The Inconvenient Indian
Thomas King traces how myths, law, assimilation, and land disputes shaped Native lives in North America, using history and personal experience to ask what sovereignty requires.
11 parts, about 21 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Thomas King
- Parts
- 11 parts
- Reading time
- about 21 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- Prologue: Warm Toast and Porcupines1 min
- 1. Forget Columbus2 min
- 2. The End of the Trail1 min
- 3. Too Heavy To Lift2 min
- 4. One Name to Rule Them All2 min
- 5. We Are Sorry2 min
- 6. Like Cowboys and Indians2 min
- 7. Forget About It2 min
- 8. What Indians Want2 min
- 9. As Long as the Grass is Green3 min
- 10. Happy Ever After2 min
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