Without Destroying Ourselves: A Century of Native Intellectual Activism for Higher Education

Without Destroying Ourselves: A Century of Native Intellectual Activism for Higher EducationWithout Destroying Ourselves is an intellectual history of Native activism seeking greater access to and control of higher education in the twentieth century. John A. Goodwin traces themes of Henry Roe Cloud's (Ho Chunk) vision for Native intellectual leadership and empowerment in the early 1900s to the later missions of tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and education based, self determination movements of the 1960s onward. Vital to Cloud's work

As a young girl's father lovingly yet painstakingly braids her hair

Through the knowledge inherited from their Elders and ancestors

case studies

and discussions of several forms of indigenous activism to support his argument

and Crazy Horse

” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America

there is a beautiful illustration of a syllabary character

What a lovely way to show someone you care

Rigoberta Menchu Tum

and eventual success of the English colonies and the United States--not just initially but throughout all of American history

tender memories of a childhood few can imagine

he decides to do some investigating