This text traces the demographic growth in the American Indian population during the past 40 years, as well as the rise in native American activities during this century. It focuses special attention on the Red Power movement, which reached its climax during the Battle at Wounded Knee in 1973, and which marked a shift in native American identification from tribal association to a pan-Indian consciousness. The book is intended for scholars in sociology and Native American studies, and undergraduates in sociology, history and cultural anthropology courses.