Catalogue

Record Details

Catalogue Search


The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of Native People in North America Cover Image Book Book

The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of Native People in North America / Thomas King.

King, Thomas, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King''s critical and personal meditation on what it means to be "Indian" in North America, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. In the process, King refashions old stories about historical events and figures, takes a sideways look at film and pop culture, relates his own complex experiences with activism, and articulates a deep and revolutionary understanding of the cumulative effects of ever-shifting laws and treaties on Native peoples and lands.     This is a book both timeless and timely, burnished with anger but tempered by wit, and ultimately a hard-won offering of hope--a sometimes inconvenient but nonetheless indispensable account for all of us, Indian and non-Indian alike, seeking to understand how we might tell a new story for the future. -- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385664226
  • Physical Description: xvi, 314 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Anchor Canada edition.
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Anchor Canada, 2013

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Originally published by Doubleday Canada, 2012.
"Anchor Canada edition published 2013"--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Indigenous peoples > History.
Indigenous peoples > Social life and customs.
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of > North America.
Indigenous peoples.
North America > Ethnic relations.
Indigenous peoples > North America > History.
Indigenous peoples > North America > Social life and customs.
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of > North America.
Indigenous peoples > Social life and customs.
Native peoples > History.
Aboriginal Canadians > History.
Aboriginal Canadians > Identity.
Aboriginal Canadians > Stereotypes.
Aboriginal Canadians > Representation > History.
Topic Heading: First Nations
First Nations
Aboriginal

Available copies

  • 0 of 0 copies available at College of the Rockies.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 0 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
► Summaries & More
▼ Additional Content

THOMAS KING is one of Canada's premier Native public intellectuals. For the past five decades, he has worked as an activist for Native causes and an administrator of Native programs, and has taught Native literature and history at universities in the United States and Canada. He is the bestselling author of five novels, including Medicine River, described as "precise and elegant" by The New York Times; Green Grass, Running Water, which Newsweek called "a first class work of art"; and Truth and Bright Water, a CBC Canada Reads 2004 Selection. He is also the author of two frequently anthologized collections of short stories, several books for children, and the 2003 Massey Lectures, The Truth About Stories. He has been nominated for or won numerous awards and honours, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Trillium Award, the Commonwealth Prize, and the Order of Canada. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.

► Shelf Browser
► MARC Record

Additional Resources