Memoir
Bad Indians Book Club
2025·207 pages
A powerful exploration of Indigenous narratives, challenging settler colonialism through history, science, and fiction.
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"A fascinating advanced seminar about how to think, read, think about reading, and think about Indigenous lives." --Booklist, starred review In this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the borderlands of history, science, memoir, and fiction to ask: What worlds do books written by marginalized people describe and invite us to inhabit? When a friend asked what books could help them understand Indigenous lives, Patty Krawec, author of Becom...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Colonial violence discussed; horror lit and Deer Woman folklore themes
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Indigenous spiritual figures and cultural worldviews recur throughout
Magic & witchcraft
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Interlaced Deer Woman folklore stories with mythical elements
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central challenge to settler colonialism, racism, and dominant narratives
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Colonial harm, racism, control of women's bodies; systemic suffering themes
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