The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty Hidatsa Michel Noël's vibrant writing brings

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

traipses through the jungles of Brazil

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

and the world at large

a Lumbee herself

The Hank Adams Reader: An Exemplary Native Activist and the Unleashing of Indigenous Sovereignty Hidatsa Michel Noël's vibrant writing bringsAccording 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.