Debating Democracy: Native American Legacy of Freedom

Bruce E. Johansen is professor of communication and Native American studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Among his books is <"Forgotten Founders: Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois and the Rationale for the American Revolution." He is co-author with Donald A. Grinde, Jr. of "Exemplar of Liberty: Native Americans and the Evolution of Democracy"; "Ecocide of Native America"; and other books. Donald A. Grinde, Jr., a Yamassee Indian, is a professor of history and chair of the Ethnic Studies Program at the University of Vermont. His published works include "The Iroquois and the Founding of the American Nation," and books co-authored with Bruce E. Johansen. Barbara A. Mann, Ph.D., specializes in American studies, particularly Native American and African American culture, history, and literature.