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michellereadatrix's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Nice general overview of issues, past, present, and ongoing facing indigenous communities, as well as an education on culture or cultures. There were a couple lines that felt ageist or fatphobic.
booknerdsinmn's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
makealongstorycourt's review against another edition
4.0
Good intro to Indian/Native American studies. Great subheading organization by “questions” (like Oluo’s So You Want To Talk About Race?). A great list of books and media for further reading at the end of the book, too.
crousecm's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
This book was put together by the MN Historical Society - this was an interesting listen!
the_lyon_reads_tonight's review
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Really enjoyed this as a starter into understanding more about Native American culture. Some of the questions seemed so basic but there was clearly a need for them to be answered so it made sense. There was a bunch of historical context that i did not know and i enjoyed some of the discussion of differences from tribe to tribe.
I struggled with sections on gender. Some of the spaces where the male author excused some specific gender segregation seemed grounded just in tradition which doesn’t feel that different from some of what women face in other cultures. It was nothing terrible offensive but it does make me want to seek out some books from female and queer Native American authors to understand their perspective better.
Overall, would totally recommend. It is accessible and easy to read or listen to but will give any reader a good starting place if they want to know and understand more.
I struggled with sections on gender. Some of the spaces where the male author excused some specific gender segregation seemed grounded just in tradition which doesn’t feel that different from some of what women face in other cultures. It was nothing terrible offensive but it does make me want to seek out some books from female and queer Native American authors to understand their perspective better.
Overall, would totally recommend. It is accessible and easy to read or listen to but will give any reader a good starting place if they want to know and understand more.
james7634's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Broad informative overview of Indian politics and culture. Written by an Ojibwe scholar I was really happy to get a Minnesota in perspective of native identity. This book answers every question you could possibly have about American Indians from the most ignorant to the most nuanced. I found it to be a great refresher and general overview for anyone who’s interested in our indigenous neighbors. This book would be so great for anybody who’s just getting into wanting to learn more about native Americans. If you do more in-depth reading from different sources a lot of this information will be already known and a few of the questions are shockingly ignorant but everyone’s heart somewhere and I cannot recommend this book enough