Rosalyn R. LaPier

City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893–1934 Rosalyn R. LaPier

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: ""City Indian" makes a substantial contribution to emerging scholarship on Native Americans and cities by providing fresh insight that helps us understand the motivations, strategies, tensions, controversies, and triumphs that have characterized the work and lives of local and national Indian leaders."--Nicolas G. Rosenthal, author of "Reimagining Indian Country: Native American Migration and Identity in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles""--Nicolas G. Rosenthal (09/16/2014) Review Quotes: ""City Indian" covers a very important and timely topic. This history of Indians in urban settings is currently under considerable and probing reconsideration. With this book, Rosalyn LaPier and David Beck have shown how Native peoples in Chicago have determined their destinies."--Brian Hosmer, H. G. Barnard Chair of Western American History and coeditor of "Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in the History of American Indian Nation Building ""--Brian Hosmer (09/13/2014) Biographical Note: Rosalyn R. LaPier is an assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana. David R. M. Beck is a professor of Native American Studies at the University of Montana. He is the author of several books, including "Seeking Recognition: The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siulaw Indians, 1855-1984" (Nebraska, 2009) and "The Struggle for Self-Determination: Menominee Indian History since 1854" (Nebraska, 2005). Review Quotes: ""City Indian" covers an important and timely topic. This history of Indians in urban settings is currently under considerable and probing reconsideration. With this book Rosalyn LaPier and David Beck have shown how Native peoples in Chicago have determined their destinies."--Brian Hosmer, H. G. Barnard Chair of Western American History and coeditor of "Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in the History of American Indian Nation Building " --Brian Hosmer (09/13/2014)

Contributor Bio:  Beck, David R M David R. M. Beck is a professor of Native American studies at the University of Montana. He is the author of Siege "and Survival: History of the Menominee Indians, 1634-1856" (Nebraska 2002), which won the Wisconsin Historical Society Book Award of Merit.