“Especially important is the documentation of sociopolitical networks that extend from Indian Territory to California to Eastern and Midwestern urban centers of power. This book is also significant for how it situates Native women in the WNIA’s activities, showing them to be activists rather than passive recipients of elite and middle-class American altruism. Recommended.”—N. J. Parezo, Choice
“The collection of chapters that makes up this important re-examination of the Women’s National Indian Association (WNIA) offers a compelling and complex analysis of Indigenous and White women’s activism.”—Sarah Eppler Janda, Southwestern Historical Quarterly
“Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement presents an important new look at one of the most significant Indian reform organizations. Re-examining the WNIA’s history, membership, and activities, contributors to this volume highlight the intersectionality of race, gender, and identity.”—Lisa E. Emmerich, professor emerita of history, California State University, Chico
“This fine collection is the first to explore the activities of Indigenous women in the WNIA and to locate the organization in the broader gendered politics of Indian policy. It is a worthwhile contribution to both women’s and policy history.”—Katherine M. B. Osburn, author of Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Jim Crow South, 1830–1977
