The Inconvenient Indian is a rather circuitous history of indigenous peoples in North America since contact.

King writes with a voice that is clear, concise and forceful without sledgehammering the reader with facts. There are times he uses satire extremely effectively to underscore a point and the use of his wife, Helen, as a voice of reason, encouragement and dissent is exceptional!

I believe that this book serves as an excellent primer to understanding White-Indigenous relations as they stand today. Even for those who have (or think they have) a grasp on this kind of history can benefit from reading this book. There is much to learn, and King's presentation is certainly unique.

I would recommend this to anyone who is socially minded, who enjoys reading historical non-fiction, and who has read works by Bob Joseph and Tanya Talaga.

Incredibly witty yet informative! Necessary reading for anyone in North America.

An immensely important book. Must read.

You must read this book. It should be required reading for all Canadians. Anyone who cares about reconciliation should start with this book.

The level of passive aggression in this book and the skill with which it's wielded is truly admirable. I might sound sarcastic when I say that but I'm dead serious. It might actually be my goal in life to achieve this one day. It might have come across as trite at times, but I actually didn't mind that because ultimately it laid things out as they were and as they are, with an unapologetic point of view. And I'm glad, because Canada should be called out on our history of racism—saying "well, it's okay because we're not as bad as them" (replacing "them" with whomever you choose, usually the U.S., with whom we're most often compared and conflated and with whom we share the focus of this book), does nothing to absolve us of our own actions and policies and practices.

I can see why some people I know who read this book were uncomfortable with it or disliked it, because it's not comfortable to be confronted with these things and we react to that discomfort in different ways including anger and denial and frustration, but the book is also almost gentle in its pointedness, and while it's not laugh-out-loud funny the author still manages to inject humour into the narrative, even if it's a bitter humour which...well, see sentence number one.

A thoughtful, compelling, funny, and tragic read, the Inconvinent Indian takes you through the history of Indigenous peoples in North America, from Columbus to modern day. King explores many themes and aspects of the Indian in North America, from the dead, the living, and the legal. For any North American, this is a must read

Loved this book. Love the sarcastic tone mixed with hard facts. Should be required reading not just for schools but for everyone. Narrator was a great fit with the tone of the book.