- Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1. März 1992)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140130233
- ISBN-13: 978-0140130232
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,3 x 12,7 x 2 cm
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- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.233.371 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Matthiessen is a methodical, although not disinterested, reporter of how the destruction of Native American culture was and continues to be attended by encroachments by and desecrations of their land (what little they've been left) by a society gone mad with greed.
And how could anyone, journalist or not, remain disinterested in the face of such things? More journalists and writers should have Matthiessen's courage and conviction.
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A Postscript to Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
24. Juni 2002
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Peter Matthiessen's Indian Country serves as the postscript to Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The threats to Native American societies detailed in this book are less bloody and horrific, but just as real as those perpetrated by the U.S. military. Yes, manifest destiny lives on in the halls of the U.S. government in the early 21st century, but with agencies like the BIA and the Department of Interior doing the nasty work.
Along with all the hard-hitting research that Matthiessen brings to his writing, he's also at home with the natural history of Indian lands. He is subtle in the way he takes you with him on a walk through a working village or a ride to Black Mesa to get a truckload of household coal. Matthiessen spends time among the people living on the reservations, observing the slow encroachment of capitalism into their traditional ways of farming and trade, and ultimately seeing tribes divided into progressive and traditional factions.
Matthiessen is guided by the self-described, "half-baked detribalized Mohawk...," Craig Carpenter. Carpenter serves in many instances as the ambassador between Matthiessen and the locals on the reservations. And because of Carpenter's national reputation many doors that are generally closed to white writers are opened for Matthiessen.
Indian Country covers some dozen or so reservations in the United States. The sad revelation when you read through this book is every one of those reservations is confronted with a serious threat to the land they call home and a way of life they have know since being put on this earth.
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A chronicle of continuing encroachments on Indian country
9. Juni 2000
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Matthiessen is a methodical, although not disinterested, reporter of how the destruction of Native American culture was and continues to be attended by encroachments by and desecrations of their land (what little they've been left) by a society gone mad with greed.
And how could anyone, journalist or not, remain disinterested in the face of such things? More journalists and writers should have Matthiessen's courage and conviction.
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Good treatment of modern land grabs, but with a hidden agenda that's not the one you think it is
2. Dezember 2006
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We are all familiar - - or should be - - with the white man's thefts of Indian land in the past. In this book, Peter Matthiessen demonstrates that such land grabs continue today, in a variety of more subtle forms. He focuses in particular on economic development of sacred sites of various sorts. In some of his chapters he also shows how legal disputes always somehow manage to go against Indian rights.
The stories are depressing, but they can't all be taken at face value. Matthiessen consistently seeks out disgruntled people in each tribe, and treats them as if they alone were the true representatives of the tribe's rights. Sometimes that's true, since the elites and other "progressives" get bought out in various ways. But it isn't *always* true - - and sometimes disgruntled people are just generally annoyed for whatever set of personal reasons. Matthiessen's biases lead him to side with these people uncritically in every case.
This selection of informants means that Matthiessen treats the leadership of the Eastern Cherokee favorably because they fought development, but treats the leadership of the Miccosukee poorly because they didn't. Similarly, Hopi who choose to have running water and electricity get short-shrifted in Matthiessen's worldview compared with those who choose not to have those things. I think it's clear what Matthiessen's ultimate agenda here and, despite what he wants us to think, it isn't necessarily solidarity with the tribes.
As always, he writes very well. Matthiessen has also covered a very nice range of the challenges facing Indian Country, from Florida and North Carolina to the Pacific Northwest. The book represents a good follow-up to Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," but the author's selective choice of informants should give the reader pause.
The stories are depressing, but they can't all be taken at face value. Matthiessen consistently seeks out disgruntled people in each tribe, and treats them as if they alone were the true representatives of the tribe's rights. Sometimes that's true, since the elites and other "progressives" get bought out in various ways. But it isn't *always* true - - and sometimes disgruntled people are just generally annoyed for whatever set of personal reasons. Matthiessen's biases lead him to side with these people uncritically in every case.
This selection of informants means that Matthiessen treats the leadership of the Eastern Cherokee favorably because they fought development, but treats the leadership of the Miccosukee poorly because they didn't. Similarly, Hopi who choose to have running water and electricity get short-shrifted in Matthiessen's worldview compared with those who choose not to have those things. I think it's clear what Matthiessen's ultimate agenda here and, despite what he wants us to think, it isn't necessarily solidarity with the tribes.
As always, he writes very well. Matthiessen has also covered a very nice range of the challenges facing Indian Country, from Florida and North Carolina to the Pacific Northwest. The book represents a good follow-up to Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," but the author's selective choice of informants should give the reader pause.
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