and Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom
(2005), from Broadview Press. He lives in the territory of the
Saanich Nation with his wife and sons.
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