Why did Treuer feel the need to write a sequel to Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee? What themes in Brown’s book did he feel needed updating?

The Wounded Knee massacre in 1890 came to shape subsequent thinking about Indians. The image of a defeated, destitute, and dying people instantiated itself in the American consciousness and had an impact on how Native Americans saw themselves. Treuer reframes the Native American story as one of resilience, adaptation, and survival.

What is the significance of indigeneity to Native Americans?

Central to every Native American origin story is the idea that the people have been on the land since time immemorial. Out of this self-understanding emerges the social, religious, and civic structures of the tribes.

How do the people Treuer interviews bring Indian heritage into the present to help them successfully confront adversity?

Treuer’s methodology is...