
Rez Life
An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life
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Narrated by:
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Peter Berkrot
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By:
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David Treuer
Celebrated novelist David Treuer has gained a reputation for writing fiction that expands the horizons of Native American literature. In Rez Life, his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer brings a novelist's storytelling skill and an eye for detail to a complex and subtle examination of Native American reservation life, past and present.
With authoritative research and reportage, Treuer illuminates misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation. He traces the waves of public policy that have disenfranchised and exploited Native Americans, exposing the tension that has marked the historical relationship between the United States government and the Native American population. Through the eyes of students, teachers, government administrators, lawyers, and tribal court judges, he shows how casinos, tribal government, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have transformed the landscape of Native American life.
A member of the Ojibwe of northern Minnesota, Treuer grew up on Leech Lake Reservation, but was educated in mainstream America. Exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture, Rez Life is a strikingly original work of history and reportage, a must listen for anyone interested in the Native American story.
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Great Book
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That aside, I'm from the same area and this book taught me a lot. I'm so much better informed about tribal law, treaties, and Native history now. And not just Ojibwe; while that tribe is the focus, we hear a lot about many other tribes, nationally and into Canada as well. And on top of that, it's good, engrossing writing. Highly recommended!
Reader does need to check Ojibwe pronunciation
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Besides, this is also a fun and entertaining read that makes stuff like fishing and casino rights read like a thriller.
Seemingly boring legal isssues became riviting
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Hybrid of history and memoir
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author is anton treuer's brother.
anton wrote "everything you always wanted to know about indians".
also excellent
good starts for others who want to understand indians, history, culture.
first peoples, rez life, Ojibwa
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Beautiful book on Indian history
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Rich but disturbing
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Very informative and beautiful
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Review of Rez Life
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
...I'm not talking a Rez'd out voice "ayyye Cuz, init?!" But at least an urban Ndn? I was trapped driving 20 hours with nothing else to listen to so I had to stop at a Starbucks and download a Sedaris book. This may seem petty but there are so few Ndn books on audible (besides the White Indian Expert books) I had high hopes for Rez Life.-This narrator sounds so white and so grating I had a hard time listening sadly, as the themes are ones white america needs to hear especially after all the hype from shows like Diane Sawyers' expose on reservation poverty and the current trend again, of taking children away from parents because they are poor- POVERTY DOES NOT EQUEL NEGLECT. Init.
Would you be willing to try another one of Peter Berkrot’s performances?
NoDid Rez Life inspire you to do anything?
Become an Ndn audio book narrator.Any additional comments?
More books by American Indian authors narrated by American Indians. NOT pandering pap poet Sherman Alexie.Rez Life needs a Rez voice not a Suyapi narrator..
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