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Maria Pearson, Hai-Mecha Eunka or Running Moccasins (1932-2003) was a Yankton Sioux activist who spent most of her married life in Iowa. She began work on demanding repatriation of indigenous remains in Iowa by confronting then Governor Robert Ray, sitting outside his office in protest, dressed in full regalia. Her protests and ensuing dialogue with the Governor led to Iowa becoming the first state in the nation to pass an indigenous Burials Protection Act in 1976. Maria then began organizing national efforts that led to the creation and passing of the national Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Learn more about her amazing story and influence through the resources below.
Grave Injustice: : the American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA by 
Native Americans, Archaeologists, and the Mounds by 
Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits by 
Still Running: A Tribute to Maria Pearson, Yankton Sioux by 
Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations: Traditional & Contemporary Native American Recipes by 
Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: a California Indian Feast by 
Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking by 
A Taste of Heritage: Crow Indian Recipes & Herbal Medicines by 
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American Indian Identity: Citizenship, Membership, and Blood by 
American Indian Sovereignty: The Struggle for Religious, Cultural and Tribal Independence by 
As Long As Grass Grows: the Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock by 
Carry: a memoir of survival on stolen land by 
Changed Forever: American Indian Boarding School Literature, volume I by 
Changed Forever: American Indian Boarding School Literature, volume II by 
Chehalis Stories by 
City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago 1893-1934 by 
Do You See Ice? Inuit and Americans At Home and Away by 
Good Friday on the Rez: A Pine Ridge Odyssey by 
Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia by 
In Defense of Loose Translations: An Indian Life in a Mainstream Academic World by 
Indians on the Move: Native American Mobility and Urbanization in the Twentieth Century by 
Indigenous Pop: Native American Music from Jazz to Hip Hop by 
A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement by 
Knowing Native Arts by 
Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice by 
Mascot Nation: the Controversy Over Native American Representations in Sports by 
The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891 by 
New Trail of Tears: How Washington is Destroying American Indians by 
Northern Cheyenne Ledger Art by Fort Robinson Breakout Survivors by 
The Only Good Indians: A Novel by 
Re-Collecting Black Hawk: Landscape, Memory, and Power in the American Midwest by 
The River Is in Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community by 
Sovereign Entrepreneurs: Cherokee Small-Business Owners and the Making of Economic Sovereignty by 
Theft Is Property! Dispossession and Critical Theory by 
A Third Way: Decolonizing the Laws of Indigenous Cultural Protection by 
Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands by 
