Book Review: The New Warriors: Native American Leaders since 1900

Authors

Gregory O. Gagnon, University of North Dakota

Date of this Version

2004

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly 24:1 (Winter 2004). Copyright © 2004 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

R. David Edmunds and his colleagues have essayed a needed task, offering readers the premise that American Indians still live in viable societies and generate outstanding leadership. Sadly, the bulk of scholarly and popular attention proffers the romantic image of "noble savages" defending a doomed way of life. Most Americans have a vague idea or two about Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo, but no knowledge of Phillip Martin and Robert Yellowtail. The New Warriors is a good start in correcting an ignorance that has unfortunate consequences as Indians struggle to maintain their unique place in America in the twenty-first century.