And Indians aren’t the same, trying to figure out how we can tell new stories for the future. It’s a dateless and timely book, polished by wrathfulness but tempered by intelligence and eventually offers a promising, occasionally awkward story, but still essential for all of us Indians. In the process, King revisits old stories about literal events and statistics, looks at cinema and pop culture, laboriously establishes his own complex experience, and expresses a deep and revolutionary understanding of the ever- changing laws and covenants. Rich in darkness and light, pain and magic, this book expands the perceptivity gathered from that contemplation, weaving an interesting indirect history of the relationship betweennon-natives and locals over the centuries since the two first met. The uncomfortable Indian is both a “ story” and a total disaster of a story In short, a critical and particular contemplation that specially Thomas King has conducted over the last 50 times on what it means to be”Indian”in North America.
Inconvenient Indian is also available for educational distribution and community screenings, along with supplementary resource material that has been created to encourage reflection and discussion. The Inconvenient Indian is at once a history and the complete subversion of a history - in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be Indian in North America. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must-read. Inconvenient Indian premiered on APTN on April 8, 2022, and it has been made available on APTN’s online viewing platform. The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King 'Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative.
After 2022 series of meaningful consultations involving all the Indigenous participants whose stories the film presents, as well as the NFB’s Indigenous Advisory Committee, the NFB, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente arrived at an accountable path forward for the film, one that acknowledges the collective contribution of the on-screen Indigenous participants. Please note: This film was temporarily withdrawn from active distribution after the director’s Indigenous identity was called into question in late 2020, when the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, an Algonquin First Nation, denied any connection to her during a CBC investigation. (Hartley Goodweather/Doubleday Canada) You would be hard pressed to find someone more qualified than Thomas King.
In this time of radical change and essential re-examination, Inconvenient Indian brings to life Thomas King’s brilliant dismantling of North America’s colonial narrative, reframing this history with the powerful voices of those continuing the tradition of Indigenous resistance. Thomas King won the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize for The Inconvenient Indian.
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