Rez Life, by David Treuer [View all]

Has anyone here had a chance to read Rez Life, by David Treuer?

This is an absolute must read for non-native Americans. What an astounding eye-open to Indian (he uses Indian rather than Native American) life today in the context of what transpired over the past 350 or so years. Among other things, Treuer addresses the complexity of (and American government contempt for) treaties, relationships between tribes in the same geographic area, the nature of Indian life historically, Indian justice and its relation to U.S. law, and the breathtaking racism that has driven the relationships between Indians and non-natives and the U.S. Government.

I'm about halfway through, and I'm learning something new on every page. Of course, much of what he writes about will not be news to Native Americans, except perhaps to the extent that he focuses on the various Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota. For the average non-native, however - or, more accurately, to the average liberal(ish) non-native - it's astoundingly revealing.