In Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee, two American Indians from distinct tribes join together to co-author this thought-provoking historical portrait of A time in history playing by the rules did not work when it came to issues related to minority rights. Paul Chaat Smith, a Comanche, and Robert Allen Warrior, an Osage join forces to create an accurate account of a time when the Native American civil rights movement took center stage on television and in print. The world watched as Indian activists, U.S. military personnel, and global media covered three key events, which took place over a forty-two month period, beginning with the student takeover of Alcatraz in November 1969. , through to the BIA occupation of Washington DC, and finally ending with the siege of Wounded Knee in May 1973. Many books have been written collectively about this particular period of history, but from the perspective of the U.S. government's failed policy of aggression and repression of Native American rights. Smith and Warrior co-wrote the book in an effort to shake off the stereotype that Indians were either "victims or pawns" in American history. The resources are relevant including around sixty interviews; archives in California, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Washington, DC; press reports from Indian and mainstream news organizations; briefs and other documents. (SW p. VIII) I would recommend this book to a wide range of people with a wide range of interests from the global civil rights movements, to political scientists, to historians, to social reformers, to the student participating in Occupy Wall Street. protests of 2011. In my opinion, the book is a tribute to the strong journalism written by...... middle of paper ......ndians who wanted to exploit the uranium deposits on the reservations for their own personal gain . AIM's three-and-a-half-year standoff with its strong guerrilla tactics, not to mention its criminal activities and history, completed a season that brought a sense of pride and personal power; similar to ancient tribal habits and customs. A cultural revival swept the Indian nation and a pan-Indian movement was born and exists today. December 1990, at a reenactment ceremony honoring those who died at Wounded Knee in the 1890s, in a religious ceremony, former goons of Dick Wilson's tyranny and former members of the IAM united on common ground and spiritually forgave each other for the pain and suffering that took place at Wounded Knee in 1973, vowing to work together for the future of their people. (SW p. 279) Works cited Smith and Warrior Like a Hurricane