Ada Deer (1935–2023)
Autor von Making a difference : my fight for native rights and social justice
Über den Autor
Werke von Ada Deer
Tribal Identity and Culture- Ada Deer 1 Exemplar
Getagged
Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1935-08-07
- Todestag
- 2023-08-15
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Menominee Indian Tribe
USA - Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Keshena, Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, USA
- Sterbeort
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Todesursache
- natural causes
- Ausbildung
- University of Wisconsin, Madison (BSW)
Columbia University, School of Social Work (MSW) - Berufe
- social worker
teacher
Native advocate - Beziehungen
- Wikler, Ben (godchild)
- Organisationen
- National Association of Social Workers
Determination of Right and Unity for Menominee Shareholders / DRUMS
Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Asst. Secretary) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- National Association of Social Workers, Social Work Pioneer (2010)
National Native American Hall of Fame
Mitglieder
Rezensionen
Dir gefällt vielleicht auch
Nahestehende Autoren
Statistikseite
- Werke
- 3
- Mitglieder
- 27
- Beliebtheit
- #483,027
- Bewertung
- 5.0
- Rezensionen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2
This book made quite an impression on me. Ada Deer’s tenacity in fighting and eventually reversing the government termination of the Menominee was incredible. I can’t imagine having the strength and energy to keep going with all the obstacles and red tape she and her fellow fighters encountered. It’s a really amazing story. It’s also infuriating to see how state and federal government kept finding ways to pull the rug out from under so many different tribes in the country, and how hard it was to fight against it. It’s despicable. I hadn’t heard about termination before I read this—I think a lot of it started when I was still a child—but I still wonder why it isn’t more widely known.
She talks a lot about her mother’s influence. A good chunk of the book is about her family and upbringing. Besides being quite interesting, it was important to understanding where Deer got a lot of her fire.
I recommend reading the introductory material that explains how the book was written—a combination of interviews with Deer and documentation from her period with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (and probably some other stuff I’ve already forgotten). The result is conversational, but well-documented. It gives a detailed account of what happened to the Menominee in Wisconsin, but it also has a wider discussion of what was happening to tribes all over the country.… (mehr)