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Title details for Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Dr. Anton Treuer - Available

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

Young Readers Edition

by Dr. Anton Treuer
Dr. Anton Treuer
Audiobook
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From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young listeners alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?," "What's it like for natives who don't look native?," "Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?," and beyond, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask does exactly what its title says in a style consistently thoughtful, personal, and engaging.

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  • Release date

    April 6, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666545838
      • File size: 238276 KB
      • Duration: 08:16:24

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from April 1, 2022

      Gr 6 Up-"Indians. We are so often imagined, but so infrequently well understood," Treuer's opening sentence reads. As a Princeton-educated, Ojibwe professor with "one foot in the wigwam and one in the ivory tower," Treuer "cannot speak for all Indians," but he's ready with "specific rather than generic answers." This young readers adaptation is certainly rare in that it expands on Treuer's 2012 original, growing from approximately 120 to 200 Q&As. Treuer also takes the mic, making his narrating debut. Composed, eloquent, courteous, Treuer is an ideal, safe guide through all manner of topics, from the difficult, inane, nuanced, to downright racist. A single quibble: Georgetown was not named for George Washington, but most likely King George II (GW was still a teen when Georgetown was founded in 1751). VERDICT "Guilt for Whites and anger for Indians [does] nothing to make the world a better place." Treuer wisely, empathically, brilliantly gets the conversation going.

      Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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