The Inconvenient Indian
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| Author | Thomas King |
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| Publisher | Doubleday Canada |
Publication date | November 13, 2012 |
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| ISBN | 978-0-385-66421-9 |
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America is a book by American-Canadian author Thomas King, first published in 2012 by Doubleday Canada. It presents a history of Indigenous peoples in North America. The book has been adapted into a documentary film titled Inconvenient Indian directed by Michelle Latimer, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2020.
Although King claimed to be of partial Cherokee descent when The Inconvenient Indian was published, King accepted findings by genealogists that he has no Indigenous ancestry in 2025.[1][2]
King's work is an account of the history of indigenous rights and treaties in North America. He notes the portrayal of indigenous peoples in popular media as having contributed greatly to public knowledge of North American Indians. The book ends on the following note: "If the last five hundred years are any indication, what the Native people of North America do with the future should be very curious indeed."
Publication history
- King, Thomas (November 13, 2012). The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America. Toronto: Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66421-9. OCLC 791164629.
- King, Thomas (February 17, 2014). L'Indien malcommode : un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord. Translated by Daniel Poliquin. Boréal. ISBN 978-2-764-62259-9.
- King, Thomas (October 17, 2017). The Inconvenient Indian Illustrated: A Curious Account of Native People in North America. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-69017-1.