Joe’s review of My Life on the Plains: Or, Personal Experiences with Indians > Likes and Comments
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great review
Fantastic review Joe, thanks for the recommendation, it's gone on the list!
Great review. Sounds like a more balanced view of the period.
Great review Joe, glad you enjoyed it so much although it is not my genre.
Bobby wrote: "Great review. Sounds like a more balanced view of the period."Thanks Bobby, that is exactly my point.
Stephen wrote: "Great review Joe, glad you enjoyed it so much although it is not my genre."Thanks Stephen.
I'd like to read this, I usually enjoy auto/biographies a lot. Thanks.
Doris wrote: "I'd like to read this, I usually enjoy auto/biographies a lot. Thanks."
You're welcome Doris. It really was fascinating.
Debra wrote: "Great review Joe!"
Thank you, Debra. This is an honor coming from you!
Loved your review Joe. I would like to read this.
Fred wrote: "Loved your review Joe. I would like to read this."
Thanks, Fred. It is worth the time and gives another view of life on the plains.
Thanks for the really great review, Joe. It's important to see the past through the lenses of the people who lived at that time instead of foisting our views on them.
Dan wrote: "Thanks for the really great review, Joe. It's important to see the past through the lenses of the people who lived at that time instead of foisting our views on them."
Thanks, Jim. Your comment hits the nail on the head!
Well stated, Joe! Perspective is key when discussing anything. I am a huge supporter of Native Americans. I was very lucky to attend the opening of the NMAI in DC, and when I was there, I spoke with members of various Native American Nations. Being a blonde, blue-eyed obvious descendant of Western Europe and having gone to school out West, The University of Colorado, where I learned of so many more horrific events perpetuated by WE people on the Native Americans, I carried great guilt, but by speaking with the Native Americans I met, I realized that ‘this guilt’ was not mine. The Native Americans treated me as a person who showed interest in them, their history and their future. Hence, my perspective changed with the end result being - I enjoyed myself and learned in a very positive way. Beautifully intelligent review, Joe. I thank you! Lorri
Thank you for that enlightening and touching comment, Lorri.
Fantastic review! You just made me want to search this book.. I love history, savage and all... glad I didn't have to live through all that... it was a hard life for the whites and Natives
Karina wrote: "Fantastic review! You just made me want to search this book.. I love history, savage and all... glad I didn't have to live through all that... it was a hard life for the whites and Natives"
Thank you, Karina. This book sat on my bookshelf for years before I read it, and it was great. It offers a whole new outlook, not just 'us vs them.'
Squall? First, hunting was work. Sitting at a desk eight hours a day typing in code is not work. Second, yeah they killed women and kids sometimes. SO DID THE US ARMY! Raped, killed. Wiped out almost every indigenous woman and child in America! The overall Native American population saw a catastrophic decline of 96% from 1492 to 1900. Let's see, how did the whites do during that period?
This guy Joe K writes: "Now you can say that the White man did horrible things too, but they weren't raised to think it was ok to just go out and kill someone for their horses." No but it was OK to exterminate an entire people for their land. That's OK, I guess.
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Fantastic review Joe, thanks for the recommendation, it's gone on the list!
Great review. Sounds like a more balanced view of the period.
Great review Joe, glad you enjoyed it so much although it is not my genre.
Bobby wrote: "Great review. Sounds like a more balanced view of the period."Thanks Bobby, that is exactly my point.
Stephen wrote: "Great review Joe, glad you enjoyed it so much although it is not my genre."Thanks Stephen.
I'd like to read this, I usually enjoy auto/biographies a lot. Thanks.
Doris wrote: "I'd like to read this, I usually enjoy auto/biographies a lot. Thanks."You're welcome Doris. It really was fascinating.
Debra wrote: "Great review Joe!"Thank you, Debra. This is an honor coming from you!
Loved your review Joe. I would like to read this.
Fred wrote: "Loved your review Joe. I would like to read this."Thanks, Fred. It is worth the time and gives another view of life on the plains.
Thanks for the really great review, Joe. It's important to see the past through the lenses of the people who lived at that time instead of foisting our views on them.
Dan wrote: "Thanks for the really great review, Joe. It's important to see the past through the lenses of the people who lived at that time instead of foisting our views on them."Thanks, Jim. Your comment hits the nail on the head!
Well stated, Joe! Perspective is key when discussing anything. I am a huge supporter of Native Americans. I was very lucky to attend the opening of the NMAI in DC, and when I was there, I spoke with members of various Native American Nations. Being a blonde, blue-eyed obvious descendant of Western Europe and having gone to school out West, The University of Colorado, where I learned of so many more horrific events perpetuated by WE people on the Native Americans, I carried great guilt, but by speaking with the Native Americans I met, I realized that ‘this guilt’ was not mine. The Native Americans treated me as a person who showed interest in them, their history and their future. Hence, my perspective changed with the end result being - I enjoyed myself and learned in a very positive way. Beautifully intelligent review, Joe. I thank you! Lorri
Thank you for that enlightening and touching comment, Lorri.
Fantastic review! You just made me want to search this book.. I love history, savage and all... glad I didn't have to live through all that... it was a hard life for the whites and Natives
Karina wrote: "Fantastic review! You just made me want to search this book.. I love history, savage and all... glad I didn't have to live through all that... it was a hard life for the whites and Natives"Thank you, Karina. This book sat on my bookshelf for years before I read it, and it was great. It offers a whole new outlook, not just 'us vs them.'
Squall? First, hunting was work. Sitting at a desk eight hours a day typing in code is not work. Second, yeah they killed women and kids sometimes. SO DID THE US ARMY! Raped, killed. Wiped out almost every indigenous woman and child in America! The overall Native American population saw a catastrophic decline of 96% from 1492 to 1900. Let's see, how did the whites do during that period?
This guy Joe K writes: "Now you can say that the White man did horrible things too, but they weren't raised to think it was ok to just go out and kill someone for their horses." No but it was OK to exterminate an entire people for their land. That's OK, I guess.
