emily gielshire's Reviews > The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

Unforgettable and invaluable account of the way those pushed to the margins can be pitted against each other to maintain systems of power and oppression. Clarren does such a good job of centering the humanity of the Lakota people, robbed of their land and culture, and the Jewish immigrants who were “given” the land (and the very livelihoods stolen from the Lakota) who fled to the U.S. for a better life. Honestly this should be required reading. I will be thinking about this book for years to come.