Red Power

noun

Red Power

noun

Etymology Modeled after Black Power, 1960s.

1

US, Historical A social movement led by Native American youth to demand self-determination for Native Americans in the United States.

  • 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.1973 March 4, John Kifner, “The Ghosts Dance Once Again at Wounded Knee”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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