Review of Barbara Perry’s New Book on Hate Crimes against American Indians

From the Law and Politics Book Review (H/T Patrick O’Donnell):

Vol. 18 No. 12 (December, 2008) pp.1087-1090

SILENT VICTIMS: HATE CRIMES AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS, by Barbara Perry. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2008.  176pp.  Paper $29.95.  ISBN: 9780816525966.

Reviewed by Renee Ann Cramer, Program in Law, Politics, and Society, Drake University.  Email: renee.cramer [at] drake.edu.

Disrespect of American Indians was a normal part of my growing up in rural South Dakota.  Here is an incident I remember from the 1980s:

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