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Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

2 reviews

zombiezami's review

informative reflective

3.0

I like how this book is organized to be a ready reference to common questions people have. I knew a majority of the facts in this book, so I found the kinds of questions that people have asked the author and other indigenous people are truly outrageous. It is awful that widespread ignorance necessitates a book like this, but I'm glad it exists for those who need it. 

There were times in the book where I felt the author was engaging in respectability politics, for example, when he uses the phrase "culture of poverty."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Infertility, War, Trafficking, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Confinement, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

morrisimo's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.25

An insightful and concise informational book. I originally started reading this because I was going to start working with Native youth and I wanted a baseline of information and in this aim I think it succeeded. I appreciated how it was split into different topic sections (ie cultural, political, economic). I also think it was very fairly presented, keeping both natives and non-natives accountable. Very informative and interesting. If you're looking for a book on Native culture in a Q&A form, I'd definitely recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Infertility, Addiction, Murder, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Racial slurs