What an eye-opening book! Kliph Nesteroff is described as having an encyclopedic knowledge of comedy and he puts it to good use cataloging every Native American comic who has worked in the U.S., whether stand-up or improv or sketch comedy. The book reveals the many hurdles that indigenous entertainers have had to navigate, from dealing with the legacy of genocide and abuse that has been perpetrated against them to coping with the usual challenges of comedy: unresponsive audiences, envy and jealousy among fellow comedians, even balancing family and work responsibilities with their passion for making people laugh. This book introduced me to so many funny people, but more importantly these comics are finding one another and their communities and that’s obviously a life-affirming thing.