David Treuer
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English
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The received idea of Native American history--as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, the sense was, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in Minnesota, training as an anthropologist, and researching...
Author
Language
English
Description
Novelist David Treuer examines Native American reservation life--past and present--illuminating misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation while also exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture.
5) The Hiawatha
Author
Publisher
Picador USA
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A tale of revenge featuring an Indian in Minneapolis who killed his brother. He returns home from prison and adjusts to normal life, until the day the brother's son discovers the truth and comes to settle scores with his uncle.
6) Little
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
The story of an Indian family on a reservation in Minnesota. Its members live in three wind-battered houses and an old car that doubles as a house. Family members include a Vietnam War vet and a girl who served as a maid for whites. One by one, they tell the family's story. A first novel by an Indian writer.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated--if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists today--and the fight to preserve language and traditions"--