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The Shaman’s Coat has followed me through advanced proof, hardback, and now paperback edition. Each time I read it I am convinced of its importance, especially as U.S. forces occupy Iraq. In some ways we regain our national identity by the use of imperial, military force. As we try to align Iraq's political destiny with our own, we should be full of questions about the nature of conquest and of the conquered. We can all recite examples of colonial and post-colonial oppression, but Anna Reid gives us something more complete.

The history of indigenous peoples is often lost in the books written by those who gobbled up their lands. Indigenous people seem to exist only in conflict with the land grabbers. These people are moved. These people are lost. These people merge and become indistinguishable from their conquerors. Some remain an inexplicable tie to the past unwritten by conquerors: an alternate history.

In The Shaman’s Coat, Anna Reid turns our attention to the native......

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