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Position Paper For The 1986 Tavertet Spain Colloquium On Cultural Resistance, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

For most minority peoples in the world today, cultural resistance and cultural survival is dependent on their continuing social survival. Many minority peoples are modernly citizens of large nation-states, surrounded by numerous and very different majority groups. Their continued existence is tenuous, to say the least. This is particularly true of small tribal nationalities in some parts of the world.

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 2, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 2 contains step 3. The Need for Unity Among all Tribes and step 4. The Need to Avoid Entanglements. .

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 1, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 1 contains: The Introduction, Four Steps into the Dark Hole, and Four Steps to Making our Settlements Strong – step 1. Establish God’s Law step 2. The Need for Harmony and Peace.

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 3, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 3 contains: Our Next Move Ahead. The Problem of Prestige Concerns (The Militants, Freedom and Courage, Our Lost Young People, The Nationalists, Politicians and Big Shots) and The Prophecy (Churches, Education, Our Women, Our Medicine, Indian Professionals, Self-Help and Back to the Land). .

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 4, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 4 contains: More of the Prophecy (Helping Others, The Pruning of the Tree, Peoples to take a Lesson From, An Apology to our White Brothers and Educated Indians, A Need for White Allies). What We Can Do In the City. Prophecies About Indians in the City. Prophecy of Carrying Our Fire …