Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

35 reviews

relf's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

An eye-opening history of the United States from an Indigenous viewpoint. I'm appalled at the amount of information here that was new to me, from enlightened Indigenous land-management techniques scorned by European settlers, to the way that the genocidal wars against Native nations formed and still inspire U.S. militarism and nationalism.  This should be required reading, especially for my generation of Boomers who grew up on a history that both denigrated and romanticized Indigenous people and a vision of a modern United States where they had been effectively erased.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Colonisation

freschne's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Racism, Deportation, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, War, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, and Colonisation

emmaas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow, what an excellent read that challenges the way we think and live as white people and people who  benefit from a colonizing United States. This book really proves that everything is and always will be connected. This was particularly interesting and reflective for me as a veteran. I cannot recommend this book enough for folks who want to learn about indigenous history, colonization, and a hope for a free future 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, War, Slavery, and Colonisation

books_tea_blanket's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Absolutely mandatory reading for  everyone, especially those who live in the US. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Slavery, Child death, Death, Genocide, War, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Torture, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, and Racism

Minor: Mass/school shootings

savagegrease's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Genocide, Slavery, Racism, Colonisation, and Violence

brittburkard's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, War, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

cococorycollins's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Slavery

mnboyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Classism, Slavery, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Genocide, War, Violence, and Xenophobia

This is an amazing book if you're looking for an overview of the US from an indigenous lens.

bookishmagpie's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book was gut-wrenchingly informative and meticulously well researched and presented. Reading this, I couldn't help but question my education and everything I've been taught about my country and its origins having grown up as an American. 

This book reminded me of the importance of humanity and how frequently throughout history the United States of America has lacked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, War, Genocide, Death, Islamophobia, Murder, Racism, and Hate crime

paigereitz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a really eye-opening book about the indigenous people of this country. I knew we (white Americans/colonizers) had screwed them over before I read this book, but I didn't realize *how* baked into everything anti-Indian ideas are, and how many people who are lauded as heroes had a role in their genocide, well beyond Andrew Jackson. Hard read. Important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, and Genocide