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| Great Speeches by Native Americans (Dover Thrift Editions) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Chief Tecumseh, Chief Seattle, Chief Geronimo, Crazy Horse
Creator: Bob Blaisdell
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
Buy New: $2.50 (5.89 RON)
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 55117
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0486411222
Dewey Decimal Number: 970.00497
EAN: 9780486411224
ASIN: 0486411222
Publication Date: June 20, 2000
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Product Description
Remarkable for their eloquence and depth of feeling, these 82 speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with non-indigenous peoples. Speakers include Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Seattle, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and many lesser-known leaders, whose compelling words are graced by forceful metaphors and vivid imagery.
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Valued Resource November 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most of the orators in this book have passed long ago. This volume keeps alive their thoughts and feelings, for others to share today.
The original Americans, their words carry the weight of other great American speeches to follow, capturing a moment in time and making it palpable again.
More than an historic record, many of these speeches are an inspiration.
Indian Oratory: Famous Speeches by Noted Indian Chieftains (Civilization of the American Indian)
A glimpse into what we lost when Native American culture was decimated. An absolutely gripping book. October 18, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I can't recommend this book highly enough. Aside from being full of speeches and insights that belong in the Classics section of any decent library, the strong and concise way in which these speakers convey the greatness of Native American thought and culture is unlike anything you will ever get from your favorite writer of history books, or contemporary decendant of these great people.
I will even go so far as to say that if you are moved by the great words of Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr. it would be a horrible oversight not to have read this volume.
Additionally, the book includes several short bits of historical background which are remarkable in themselves.
Great words, great thought, unlike Western or Eastern thought or any philosophy you have ever read. You can only wish these cultures had survived the holocost that was inflicted on them better so that we could have benefited to a greater degree than was done by taking their gold, land, and lives.
Credit must be also given to the Dover Thrift Edition series for not only making well known classics affordable and accessible to the average reader, but publishing such books as this which are lesser known yet of great importance to the reading and thinking public.
BOTTOM LINE: Please read this book. It's that important.
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