Reddit reviews Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

Some suggestions:

Oral History/Stories

• The Sons of the Wind: The Sacred Stories of the Lakota - Dooling
  
  
• American Indian Myths and Legends - Erdoes, Ortiz
  
  
• American Indian Trickster Tales - Erdoes, Ortiz
  
  Historical/Educational material
  
  
• Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Contitions of North American Indian; Vol. I & II - Catlin
  
  
• Major Problems in American Indian History - Hertado, Iverson
  
  
• We are Still Here: American Indians in the Twentieth Century - Iverson
  
  
• American Indian Politics and the American Political System - Wilkins, Stark
  
  Native Authors
  
  
• Custer Died For Your Sins - Vine Deloria Jr.
  
  
• Standing in the Light - Young Bear, Theisz
  
  
• The Way to Rainy Mountain - Momaday
  
  
• Prayers of Smoke
  
  
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West - Brown
  
  Non-Native Authors
  
  
• Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder - Nerburn
  
  
• The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows - Nerburn
  
  
  Region Specific
  
  
• Lakota Society - Walker
  
  
• The Lakota and The Black Hills - Ostler
  
  
• Black Elk Speaks - Neihardt
  
  And just for fun, a Movie
  
  
• Dreamkeeper - Steve Barron
  
  Feel free to point out any mistakes, I'll add more should I think of them.
  
  These are just suggestions.

I have been reading this book for a while now: http://www.amazon.com/Neither-Wolf-nor-Dog-Forgotten/dp/1577312333

It is almost as I do not want to finish it. Have you read it or heard of it? It is a very good book. I read about a chapter or so every once in a while. Every time I get goose bumps and realize something new. I very much relate myself to the Indian way of life I guess. That is all really. I want to say I have a lot of admiration and respect for the beautiful philosophy on life that seems so right and natural....'we belong to the earth; the earth does not belong to us'. That is all really. Good luck on your endeavors!

Because your "points" are ridiculous.

Their central argument is that they DO have more claim to that land than the people trying to run an oil pipeline through it. Why? Because they were there first. So you're "point" about legality is absurd.

They also protest because they drink the water that will get poisoned by the pipeline. They have a real stake in not having polluted water, far more than the people who will profit from it.

Finally, they protest at the site of the pipeline to prevent it from getting built. They know, as does anyone with common sense, that protesting at an office hundreds of miles away will have no impact. You seem to not understand how effective protests work.

For you to bring up the shield of legality, you must have missed the last couple hundred years of history between American Indians and our government, where something was declare legal, then they agreed to it under duress, then white people changed the goalposts on what was "legal". It's like you are missing the entire context of land ownership and legality that make up the protest, then calling them hypocritical because they use cell phones. As if someone using a piece of modern technology means they forfeit every right to protest any technological injustice.

So yeah, I made fun of you bringing up hypocrisy, because you clearly don't have a fucking clue. If you're so brilliant, and you really want to learn, try reading this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Neither-Wolf-nor-Dog-Forgotten/dp/1577312333

It's good.