The Inconvenient Indian Analysis

If Louis Riel who supported the Metis was alive today, which book would he choose as the best one to help improve the global quality of life? There are many great books that he can choose to remind us of the social issues the world face everyday. These books cause readers to challenge these issues to improve the global quality of life. One of these many books that would standout for Louis Riel is The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King. In the book, King reflects on the mistreatment of Native Americans by using irony and criticisms. The book brings up the issues Native minorities in North America have faced throughout the past centuries. Riel would support these criticisms to advice the world to prevent future mistreatment of Native minorities

By knowing the unacceptable history, people would be more likely to amend the present day relationships with Natives. He would argue that The Inconvenient Indian perfectly depict many forgotten and untold truth about Native American history. For example, he would want people to remember the 1860 Wounded Knee incident noted in The Inconvenient Indian as 20 soldiers received medal of honour for the massacre of 200 to 300 Native civilians. Riel would what people to reflect on these atrocities to sympathize with natives and improve their present day standings in North America. There are many more examples King gives as he lists on about the Mercury poisonings at Grassy Narrows, residential schools, removal termination, the slaughter of the buffalo, and much more. The Inconvenient Indian gives people a better understanding of the much unaccepted North American

Although Louis Riel started an arm rising against the Canadian Government, if he was given the chance he would have wanted peace after countless years of dispute between non-Native and Native Americans. He would want people to know the good news King gives about the victories of Natives achieved from peaceful protest. For instance, King mentions about the Lyell and Meares Island protest discusses about joined by environmentalist that prevented the destruction of their forests. It is evident that through peaceful protests more can be achieved through using force in the past. Furthermore, Riel would want to see more future treaties beneficial to Native minorities enacted in the future. In The Inconvenient Indian, King takes up the Alaska Native Claims Settlement and the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement. In the Alaska Native Claims, in which Native in Alaska received 44 million acres of land and some 963 million in cash (254). While, the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement in which the Inuit received 350,000 square km of land and a billion-dollar payment over 14 years (260.) These land settlement treaties are a step forward for the relationships between non-Natives and Natives