''The Great Sioux Nation: Sitting in Judgment on America'' is a book edited by

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born September 10, 1938) is an American historian, writer, and activist, known for her 2014 book ''An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States''. Early life and education Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1938 to ...

, "An Oral History of the

Sioux Nation The Great Sioux Nation is the traditional political structure of the Sioux in North America. The peoples who speak the Sioux language are considered to be members of the Oceti Sakowin (''Očhéthi Šakówiŋ'', pronounced ) or Seven Council Fire ...

and Its Struggle for

Sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

", that documents the 1974 "Lincoln Treaty Hearing". Testimony produced during that hearing has been cited by the

International Indian Treaty Council The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition ...

in advocating for Indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights, efforts which eventually saw the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The 'Lincoln Treaty Hearing' took place in December 1974, in a

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, as part of the long series of court proceedings which followed the 1973

Wounded Knee Siege The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied ...

. The court heard approximately 65 people during thirteen days and produced almost 3,000 pages of testimony. Among the activists and scholars who participated were Simon J. Ortiz, Vine Deloria, Jr.,

Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. Alvin M. Josephy Jr. (May 18, 1915 – October 16, 2005) was an American historian who specialized in Native American issues. ''New York Times'' reviewer Herbert Mitgang called him in 1982 the "leading non-Indian writer about Native Americans". ...

Leonard Crow Dog Leonard Crow Dog (August 18, 1942 – June 5, 2021) was a medicine man and spiritual leader who became well known during the Lakota takeover of the town of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1973, known as th ...

Russell Means Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician, and writer. He became a prominent member of the American In ...

, William S. Laughlin, Raymond J. DeMallie,

Beatrice Medicine Beatrice Medicine (August 1, 1923 - December 19, 2005) (Sihasapa and Minneconjou Lakota) ( Lakota name Hinsha Waste Agli Win – "Returns Victorious with a Red Horse Woman") was a scholar, anthropologist, and educator known for her work in the fiel ...

, Gladys Bissonette,

Dennis Banks Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937, in Ojibwe – October 29, 2017) was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urb ...

, and Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. Judge Warren Keith Urbom presided. The book was first published in 1977. A new edition in 2013 by the

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contains a new foreword by Philip J. Deloria and a new introduction by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. This paperback edition has 232 pages and .

Selected excerpts

Selected book bibliography

* Anderson et al., ''Voices from Wounded Knee 1973'' (Akwesasne Notes, 1974). . *

, ''Ojibwa Warrior'' (

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, 2005) * Dee Brown, ''

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West'' is a 1970 non-fiction book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century. The book expres ...

'' (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1970). * Daniel M. Cobb, ''Native American Activism in Cold War America: The Struggle for Sovereignty'' (University Press of Kansas, 2008) * Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, ''A Separate Country: Postcoloniality and American Indian Nations'' (

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, 2012). * Vine Deloria, Jr., ''Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An Indian Declaration of Independence'' (

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, 1974,'10) *

Charles Eastman Charles Alexander Eastman (February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was the first Native American to be certified in Western medicine and was "one of the most prolific authors and speaker ...

, ''Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains'' (Little, Brown and Company, 1918)
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* Mario Gonzalez and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, ''The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty'' (

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, 1999) *

, ''The Patriot Chiefs'' (Penguin Books, 1961,'93) *

Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA Operative. A co-founder of the literary magazine ''The Paris Review'', he was the only writer to have won the Nation ...

, ''

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse ''In the Spirit of Crazy Horse'' is a book by Peter Matthiessen which chronicles "the story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's war on the American Indian Movement." It was first published in 1983. Leonard Peltier was convicted of murder in 1977 and ...

'' (

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, 1983,'92) *

, '' Where White Men Fear to Tread'' (

St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...

, 1995) *

Mari Sandoz Mari Susette Sandoz (May 11, 1896 – March 10, 1966) was a Nebraska novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She became one of the West's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians.Bristow, Dav ...

, ''Crazy Horse'' (Alfred A. Knopf, 1942) *

Paul Chaat Smith Paul Chaat Smith ( Comanche) is an author and an associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.Berry, Carol"Paul Chaat Smith and His Pal Irony Offer a Dose of Indian Reality."''Indian Country Today.'' 12 Dec 2011. Accessed 26 Feb ...

Robert Allen Warrior Robert Warrior (born 1963, Osage), is a scholar and Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas. With Paul Chaat Smith, he co-authored ''Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded ...

, ''Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee'' (

The New Press The New Press is an independent non-profit public-interest book publisher established in 1992 by André Schiffrin Luther Standing Bear Luther Standing Bear (Óta Kté or "Plenty Kill," also known as Matȟó Nážiŋ or "Standing Bear", 1868 - 1939) was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota author, educator, philosopher, and actor. He worked to preserve Lakota culture and sovereignty, and ...

, ''My People the Sioux'' (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928) * Warren Urbom, ''Called to Justice: The Life of a Federal Trial Judge'' (

, 2012).

External links

* Publisher webpage:
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