“If you want to know America–if you want to see it for what it was and what it is–you need to look at Indian history and at the Indian present.”

“It has always bothered me that the very idea of paying attention to or knowing Indian history is tinged with the soft compassion of the do-gooder, as a kind of voluntary public service.”

David Treuer

in The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

Both of these quotes are from the epilogue of this very good book. Can both be true?

The painting is by Michael Hampshire and has been removed from public view at S’edev Va’aki.