Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth

Most people know of the Apache Wars only through Hollywood westerns, or books from the white perspective. They ignore the evil perpetrated on the Apache by white men. Indeh tells the story from the Apache point of view, from the massacre of Geronimo's entire family to his surrender. This is not a story of good against evil, but of a conflict brought on by horrific racism, greed, loss, revenge, and a desperate struggle to survive.

There's always a danger that a book like this could be seen as appropriating a story that is someone else's to tell. In an afterword, the author, Ethan Hawke, acknowledges this, but says, "my heart felt compelled to tell it." Ruth's art is beautiful and realistic, and the monochromatic pallet suits the sombre subject. They have done an admirable job, and the book is endorsed in a forward by Douglas Miles, Sr., an Apache.