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When one looks back upon Native American history, one would see over an eon of war, fighting, and conflict. One would also see a people who, as a whole, were oppressed and killed once European settlers arrived on the North American continent. What would follow the introduction of the European was almost half an eon of slaughter, disease, and persecution. On The Rez, by Ian Frazier, shows the Native American on reservations in present day. Specifically, Frazier looks at the tribe Oglala Sioux who live in South Dakota, and his friend Le. Being up front from the beginning, Frazier claims that the purpose of his book is to show that Native American life is not bleak, but instead full of… Read more
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