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A review by justinlife
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I think this is an important telling of US history that us Americans all need to read.
We get to see our nation through the eyes of those who were most hurt by it's creation. History and who is telling the history always has a point of view and it's never neutral. What gets told and how that gets told matters.
While this is an important book about our nation's history, it's also a book of military history and how much of our military tactics come from war with Indian Nations. There's a lot here to process and Dunbar-Ortiz does a stellar job of making the history palatable and accessible.
One thing I appreciated was her word choices. How she frames history hasn't been framed in this way and it's eye opening.
Highly recommend this one.
We get to see our nation through the eyes of those who were most hurt by it's creation. History and who is telling the history always has a point of view and it's never neutral. What gets told and how that gets told matters.
While this is an important book about our nation's history, it's also a book of military history and how much of our military tactics come from war with Indian Nations. There's a lot here to process and Dunbar-Ortiz does a stellar job of making the history palatable and accessible.
One thing I appreciated was her word choices. How she frames history hasn't been framed in this way and it's eye opening.
Highly recommend this one.