en-US Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:47:17 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Friend1419611979 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:47:17 -0700 Review6951303149 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:11:06 -0700 /review/show/6951303149 Amanda gave 1 star to If I Dig You (Paperback) by Colby Wilkens
It has recently come out that this author might not have true connections to the Cherokee and Choctaw ancestry she claims. As a Cherokee reader and reviewer, Ive had this book on my radar for awhile. The entire concept of Cherokee Gold is already a little suspicious, but Im willing to sit for a Cherokee person owning this.

I wish I had good news to report but this book has alarming representation. I would NOT recommend it. It is in dire need of a sensitivity read at the very least, to be completely re-written without the Native plotlines at best.

The problem with Native voices is that there are so few of us, no one knows when the representation is starkly wrong. There are lots of examples in this book I could point to, but Im not here to write an essay. I will linger on one.

This books quotes the, "there are two wolves inside of you, which do you feed?" As if it is an authentic story and not absolute fakelore. A simple Google search will reveal that this not something Cherokee people say it is made up hogwash.

Honestly, talking about it makes my blood boil. This person is appropriating a Cherokee identity and massively profiting off of it. There are people actually praising this rep. That is so painful for a Cherokee person to see.

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