(Review of an ARC received via Netgalley)

I really enjoyed this one. It's incredibly well curated, with an interesting mixture of modern and historical people, and the contributions made by each person range from drag artists, basket weavers, activists, translators, curators, seed keepers, and myriad more. All of the bios are informative enough to give a good idea of the person's contributions, but not so thorough that you can't do your own reading afterwards. I've bought the work of quite a few of the people mentioned in it and look forward to learning more about them. The artwork style is bold and complements the profiles of each person really effectively, giving a nice insight into their character and background. All of the additional information about Native culture and history was also very enlightening; I've read up on Native history and experiences a fair amount in the past, but there were a huge amount of new things to learn here. I could honestly have read another 150 pages of it quite happily, and my only real critique of it would be that it's so short, at under 150 pages, with an extra list of 'Native people you should also know' tacked onto the back, with just a one sentence bio given to each. I would have liked full profiles on all of those people, too.

This is the sort of book that I think pretty much any age would benefit immensely from reading as it's definitely accessible enough to span a wide age group, and I really hope that it gets a good reach when it's published. I can see this being an enormously useful resource and reference.