Thomas King, a Cherokee professor who has lived in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, writes about his own experience of being indigenous in these countries, particularly in North America. He writes about the history of Indigenous Peoples in a witty, sarcasting and at times very biting manner. Ouch a lot for us white folk. Not only for what has happened in the far past, but for what has happened in the near past and for our ignorance of most of it. As a US resident, I appreciated also learning about Canada and the issues Indigenous Peoples have had there as well. All not good. I appreciated the many interjections by his wife, Helen, that helped ease some of the tension just enough that you could digest it. Thank you, Helen. In a year when there has been a lot of emphasis on white people examining their treatment of African Americans, it is important to see our prejudice, overt racism and cultural cleansing on another group of people. It's time to open our eyes, own up to it all and change.