Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation LifeCelebrated 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

were not conquered

though they were born more than 100 years apart

The book concludes with a consideration of how oral historians' memories can be applied to building healthier communities today

sometimes biting

Dakota/Santee

(re)making

Religious beliefs provided the Blackfeet with continuity through privations and changing times

and inspire all of us to evolve now

and her family as they trace the remarkable life of their celebrated relative

Andersson suggests

and interviews—along with other untapped Native sources

despite the efforts of the nuns in charge at the school