"The services that the government provides to Indians might be likened to rent. The rent for use of the entire country of the United States." It was [a"The services that the government provides to Indians might be likened to rent. The rent for use of the entire country of the United States." It was [and still is] like asking someone to pay rent on land they own. This wasn't my favorite Louise Erdrich book (Future Home of the Living God is my favorite), but in our time, this might be one of the most important of Erdrich's books. Dispossession is real, is terrible, and isn't talked about enough. Decades ago, it happened through bills like the one in The Night Watchmen. Now, it takes the shape of digging pipelines, and continuing to deny the rights of Indigenous People.
Completed for the Book Riot Read Harder 2020 Challenge category Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author...more
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