When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban, Mixed-Blood Story

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Summary: wonderful
Review: An astonishingly brave and courageous memoir that left me in an amazement of admiration. Patricia Hilden is certainly the most brilliant Native American theorist in the world today. As a white woman, I am simply in awe that such incredibly insightful work is being accomplished in spite of eurocentric campuses and conservative white males. This is a truly great book.

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Summary: A rich, beautifully written book
Review: Hilden's memoir of growing up mixedblood in LA is a fascinating study of personal experience, images of Indian people in dominant white culture (the stuff on actor Jay Silverheels [Tonto] is especially compelling),AIM, and Native studies (and Native people) in the academy. Hilden's narrative is engaging, even riveting at times. This book is sad and funny. It reads like a good novel.