A review by sarah_speaks
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.5
This is a very important and eye-opening book. The author absolutely decimates the founding myths of America and sheds much needed light on a history of settler colonialism and genocide that the United States has worked hard to bury.
I was not the biggest fan of the writing style, and I think this book would have benefited from editing to make sure it maintained a tighter focus on its subject matter. At times the book seemed to skip around between geographic areas or time periods, without making clear who, where and when the narrative was describing.
Five stars for thesis. Four stars for writing style and readability.
I was not the biggest fan of the writing style, and I think this book would have benefited from editing to make sure it maintained a tighter focus on its subject matter. At times the book seemed to skip around between geographic areas or time periods, without making clear who, where and when the narrative was describing.
Five stars for thesis. Four stars for writing style and readability.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, War, Death, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Rape