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As featured on NPR's Weekend Edition and Amanpour & Company“An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait of ‘Indian survival, resilience, adaptability, pride and place in modern life.’ Rarely has a single volume in Native American history attempted such comprehensiveness . . . Ultimately, Treuer’s powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves about this nation’s past.” —New York Times Book Review“In a marvel of research and storytelling, an Ojibwe writer traces the dawning of a new resistance movement born of deep pride and a reverence for tradition. Treuer’s chronicle of rebellion and resilience is a manifesto and rallying cry.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another.” —NPR“Treuer is an easy companion: thoughtful, provocative and challenging. He tells a disturbing yet heroic story that may very well be seen as a definition of ‘American exceptionalism.’” —Washington Post “Sweeping, essential history...Treuer’s storytelling skills shine...[an] elegant handling of [a] complex narrative.” —The Economist“Treuer … presents a more nuanced and hopeful vision of the past and future of Native Americans.” —Vanity Fair“Highly readable...a welcome compendium of Indian voices and insights that will be fresh for many readers...[An] urgent story." —Newsday“Vivid…Treuer evokes, with simmering rage, the annihilation of Indian lives and worlds, but he also unearths a secret history of Indians flourishing in art, government, literature, science and technology…Beautifully written.” —The Minneapolis Star Tribune“Among the most important works of American cultural nonfiction in at least the last decade, maybe more. . . Heartbeat is a monumental achievement, arriving at a key moment in American Indian history. Our varied cultures are exploding with wonderful artists and writers, sharing indigenous stories from all over the continent that detail a multitude of experiences. We must show more of ourselves to the world. Treuer’s book is one writer making huge strides in doing so.”—The Missoulian “A hybrid work of historical scholarship, memoir, and reportage, Treuer’s tome might be called a Native-focused cousin to the late historian Howard Zinn’s seminal book from 1980, A People’s History of the United States.”—Santa Fe New Mexican “Treuer provides a sweeping account of how the trope of the vanishing Indian has distorted our current understanding of Native peoples. Instead of seeing Wounded Knee as the final chapter, he recovers the importance of World War II, urban migration, casinos, and the computer age in reshaping the modern Native American experience. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is written with conviction and illuminates the past in a deeply compelling way.” —Nancy Isenberg, author of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America“An ambitious, gripping, and elegantly written synthesis that is much more than the sum of its excellent parts—which include a rich array of Native lives, Treuer’s own family and tribe among them--The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee brings a recognition of indigenous vitality and futurity to a century of modern Indian history.” —Philip J. Deloria, Professor of History, Harvard University “In clear and vivid prose, David Treuer positions unforgettable portraits of contemporary Indian people within a compelling narrative of the experiences of indigenous peoples in the big sweep of time. His book offers a powerful challenge to the persistent and pernicious idea of the ‘vanishing Indian,’ replacing it with a far more accurate story of Indian people’s repossession and restoration of sovereignty and dignity.” —Patricia Limerick, author of The Legacy of Conquest and co-founder, Center of the American West"Sweeping, consistently illuminating and personal...This engrossing volume should interest anyone who wants to better understand how Native Americans have struggled to preserve their tribes and cultures, using resourcefulness and reinvention in the face of overwhelming opposition.” —BookPage (starred)“[Treuer's] scholarly reportage of these 125 years of Native history...comes to vivid life for every reader.” —Booklist (starred)“Treuer chronicles the long histories of Native North America, showing the transformation and endurance of many nations. All American history collections will benefit from this important work by an important native scholar.” —Library Journal (starred)
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About the Author
David Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. The author of four previous novels, most recently Prudence, and two books of nonfiction, he has also written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Slate, and The Washington Post, among others. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology and teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California.
