Carrie Dann

Carrie Dann. Self: American Outrage. Carrie Dann (1932-2021) and her sister Mary Dann (1923-2005) were Western Shoshone elders who were spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. They challenged the federal government over uses of their tribe's traditional land in a case that reached the United States Supreme Court as U.S. v. Dann. In 1993 the Dann sisters received the Right Livelihood Award for "exemplary courage and...