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I‘m struggling with this one. Finding it dry and a little boring (I‘m cringing as I right that). I‘m thinking I should just DNF but it seems like a book I SHOULD read and maybe it will get better. Anyone else with these struggles?

This book is so good and very interesting, but the lists are driving me a little crazy. It's so distracting. I hope the narrator got paid per comma. 😬

#Overdrive

So refreshing to read a Native American history that documents the innovation, creativity, perseverance and success stories happening in Indian Country today. Appreciated how Treuer discusses how the stories we and our communities tell ourselves are very powerful and can shape our abilities to survive and thrive. 5 stars!

I was not aware that Cherokee were treated as “game” in the state of Georgia. Smh

I feel this. I have felt the shame and disgust for my own race and people and the despair because I didn‘t want to feel that way. It‘s hard living in such rough communities and still feeling affection towards them too and living with the trauma of being one of the smallest and unheard minorities

Seeing this heartless disregard for my people coming from one of my very favorite authors as a child(L. Frank Baum), hurts. 😔

The name! 😻😻😻

I hate the idea of anything being “required” reading, but this is important history and a relevant present for American society. I would have loved more on Alaskan Native tribes in terms of any comparative history. Nonetheless, the main thrust is Native Americans have always been and are diverse, adaptive, and far from a lost people. We need to discard the “Indian problem” tropes based on contempt and pity.

Well, I can‘t appreciate Baum‘s “The Wizard of Oz” any longer. *shudder* In editorials he called for a final sweeping extermination of Plains Native Americans. There are just some personal attitudes and actions I can‘t overlook or separate from the craft.

Baum‘s descendants have apologized in person. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5662524

The history of the native Americans starting in the 1800s. A lot of things I have learned before, but also a lot of stories that don‘t always get told.

This does an excellent job of shifting perspective on American history, putting Native Americans at the center and changing the way we view America itself and how inevitable the whole takeover of the continent feels to us today. What I ❤️: Treuer makes clear that Native Americans were not passive victims, but that they have used (and continue to use) every available resource to fight for their rights.

Listening to this while I cook and clean. An interesting mix of personal histories beside bigger picture histories. I am enjoying it but probably not ideal for audiobook, at least for me.

Finished up Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee just in time for this hold to come in. Good timing.

Thorough history, with a little memoir mixed in. It's so important to understand the ways nations have resisted, adapted, and continue to hold onto identity despite the oppression of colonialism and white supremacy. Informative and necessary reading.

A thoughtful, sensitive, well-researched look at the lives and plight of Native Americans both before and after Wounded Knee. It gives a broad breadth and focuses on the reality of the untold current stories of Native peoples. I thought it was terrific—5 stars all the way.

Interesting history and perspective of the many Indian Nations from BCE to today. The comparison of the European treatment of Natives and the American Indian‘s strategy of how to fight back was well done. Although shockingly violent and sad, the author makes a very good argument of the strength of the American Indian to survive instead of the common history many of us learned in school about that time period.

Excellent. ❤️ A remarkable amount of rich history, but super accessible and never dry. I was really moved by his argument that Native American culture and identity have been able to advance through adversity toward progress and unity - and that maybe American society overall could learn, from their example, to do the same. Loved his writing and was thrilled whenever the book took an autobiographical turn, so I must go back and read his memoir!

Aaannnddd I did it. Bought myself new books from my local bookstore 💖📚❄️📖☕ Got some delicious pastries at the bakery next to the bookstore as well 🤗

Very interesting interview with author of the tagged book on Weekend Edition this morning. Release date is 1/22. I have “indigenous author” on my reading challenge this year. After listening to this interview about the book, this may be my selection. Sharing link in case anyone is interested:

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686830482/heartbeat-of-wounded-knee-demystifies-t...