The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty Hidatsa weaving / night after night

weaving / night after night

Michel Noël's vibrant writing brings Nipishish's story — and the ongoing struggle of native communities — to life in this powerful tale

Since its publication in 1932

sixteen of Minnesota’s best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in one of the whitest states in the nation

the voice that emerges from these poems is that of a Dakota woman rooted in her world and her words

The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty Hidatsa weaving / night after nightAccording to Vine Deloria Jr., Hank Adams is the most important Native American of the past sixty years. From his mediation of disputes between the US government and AIM in the 1970s to his key role in the Trail of Broken Treaties, Adams shaped modern Native activism. For the first time Adams' writings are collected, providing a well rounded portrait of this important figure and a firsthand history of Indian country in the late twentieth century.