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10 Stars 🌟
The North American continent was and still is rife with genocidal practices and white supremacist ideologies.
The history of the United States told through an indigenous perspective is imperative learning for all peoples around the world. Considering the “current climate” I would not be surprised if there are subsequent events that would initiate an Independence Day of sorts from US military occupation / bases. Why do we have thousands of military bases spread across the world? Why do we hold so many nukes? Why do we spend most of our budget on military And weapons? Why do we incarcerate instead of build communities and provide better social services? Why do we scrub history books of our tragic past and forgo critical thinking skills? Why do we…?
The North American continent was and still is rife with genocidal practices and white supremacist ideologies.
The history of the United States told through an indigenous perspective is imperative learning for all peoples around the world. Considering the “current climate” I would not be surprised if there are subsequent events that would initiate an Independence Day of sorts from US military occupation / bases. Why do we have thousands of military bases spread across the world? Why do we hold so many nukes? Why do we spend most of our budget on military And weapons? Why do we incarcerate instead of build communities and provide better social services? Why do we scrub history books of our tragic past and forgo critical thinking skills? Why do we…?
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informative
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
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challenging
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Awesome entry point if you’re wanting to learn more about indigenous history. Great comprehensive view of Native history, raw and uncut. Will be coming back to this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, War
Moderate: Rape, Cultural appropriation
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking
Phenomenal and harrowing. An exhaustively-researched, detailed history of the United States’ centuries-long genocidal campaign against Indigenous people across the world that continues to this day.
I don't have a review, but this is a really important book and I definitely appreciated the insight given here into US Colonialist practices.
This book was of course a huge undertaking to research and write, with the weight of lifting off and replacing the existing white colonial narrative. Maybe this was because I listened to it as an audiobook while doing chores and driving, but I had a hard time following. The narrative seemed to jump around from century to century and tribe to tribe without spending a lot of time creating a continuous storyline. Sometimes I'd question if it was on shuffle or something, it was skipping around and repeating topics so much (it wasn't). I really loved "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," and I was looking forward to this giving me similar feels and oomph. Maybe I'd understand it better if I sat down and read it, so that's the plan for the future.