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Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask - Anton Treuer

4 stars

This is a non-fiction book that is pretty much summed up nicely by the title. The author often speaks to groups about his culture and he compiled this book based on questions he is often asked at these appearances. Some of this information information I have I read about in other books, some of the information is applicable to many minority groups in America, and some of this information was new to me. It was a great overview of many of the issues facing Native Americans today. As someone that lives in an area of the country where the Native Americans were removed long ago, it was important to learn about Native Americans and life today is like for them. I liked that the author ended the book with an example of how everyone can make a difference to change the way things are. It was a hopeful and encouraging example of how it is possible to have hope for the situation despite the long way we have to go as a nation.

Basically clicked on this review to see if it was as the title suggests, and it is! I would love to read this sometime.