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The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of native people in North America /

In this book, the author offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. In the process, he refashions old stories about historical events and figures. Ranging freely across the centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Thomas, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Subjects and Genres:
Indians of North America > History.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Indians, Treatment of > North America.
Attitudes envers les Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord.
Ethnic relations.
Indians of North America.
Indians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Canadians > History.
Aboriginal Canadians > Identity.
Indianer
Soziale Situation
Indianerpolitik
Ethnische Beziehungen
North America > Ethnic relations.
North America.
Nordamerika.
Amérique du Nord > Relations interethniques.
Nordamerika
History.
Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue:
  • Warm toast and porcupines
  • Forget Columbus
  • The end of the trail
  • Too heavy to lift
  • One name to rule them all
  • We are sorry
  • Like cowboys and Indians
  • Forget about it
  • What Indians want
  • As long as the grass is green
  • Happy ever after
  • A conversation between Shelagh Rogers and Thomas King.

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