Description
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, The Illustrated is the 2017 of Cherokee author Thomas King's 2012 publication. This illustrated edition contains more than 150 images including archival and contemporary photographs, historic and recent paintings, advertisements, photos taken by Tom King, maps and artifacts enhance and illuminate the engaging text. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America is the 2012 offering from university professor and humourist Thomas King. With his biting wit and sarcasm, King tells readers a story of Canada’s and America’s relations with First Nations and Native Americans. King takes topics such as Ipperwash, Oka, Bill C-31, American Indian Movement, Treaty 6, Trail of Tears, and Wounded Knee and weaves these and more into a coherent whole. Overall the 2017 book comments on the state of Indian-white relations of the past and present. It is a unique approach to history told with a consummate storyteller’s voice. The volume contains a helpful index and detailed notes about each illustration. Highly Recommended. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, The Illustrated Edition Cree has been selected in the Young Adult/Adult Category Longlist for First Nation Communities READ 2018.