This book is beautifully crafted and this line, a message from a dead Lakota woman's spirit, just broke my heart. #whenhistoryhurts #biblioweekend
SharonGoforth I bought this a couple of weeks ago. Looks like I need to move it up in the tbr pile😊 8y
becausetrains How is this in terms of Native representation? An old coworker of mine, a Dakota woman, came up through the tail end of Indian boarding schools and would occasionally share stories about how Whites treat(ed, anyway) the Native population in North and South Dakota. 8y
annahenke @becausetrains I'm only 1/4 in, but so far I feel that representation is fair on all fronts. This is set ten years after wounded knee so nebraska relations between whites and Indians are still turbulent. I like that she's using mult POV to cover the spectrum: a racist white man (unflattering but realistic), a sympathetic white woman who teaches at a reservation school, and most important, two Lakota women. She's shown great respect so far. 8y
becausetrains @ahenke thanks 😊 I've read enough crap that's racist for no purpose, so I'm glad this is realistic without being one-sided. 8y