Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present
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- Author：Adrienne Keene
- ISBN：1984857940
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Reviews
Artie Carden
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This was a really great read！ I’ve always found Native cultures incredibly fascinating and beautiful since I was young and I feel like this book is a great ‘intro to’ for white readers （especially non-Americans） I adored the illustrations and the colour pallet used。 It was really easy to understand and spoke of such a broad range of topics and people。 My one non-positive comment is the wording of one person being nonbinary。 ‘Gender nonbinary’ isn’t a term used or accepted by nonbinary people （co This was a really great read！ I’ve always found Native cultures incredibly fascinating and beautiful since I was young and I feel like this book is a great ‘intro to’ for white readers （especially non-Americans） I adored the illustrations and the colour pallet used。 It was really easy to understand and spoke of such a broad range of topics and people。 My one non-positive comment is the wording of one person being nonbinary。 ‘Gender nonbinary’ isn’t a term used or accepted by nonbinary people （coming from a nonbinary person） but also I am aware there may be differences among Native and Indigenous nonbinary people。 So I would just recommend this be spoken about with the person the chapter centred。 Otherwise I think this was great and I hope it’s a success :） 。。。more
Anwen Hayward
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（Review of an ARC received via Netgalley）I really enjoyed this one。 It's incredibly well curated， with an interesting mixture of modern and historical people， and the contributions made by each person range from drag artists， basket weavers， activists， translators， curators， seed keepers， and myriad more。 All of the bios are informative enough to give a good idea of the person's contributions， but not so thorough that you can't do your own reading afterwards。 I've bought the work of quite a few （Review of an ARC received via Netgalley）I really enjoyed this one。 It's incredibly well curated， with an interesting mixture of modern and historical people， and the contributions made by each person range from drag artists， basket weavers， activists， translators， curators， seed keepers， and myriad more。 All of the bios are informative enough to give a good idea of the person's contributions， but not so thorough that you can't do your own reading afterwards。 I've bought the work of quite a few of the people mentioned in it and look forward to learning more about them。 The artwork style is bold and complements the profiles of each person really effectively， giving a nice insight into their character and background。 All of the additional information about Native culture and history was also very enlightening; I've read up on Native history and experiences a fair amount in the past， but there were a huge amount of new things to learn here。 I could honestly have read another 150 pages of it quite happily， and my only real critique of it would be that it's so short， at under 150 pages， with an extra list of 'Native people you should also know' tacked onto the back， with just a one sentence bio given to each。 I would have liked full profiles on all of those people， too。This is the sort of book that I think pretty much any age would benefit immensely from reading as it's definitely accessible enough to span a wide age group， and I really hope that it gets a good reach when it's published。 I can see this being an enormously useful resource and reference。 。。。more
Brandon Westlake
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This is a great book for an introduction to native people。 I had hardly heard of any of these individuals， and I think it would be a nice resource for teachers to quickly and easily incorporate stories of Indigenous people into their curriculum。 It also would help students gain an appreciation for perspective and context in history; the biographies are short enough that students can grapple with the main ideas surrounding each person and incorporate them into historical narratives。For those who This is a great book for an introduction to native people。 I had hardly heard of any of these individuals， and I think it would be a nice resource for teachers to quickly and easily incorporate stories of Indigenous people into their curriculum。 It also would help students gain an appreciation for perspective and context in history; the biographies are short enough that students can grapple with the main ideas surrounding each person and incorporate them into historical narratives。For those who want to read a history of "ordinary people" this is a great book to dive into 。。。more
Laura
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If the only native Americans you are aware of are Sitting Bull and Pocahontas， then you really need to read this book。This is a wonderful collection of one page bios of Indigenous people of the United States （Canada and Mexico are left out， though， Turtle Island was really all of North America， but that's ok）An amazing mix of men and women， past and present， from Sequoyah， who created Cherokee written script， to Sharice Davids， of the Ho-Chunk people， who is a member of congress， from Kansas。Thi If the only native Americans you are aware of are Sitting Bull and Pocahontas， then you really need to read this book。This is a wonderful collection of one page bios of Indigenous people of the United States （Canada and Mexico are left out， though， Turtle Island was really all of North America， but that's ok）An amazing mix of men and women， past and present， from Sequoyah， who created Cherokee written script， to Sharice Davids， of the Ho-Chunk people， who is a member of congress， from Kansas。This book also include people from Alaska as well as Hawaii。 And because 50 is not enough， at the end of the book others are mentioned that the reader will hopefully look up。 Interspersed between all of this are notes on how representation matters， and how we live on stolen land。Really good collection， and the author is a member of the Cherokee Nation。Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review。 。。。more
Theshahmaran
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I reviewed a copy made available by the publisher via Netgalley - Thank you very much for that！First of all， I would like to mention that I try as best I can not to take a place that I am not entitled to as a Kurd， therefore I will not be able to go deeper into the matter， but only comment on what I am entitled to comment。"Notable Native People" is a really nice collection of incredible people who belong to various native tribes and cultures。50 natives who come from different regions， tribes and I reviewed a copy made available by the publisher via Netgalley - Thank you very much for that！First of all， I would like to mention that I try as best I can not to take a place that I am not entitled to as a Kurd， therefore I will not be able to go deeper into the matter， but only comment on what I am entitled to comment。"Notable Native People" is a really nice collection of incredible people who belong to various native tribes and cultures。50 natives who come from different regions， tribes and cultures andhave done or are still doing great things that make them noteable people。The book refers not only to what was and is being achieved on an activist level， but also to fields in which these people were and still are， be it as poets， LGBTQ activists， engineers， teachers， protectors or artists。The illustrations of each person are beautiful。In between the pages are informations on important current topics， such as a 101 on settler colonialism， representation， environmental problems， missing indigenous women or the question “Whose Land are you on？” Where the reader is encouraged to research whose land he is on。I have to say that it is really well thought out， that the author does not give any more detailed information about which land belongs to who and does not relieve the reader of searching， but encourages them to do research theirself。Given that indigenous peoples are always talked about as if they were extinct or no longer exist， it is all the more important to publish such books and to remind non-indigenous people that all of this is not the past， but indigenous peoples after all the genocides still exist and thrive。Due to my Kurdish background I keep staying informed on many struggles around the world， which also include the Native people of the Americas， hence I was happy to see the amazing Indigenous Goddess Gang being mentioned in the Acknowledgements， since I‘ve been following them and their amazing content for so long and finally seeing them and their work getting recognition in a published work makes me so happy for them。 。。。more
Kady
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I will admit to being a very ignorant white woman who lives on Sioux land。 I didn't know about any of these amazing people， save one or two。 Thank you for this book to help amplify the voices that have been silenced over the years。 Will be buying a physical copy of this book so that my kids can read their stories in the future。 I will admit to being a very ignorant white woman who lives on Sioux land。 I didn't know about any of these amazing people， save one or two。 Thank you for this book to help amplify the voices that have been silenced over the years。 Will be buying a physical copy of this book so that my kids can read their stories in the future。 。。。more
Amie
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Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene is an excellent resource for those wanting to learn more about the contributions of Indigenous People。 Each mini biography is accompanied by an artistic portrait to bring the person to life。 It would make an excellent addition to a classroom or personal library to increase perspective taking and teach history of these notable people。Advanced copy provided courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。
Andréa
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