Weaving the Red Power: an analysis of the origins of the movement based on the Indian New Deal and the trajectory of D’Arcy McNickle

Tecendo o Red Power: uma análise das origens do movimento a partir do Indian New Deal e a trajetória de D’Arcy McNickle

Authors

  • Guilherme Santos Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Abstract

This article examines the origins of the Red Power movement, which took place between the 1960s and 1970s in the United States and consisted of a series of Indigenous mobilizations for self-determination. By analyzing the trajectory of Indigenous intellectual D'Arcy McNickle, we link the participation of Native Americans in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) during the so-called Indian New Deal (1933-45) with the formation of leaders who, decades later, were involved in the Red Power movement. During the Indian New Deal, the BIA was directed by the fervent indigenist John Collier, and a characteristic aspect of the indigenism he advocated was the value placed on the protagonism of the Natives themselves. D'Arcy McNickle—like many other Indigenous people—worked at the BIA alongside Collier, and it was during this period that he emerged as an important leader. McNickle was one of the main organizers of the 1944 National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and later participated in drafting the Declaration of Indian Purpose, presented at the 1961 American Indian Chicago Conference (AICC), which is considered one of the initial milestones of the Red Power movement.

Keywords: Indian New Deal. Red Power. D’Arcy McNickle.

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Author Biography

  • Guilherme Santos, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

    Doutorando em História pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM); docente da Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Paraná (SEED-PR).

Published

2024-07-09

How to Cite

Weaving the Red Power: an analysis of the origins of the movement based on the Indian New Deal and the trajectory of D’Arcy McNickle: Tecendo o Red Power: uma análise das origens do movimento a partir do Indian New Deal e a trajetória de D’Arcy McNickle. (2024). REVHIST - Revista De História Da UEG, 13(2), e322410. //www.revista.ueg.br/index.php/revistahistoria/article/view/15266