Red Power

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Modeled after Black Power, 1960s.

Noun[edit]

Red Power (uncountable)

  1. (US, historical) A social movement led by Native American youth to demand self-determination for Native Americans in the United States.
    • 1973 March 4, John Kifner, “The Ghosts Dance Once Again at Wounded Knee”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Once again—faced not with the religious fervor of the Ghost Dancers but with the political rage of the Red Power activists—the white establishment reacted with uncertainty, and a show of force.

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