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 Being unique is like an American ambition. The effort to be different from the masses is readable each day in the indelible fingerprint of Facebook. But Susan Harness has us beat. Read more » Related ContentMore Reviews
Review ...Through the generations, the attempted annihilation of Native families and tribal communities left legacies of survival and resistance, but some of the most persistent practices of colonialism linger, as this book reminds us. Read more » 
Review ...This vivid account of Ojibway life, first published in English in 1860, has been praised for being free of the biases of American contemporary studies, which were poisoned by a political agenda – the need to portray Indians as primitive and degenerate in order to provide a rationale for stealing their land and forcing assimilation. Read more » 
Review ...It would be tempting to characterize these two books about the Dakota uprising of 1862 in Minnesota as the white side of the story versus the Native side, but it wouldn’t be quite accurate. Read more » 
Review ...Will Weaver spins a fascinating tale so compelling in his fiction novel “Red Earth, White Earth,” the reader may not have the will to stop until the very last page. Read more » 
Review ...VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – When author Vincent Schilling set forth to document 10 “Native Men of Courage,” a book in the Native Trailblazer Series published by 7th Generation, he had no idea that one of the interviews would take him to the front lines of a forest fire. Read more » 
Review …"Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples” is a cultural feast as well as a guidebook to life. Read more » 
Review …The border of northwestern Nebraska and the Pine Ridge area of South Dakota may always be contested ground, with conflict flaring sporadically in small towns where some descendants of Natives and non-Natives of the 1800s continue their forefathers’ battles. Read more » 
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Thousands of books on Northern Plains Indians are produced with a focus on a few colorful leaders, recounting their daring, dash and deeds, often elevating them to mythic status. We all know their names; Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Spotted Tail, among others. Read more » 
The war-painted, dragon-riding Smurfs vs. the Indians
I was barely a half-hour into watching “Avatar” in 3-D at our local theater when I realized that a great many people who see it will almost certainly read various bent messages about American Indians into James Cameron’s by-the-numbers storytelling, which has unmistakable parallels to Native history. Sure enough, by the time I got online the next day, the blogs and reviews were already rife with commentary. Read more » 
Review …While I was reading “Seeing Red: Anger, Sentimentality, and American Indians” by Cari M. Carpenter, I kept thinking about an e-mail exchange that occurred on a Yahoo groups list I subscribe to. Read more » |
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