Book #32 of 2019: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer As the title suggests, this is a book that’s very much in conversation with Dee Brown’s classic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which I regret to say I haven’t yet read. Like that earlier volume, …
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Book Review: There There by Tommy Orange
Book #197 of 2018: There There by Tommy Orange This debut novel is a blistering look at the experiences of many contemporary Native Americans, as seen through the perspectives of a dozen “urban Indians” who are each drawn in turn to a pow wow in Oakland. The characters differ in their relation to their heritage …
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