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A review by ipomoea
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Chief Seattle
1.0
NOPETY NOPE NOPE.
a) Native peoples haven't disappeared, despite the best efforts of the US and Canadian governments for centuries.
b) Did you seriously illustrate a book about Chief Seattle (who's Duwamish) with pictures of gd Plains peoples? That's like writing a book about Leif Erickson and putting him in a fricking beret and striped shirt.
c) I can't handle yet another book pitching Native peoples as having some mystical connection to the earth/animals. They're just people, and relegating them to "closer to nature" isn't fair or right. It's important to note that there are Native authors, athletes, teachers, truck drivers, scholars, doctors, and every other field out there, Native folks live in our contemporary times and in our society. Don't limit them to a lifestyle that's extinct.
a) Native peoples haven't disappeared, despite the best efforts of the US and Canadian governments for centuries.
b) Did you seriously illustrate a book about Chief Seattle (who's Duwamish) with pictures of gd Plains peoples? That's like writing a book about Leif Erickson and putting him in a fricking beret and striped shirt.
c) I can't handle yet another book pitching Native peoples as having some mystical connection to the earth/animals. They're just people, and relegating them to "closer to nature" isn't fair or right. It's important to note that there are Native authors, athletes, teachers, truck drivers, scholars, doctors, and every other field out there, Native folks live in our contemporary times and in our society. Don't limit them to a lifestyle that's extinct.