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Product details
Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Books; 1st Edition edition (January 22, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594633150
ISBN-13: 978-1594633157
Product Dimensions:
6.3 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
18 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
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Indian history is often taught to young Americans as an unmitigated tragedy. The once proud stewards of the Americas being gradually decimated by disease and conquest. The last stand of the Indian, at Wounded Knee, is symbolic of this history. Women, children and soldiers all cut down by the rapacious white man. Since then Indians have been content to live out such lives as they can on poverty stricken reservations.Except, as native historian David Treuer points out, this simple narrative couldn’t be farther from the truth. Just as Christian Europe once tended to view Jewish history as, for all intents and purposes, one of mere sorrow and wandering after the rejection of Christ, twentieth and twenty-first century Indian history has been mis-told and misrepresented by European Americans.With a certain edginess to it, Treuer recounts it all: from attempts at forced assimilation in schools to the violent uprisings at Alcatraz and other locales in the sixties. What unfolds is a story of, not only survival, but adaption along with a strong desire to preserve traditional ways.And what emerges is a modern people, or peoples, who are not mere victims but proud heirs of a tradition which has endured far longer than the American republic.Treuer does this by weaving history and anecdote. The history, though it does come to some new conclusions such as that the Machiavellian treaty practices of the American government have been too little stressed in the narrative of how Natives lost their land, is written for popular consumption. A fortiori are the anecdotal accounts of modern Natives interwoven throughout the text.So, though written for the general public and not the professional historian, I cannot help but feel that Treuer wants his book to change the way Native history is taught in America. And, even more, how European Americans view their fellow Native American citizens.The Native tradition, or traditions, is not just a tale of many tears. It is a millennia old tale of adaption, transformation and resistance that continues into the present. If the typical reader walks away with a sense that Native Americans are not to be pitied or looked at as our unfortunate victims, I think the author will have achieved his purpose.Written with elegant but non-technical prose, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is an excellent introduction to the Native experience. A must read for those, like myself, who are unacquainted with Native American history since their schooldays.
"The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee" is a path-breaking work on the Native American experience. It is actually much more than the title suggests because the first 100 pages explore Indian life before 1890. It is also far more than just a dry history book. Treuer takes us foraging for pine cones and hunting for clams while interviewing colorful family members and acquaintances.Countless books have recounted the tragedies experienced by Native Americans at the hands of Europeans and Americans, but few have told the story like "Heartbeat." For starters, Treuer holds Native Americans responsible for their own share of tragedy inflicted on themselves, whether through inter-tribal wars or self-destructive behavior. Yet even in the darkest times, Tueuer reminds us of Native Americans' resiliency: "We're still here!"After 1890 (Wounded Knee), many of the hardships experienced by Native Americans were based on the good intentions of Christians and the American government. I grew up near Sherman Indian High School (Riverside, CA) without knowing anything about Native American boarding schools. Education and job training were worthy goals, but they came at the cost of strained/broken family ties and cultural genocide. Even the best run schools would punish children who spoke in their native languages. I was shocked that the first Native American would not be admitted to U.C. Berkeley until 1968 (p. 300).One of the key insights I learned from "Heartbeat" is that the turning point for Native Americans came when they embraced the most powerful weapon of all: The rule of law. They slowly learned to read the fine print of the treaties and documents they were asked/forced to sign and began to demand their rights. The first American presidents to get Native American policy right were Lyndon Johnson and (surprisingly) Richard Nixon.Treuer devotes the final 200 pages to how Native Americans have taken advantage of sovereignty and self-determination to lift themselves up and rediscover their cultures. Indeed, Treuer himself represents the first generation to grow up under this system. I now understand "Indian casinos" in a whole new light. "Heartbeat" concludes by presenting a compelling case for adopting an inclusive definition of what it means to be Native American in the 21st century. This definition also strikes at the heart of America's identity.My only complaint is that I wish the book had been longer. The Economist's review suggests that the pre-1890 section of "Heartbeat" is boring, but I found it fascinating. The sections on the tribes in each region of the U.S. could easily become stand-alone chapters. For example, the Cherokee merit more attention. I knew about the Trail of Tears, but I did not know that they use their own alphabet until I visited their ancestral lands in North Carolina. It would also be great if there were maps showing the distribution of tribes in 1700 and today.I the meantime, I can only hope Treuer's insights will be incorporated into all future American school textbooks.
We live in a time when large numbers of people do not believe that Native Americans face discrimination; when prople equate the AIM song with beating drums and yelling; when the struggle of Native people is ignored unless it becomes viral on social media.This book tells an important story of how a People can endure and how their voices can be heard. Read it.
Having grown up the rancher's son on stolen native land just miles from Wounded Knee and what now maybe the poorest reservation in America, I greatly appreciate the historic recap and the hope of Treuer's vision. Buy an extra copy and donate it to your local library.... the least we can do in an act of truth and reconciliation.
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