![]() ![]() ![]() The second half of the book examines what Native Americans want and how to move forward. ![]() The first half of the book deals with historical accounts and misrepresentations, racist stereotypes, atrocities suffered by Native Americans at the hands of “civilizers,” and the true intent of past and present government treaties and legislation. The work, split into two main parts, aims to encourage readers to question “truths” and reexamine both the past and the present. At its heart, The Inconvenient Indian is a book about stories that, while fraught with history, is underlined by a “narrative of conversation and arguments that been having with and others for most of adult life.” A Cherokee and gifted storyteller, King’s work draws more upon storytelling techniques than historiography. and Canada with a deeply personal approach to history. In his book The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, University of Guelph professor Thomas King discusses a period of 500 years of contact between Native Americans and white settlers in the U.S. ![]()
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