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America Needs Indians, The World's Worst Book, Itkomi Lila Sika [pseud],1937, Bradford Robinson: Denver, Colorado. Some pages uncut. Lengthy dedication to J. H. Martin on last free endpaper with hand drawn glyph and signature. Also laid in is a Re-America Life Membership Card for James H. Martin dated October 26, 1938.
Desirable large, folded map, annotated in the author's hand and present in map pocket rear inside cover. "Lilawaste Lake Country Refuge To Be?", a highly detailed and imaginary pictorial map of an ideal model refuge for America's indigenous people. Lilawaste means 'best' in the Lakota language and this map represents a comprehensive proposal for justice and reparations.
Written in the voice of the Lakota trickster and cultural hero, Itkomi, this is a declaration of misdeeds of the white civilization against the native peoples and a powerful statement of the reconciliation necessary to heal the nation's wounds along with a comprehensive plan to establish ideal new homelands in the US for…
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