![]() Gruesome stuff, but this author doesn't dwell too much on that, as his purpose is to use those events as illustrations, rather than to replay old wounds.Īlso, the author uses these incidents (and if anything downplays them by using terms such as "incident" rather than "genocide," which is what it was) to explain how laws were written to exclude Natives. Most of us know about the appalling murders and forced relocations that took place for centuries, and this book references a few of the most awful incidents, including a massacre near Denver known as Sand Creek in 1864 that I didn't know about. This book explains the unique and devastating way that Native Americans were classified by law as less than full citizens, and how that lasted into the 1970s and reverberates even to this day. The issue of how Tribal Nations are treated (the term used in the book is Indians, but I think that's been updated these days) remains highly relevant, and to it has been added the same questions about Blacks and other groups in our country. ![]() ![]() Even though this book is more than 20 years old, it feels contemporary. ![]()
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