“Let me start with my own ignorance.” So begins Alison Owings’ captivating book about contemporary Native American life. Like many Americans, the Mill Valley author admits she knew little about her subject before she started this project. Through several years, she traveled throughout the United States to conduct interviews with members of the Objibwe, Lakota, Hopi, Navajo and 11 other tribal nations. The interviews cover a wide range of topics; told in oral history style and punctuated by Owings’ reactions and insights, the results are occasionally startling, often humorous and always thought-provoking.”