Indians Are Us: Culture and Genocide in Native North America

this amazing book starts off by first defining the rules of genocide as written up as a global pact which took the US 50 years to ratify, at which point, they continued to find various loopholes and excuses to negate the pact, much like they do now with the geneva conventions, and kyoto clean air act. the us was slaughtering native americans even while condemning nazi germany of similar acts abroad. after read numerous essays and books from churchill, the parallel between us and german tactics is very evident. anyone who is a humanitarian will take these passionate accounts by mr churchill to heart to realize that systematic genocide goes well beyond mass murders (they have already done that in years past, the times are calling for a modernistic approach to genocide...i.e. sterilization of females, assimilating of indigenious 'nations').

Every white person needs to read this book. A real eye opener for us white people raised in the USA and educated in the public system where they blatantly disregard and brush over topics about Native Americans. We owe it to ourselves and the indigenous nations to attempt to understand these perspectives.

Finally! A book that tells the truth of how it was like to a Native American in a racist and bigoted Amerika. This book tells us about what Native Americans went through, how they lived, and how they were dealt with by a country that didn't want them. This is a tell-all book that pulls no punches. It is not for the faint of heart or flag-waving fools that never question Amerika's history. A real eye-opener. Highly Recommended.

This book was my first Native American Political book. I first purchased it in 1997 in Boston. I am full blood, but was not raised in the light of my ansestors. I knew nothing of any traditions exept what Kevin Coster told me in Dances With Wolves. The fact of the matter is, when you can't beat em, join em. I decided in order to beat the white man at his own game, I must educate myself. This book offers information no one knows about. It is a good basis of information to come to an understanding of my people, and I feel it can help educate anyone who is ignorant to the fact. We need more books like this. We need them in our schools and need to have them readily available for the taking. Ward Churchill represents the facts that oppress today's Native Americans. I suggest it to anyone who wants an understanding of todays underlining issues for Native Americans and even the people of old.

I bought the book, read it, and really loved it. There are a few high-lights. First, its style is very informal and informative -- not stuffy like a typical academic book. This is a complement not a criticism. Second, the content is very very broad, covers some very important aspects of Native American feelings and emotions. Especially, after reading this book, the so-called Columbus day never seemed the same again. It also provides an interesting comparison of the abused Native American "logos" of various sports groups and the Jewish-caricatures that decorated several walls and newspapers earlier this century. You will never look at "Red Skins" "Cleveland Indians" "Chief Wahoo", "Tomahak Chop" etc., in the same light. They are genuine signs of sickness in the society -- sickness which implores one to make fun of another society in order to generate humor.