I would treat this book more as a reference than something that should be read front-to-back. That thought puzzles me, though, as this book is not footnoted. The author makes a lot of assertions that need references. There are also quite a few sentences that start with a phrase such as "It seems that...." or "It is known that...." I don't see it or know it. Please tell me *how* to see it or know it.

I did learn some new things, like a new way of thinking about the conquest of North America. I always had it in mind as being similar to a war, where the Aborigial population of the time was the conquered. Deloria points out that there was no declaration of war, or war as we think of it today, as each tribe was brought to heel separately. The connections between First Nations people were looser than I had thought.