A review by courtofsmutandstuff
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr.

informative

5.0

I really liked this! I had heard it mentioned as a foundational book in other books, and even though it is older, it is still really great. There were things I was familiar with, but I learned a lot. I also liked the way the chapters were structured (especially the chapter exclusively on Native humor, which paired really well since I had just finished We Had A Little Real Estate Problem), which allowed the book to spotlight and focus on different aspects at a time, rather than do a straight chronological survey. If you have no knowledge of Native history, this will be a lot of information, but it's really good. I would love to read a follow up that follows what has happened since the Vietnam Era.