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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

May 27, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

Can’t recommend this one highly enough. A lot of books are required reading (or should be) for subject matter alone, but this book has the one-two punch of being about something educational and important that everyone living in a colonized country that used to belong to native peoples should read, and also being entertaining and extremely well-written. I finished the introduction and said out loud (to my cat), “I already love this.” Or maybe it was a Goodreads status update. Either is likely. It’s been […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, A Curious Account of Native People in North America, Canadian, narfna, Native American, native history, non fiction, The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King

narfna's CBR13 Review No:46 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, A Curious Account of Native People in North America, Canadian, narfna, Native American, native history, non fiction, The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King ·
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