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A review by pastelwriter
The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History by Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow, Angela L. Daniel "Silver Star"
informative
5.0
I took my time reading this book, but I’m so glad I did! I can’t wait to give my ESL students an abridged version of this book to contrast with the more colonizer-lens version of the story we have already read.
First and foremost, I find no reason for the authors of this book to lie. It’s laughable to think the English would have written objective versions of everything that went down when Virginia was colonized. I value so much the work put into sharing this Indigenous perspective on these events.
It was many times heartbreaking to read this, but it was not surprising at all. After all, we can’t look at how the U.S. is now and think this book is all lies. That’s absurd. The consequences of everything that happened in the early years of colonization in the U.S. still have consequences today.
Anyway. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know more and is willing to see a different perspective on the life of Pocahontas.
First and foremost, I find no reason for the authors of this book to lie. It’s laughable to think the English would have written objective versions of everything that went down when Virginia was colonized. I value so much the work put into sharing this Indigenous perspective on these events.
It was many times heartbreaking to read this, but it was not surprising at all. After all, we can’t look at how the U.S. is now and think this book is all lies. That’s absurd. The consequences of everything that happened in the early years of colonization in the U.S. still have consequences today.
Anyway. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know more and is willing to see a different perspective on the life of Pocahontas.