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Rez Life
Rez Life

Required Reading: Indian Country

Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

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Rez Life

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Seventeen pages into (Grove/Atlantic, $26), Ojibwe writer finds himself in his grandfather鈥檚 shack, cleaning the old man鈥檚 brains off the floor. The 83-year-old had shot himself in the head the day before. But Rez Life isn鈥檛 another voyeuristic march through Indian country鈥檚 wrenching ills. While Treuer doesn鈥檛 shy from the miserable side of Indian life, he unveils a world鈥攇rounded in , where he grew up鈥攖hat is complex and rich. Scenes of him catching walleye, for example, segue into examinations of tribal treaty rights. At times you want a bit more on Treuer鈥檚 journey鈥攈is mother was an Ojibwe judge, his father an Austrian Jew, and he attended Princeton. Still, Treuer manages to write a book about Indian life that is often fun and occasionally hilarious. At a powwow held at Minnesota鈥檚 Mystic Lake Casino resort, owned by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux, 鈥渆verything is pleasantly backward,鈥� Treuer writes. The parking lot is full of Hummers, and white employees hustle to serve their native guests. 鈥淢ost of the time,鈥� Treuer notes, 鈥渢he Indians don鈥檛 tip.鈥�

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