The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance (Race & Resistance Series) [Hardcover]

M. Annette Jaimes (Editor), Evelyn Hu-DeHart (Preface), DeLinda Wunder (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 468 pages
• Publisher: South End Press (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896084256
• ISBN-13: 978-0896084254
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,521,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal work on the state of Native America, February 26, 2000

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Annie Nash (Nuevo Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance (Race and Resistance) (Paperback)

This book is the cornerstone of my library on contemporary Native America. As a Quinault-Cowlitz woman who has struggled with maintaining her identity in a world hungry for John Wayne's Indians with feathers, I found this work a profound relief from most of what is available. Jaimes is the editor of Ward Churchill's best book to date: Fantasies of the Master Race. Here she shows an even greater expertise in bringing together some of the most profound and prominent feminist voices in the contemporary pro-Indian movement.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to Native Politics and controversies., September 18, 1998

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This review is from: The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance (Race and Resistance) (Paperback)

I've recommended this elsewhere to people who innocently consume fake Native American texts (e.g., Castaneda's): this is the real thing. Its leanings are pretty radical, and some of its statistics are -- well, those citing them obviously have a vested interest in maximizing the numbers. But it's got some great arguments in it, some descriptions of events that I'm sure weren't in your middle school history texts, and some beautiful prose as a bonus. Check it out.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading, July 8, 2006

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C. Prescod-Weinstein (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance (Race and Resistance) (Paperback)

My only wish is that there were a 2nd edition of this book with an update of how the landscape has changed since it was first published in 1992.

This book captured me and held me and while it filled me with sorrow, the fact of its existence, that these writers are so passionate about getting the truth out there, fills me with a profound hope.