Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

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“I had a profoundly well-educated Princetonian ask me| ‘Where is your tomahawk?’ I had a beautiful woman approach me in the college gymnasium and exclaim| ‘You have the most beautiful red skin.’ I took a friend to see Dances with Wolves and was told| ‘Your people have a beautiful culture.’ ….
I made many lifelong friends at college| and they supported but also challenged me with questions like| ‘Why should Indians have reservations?’ “
What have you always wanted to know about Indians? Do you think you should already know the answers–or suspect that your questions may be offensive? In matterof-fact responses to over 120 questions| both thoughtful and outrageous| modern and historical| Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist Anton Treuer gives a frank| funny| and sometimes personal tour of what’s up with Indians| anyway.
– What is the real story of Thanksgiving?
– Why are tribal languages important?
– What do you think of that incident where people died in a sweat lodge?
White/Indian relations are often characterized by guilt and anger.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask cuts through the emotion and builds a foundation for true understanding and positive action..
Anton Treuer| author of The Assassination of Hole in the Day and many other books on Ojibwe his and language| received an Ambassador Award in 2011 from Facing Race: We’re All in this Together| an initiative of the St.
Paul Foundation.
All around Minnesota| Treuer has given scores of public lectures and been asked hundreds of questions–many like the ones in this book.