How can I not know the things written here? As Anglo-Americans, we've been taught such lies and shaded stories. This book gives a different side, another heart-breaking view of all the evil done by Europeans when they arrived in America. I was fascinated to learn so much and horrified that I didn't know it.

While I would like to hand this book to everyone and say, "read this," it isn't an easy read. More like a history book than a personal narrative (of which I would have liked more), its long and detailed and takes some work to make it through. I could see Treuer's training in this book (anthropology PhD).

In the end, though, the readers who put in the time and effort will be rewarded with a fuller understanding of history, the present, and the future. Treuer waxes hopeful and forward looking, which is a great counterpoint to the horrors of history.