Description:
Colorado's America Indian leaders contributing to the historic, social, economic and cultural fabric of the state and nation include a U.S. State Senator, a Colorado State Senator, bankers, educators, writers, veterans, and artists.
Brief description: The author, a Citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian self-determination, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle, Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers' Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours, The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources; and Warrior Societies, A Manifesto, all from Sunstone Press.