Book club selection (via Nicole; session held 1 December 2019).
Intersecting story lines of Native Americans mostly resident in Oakland, California - and generally struggling. Leading up to a major pow-wow at the end.
Value to me was it gave some way of thinking about how that struggle might feel and play out.
Seemed like a lot of it was the "Native American as victim" story line. Which I'm sure is quite accurate, but I'm not sure how helpful it is to keep focusing on. I don't think America in 1491 was idyllic, either - shifting populations, violence, etc. - the odd notion that failing to freeze 1491 status quo was somehow wrong. Populations were conquered around the globe since forever - whether via Romans, the tribes that conquered Rome, the Arabs, whatever it might be.
Alcatraz sit-in is part of the story, I remember that as getting a lot of attention in the '70s.
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