Thomas King
WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize,The Inconvenient Indian, is at once a â€œhistoryâ€ and the complete subversion of a historyâ€”in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be â€œIndianâ€ in North America.,Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. In the process, King refashions old stories about historical events and figures, takes a sideways look at film and pop culture, relates his own complex experiences with activism, and articulates a deep and revolutionary understanding of the cumulative effects of ever-shifting laws and treaties on Native peoples and lands.,This is a book both timeless and timely, burnished with anger but tempered by wit, and ultimately a hard-won offering of hopeâ€”a sometimes inconvenient, but nonetheless indispensable account for all of us, Indian and non-Indian alike, seeking to understand how we might tell a new story for the future.,From the Hardcover edition.
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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America