The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons

During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact.

Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, the side of the French Jesuit missionaries that came to live in what is now Ontario.

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."

Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don't wish to understand, it is even more so.