WHAT NOVELS CAN TEACH US
by TOMMY ORANGE
Nov 05, 2018
2 minutes
DURING MY BOOK TOUR THIS SUMMER, I WAS asked more questions about my life and Native people than I’d ever thought possible. Most were thoughtful, but occasionally I got questions so ignorant, they were offensive. A white woman asked me whether if she thinks she was a Native American in a past life, is it O.K. to practice our ceremonies? I told the woman no,
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