When you read a book that's over 30 years old, and much of it remains relevant, especially when it's a manifesto ripe with biting social critique, it kind of stings a little. It makes you bitter while you read it. Deloria's book here manages that while providing humorous insights and perspectives, at both times a history and a proposal for moving forward. While dated in some aspects, specifically in regards to his views & statements on the Black power movements (or I just flat out disagree with his assessment of militant, violent political movements of the 1970s), Deloria can and should be applauded here for attempting to assess the myriad ways political movements can potentially engage with each other, and the ways in which they can fail.

Of most interest and perhaps utility to modern readers would be Deloria's takes on nationalism and tribalism, and how they can provide vehicles for movements to see their way through white supremacy and colonialism. Leftists will probably hesitate at these terms, as I have and still often do, but in the context of colonialism and decolonization we must broaden our definitions and perspectives of how these terms can exist beyond and against xenophobia and white supremacy.

I look forward to thinking about this book for a long time.