Without reservation : Benjamin Reifel and American Indian acculturation /
Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (1906-1990) is the first person of Lakota descent to serve in Congress. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, he worked toward American Indian acculturation, while maintaining traditions. In examining Reifel, author Sean J. Flynn highlights a little-kno...
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Pierre :
South Dakota Historical Society Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: an Indian American story
- 1. A very unusual young man
- 2. Agent of the Indian New Deal
- 3. Responsibilities of weight and importance
- 4. This is the white man's world
- 5. They'll never vote for an Indian
- 6. Congressman Reifel
- 7. No man more familiar with Indian problems
- 8. The best of both cultures.