Making a difference : my fight for native rights and social justice / Ada Deer ; with Theda Perdue ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson.

"A memoir of the first eighty-three years in the life of Ada Deer, the first woman to serve as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and her tireless campaigns to reverse the forced termination of the Menominee tribe and to ensure sovereignty and self-determination for all tribes"-- "A deeply person...

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Main Authors: Deer, Ada Elizabeth (Author)
Perdue, Theda, 1949- (Author)
Other Authors: Wilkinson, Charles F., 1941- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Series:New directions in Native American studies ; v. 19.
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Physical Description:xxiv, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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