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Tommy Orange

@tommyorange4

member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma
Writer of There There

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Indeed, they struggle from the beginning, each tribute fights not to be considered different but equal to all. Read this book 📕if you haven’t already done so and let’s fight together!!🤝

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I was often asked why I had written this book, today I can answer it. When I wrote this book, I wanted to be the voice of the American Indian, to show their daily struggles for their rights, their lands⛺️, their traditions.

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Many people suffer and have suffered from past trauma. Thanks to this book, I wanted to pay tribute to these men and women killed🔫, alcoholics, drug addicts💉, all my companions weakened and in distress. This aspect of this book is a pillar of the writing of my novel.

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Historical facts that I recount in my book, such as the Sand Creek massacre of November 29, 1864. The aim of my book is to tell the truth to everyone and thus break the endless silence.🤫

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One thing seems likely to unite the characters: past pains. The pain caused by the colonists who massacred entire tribes in the 15th century, who killed their ancestors, who caused internal pain still visible ...

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Writing a book isn’t as easy as it sounds... However, the life of the Native Americans is even less so and through my book I decided to show their daily life. This is the reason why I chose a large panel of characters with different backgrounds and similar goals and so far, also.

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As a concrete example, the movie Bury my heart is the symbol of this process of forcing Native Americans to adapt to white US customs and lifestyle when the young lawyer has his hair cut as a symbol of surrender. 💇‍♂️

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This book of memory allows a culture, a civilization that could be wiped out because of assimilation to keep its traditions and ancestral customs.

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As an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma, I decided to become an author ✍️in the service of a forgotten people who have been persecuted for so long.

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Today is October 11. A nice opportunity to remember why I wrote my book: There There. And to remember a nation that seems forgotten in the eyes of all...👀 So here are some tweets that will bring back your memories.