Rez life : an Indian's journey through reservation life
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Cicero Public Library - Stacks973.0497 TREOn Shelf
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Published
New York : Grove Press, [2012].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780802120823, 0802120822

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-330).
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Overview: 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 like sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation. He traces the convoluted waves of public policy that have deracinated, disenfranchised, and exploited Native Americans, exposing the tension and conflict 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 the Leech Lake Reservation, but was educated in "mainstream" America. Treuer traverses the boundaries of American and Indian identity as he explores crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of his native language and culture. Rez Life is a strikingly original work of history and reportage, a must read for anyone interested in the Native American story.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Treuer, D. (2012). Rez life: an Indian's journey through reservation life . Grove Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Treuer, David. 2012. Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life. Grove Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Treuer, David. Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life Grove Press, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Treuer, David. Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life Grove Press, 2012.

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