{"product_id":"how-we-go-home-voices-from-indigenous-north-america-9781642592719","title":"How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn myriad ways, each narrator’s life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience—and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take all that is Indigenous.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Hear from \u003cstrong\u003eJasilyn Charger\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the first five people to set up camp at Standing Rock, which kickstarted a movement of Water Protectors that roused the world; \u003cstrong\u003eGladys Radek\u003c\/strong\u003e, a survivor of sexual violence whose niece disappeared along Canada’s Highway of Tears, who became a family advocate for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; and \u003cstrong\u003eMarian Naranjo\u003c\/strong\u003e, herself the subject of a secret radiation test while in high school, who went on to drive Santa Clara Pueblo toward compiling an environmental impact statement on the consequences of living next to Los Alamos National Laboratory. Theirs are stories shaped by loss, injustice, resilience, and the struggle to share space with settler nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This edited collection offers deep, experiential dives into law, policy, and life for contemporary Indigenous peoples in what is now the United States and Canada. These conversations and life histories, taken together, tell us a critical story of the effort it takes to live and transform structures that Indigenous peoples inherit and push against in bids for dignity, sovereignty, care, and justice in the twenty-first century.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Audra Simpson (Kahnawà:ke Mohawk), professor of anthropology, Columbia University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This extraordinary book powerfully conveys both the cruel, ongoing dispossession of the Indigenous peoples of North America and their astounding spiritual wealth and resilience. \u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home\u003c\/em\u003e introduces this complex history organically, through riveting and varied first-person stories skillfully woven into a larger tale. All those who seek to create a more just and sustainable way of living should be grateful for the essential wisdom shared in these oral histories.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Amy Starecheski, director of the Columbia University Oral History MA Program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sara Sinclair’s editorial vision in \u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America\u003c\/em\u003e is both radically inclusive and extraordinarily caring. There are so many deep histories here that we need to talk about, that we haven’t been talking enough about. \u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home\u003c\/em\u003e requires us to genuinely hear and listen to the stories and the histories that have shaped Indigenous lives across North America. All of these stories resonated with me in an intimate and personal way—it’s at times both comforting and alarming to read about so many diverging life experiences that so often strike parallels with my own. \u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America\u003c\/em\u003e is an astounding achievement and a deeply necessary book that creates space for a multiplicity of Indigenous lived experiences.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Jordan Abel, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNishga\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to modern-day Indigenous revitalization, often in the face of the direst of circumstances. Told as firsthand accounts on the frontlines of resistance and resurgence, these life stories inspire and remind that Indigenous life is all about building a community through the gifts we offer and the stories we tell.” \u003cstrong\u003e— Niigaan Sinclair, associate professor, Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba and columnist, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The voices of \u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home\u003c\/em\u003e are singing a chorus of love and belonging alongside the heat of resistance, and the sound of Indigenous life joyfully dances off these pages.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs We Have Always Done\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book will inspire you, it’ll piss you off; it’ll take you on a journey of ugly things and beautiful things and back again. It’s a hell of a read. Keep this one on your shelf and never let it go. Damn right.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Simon Moya-Smith (Oglala Lakota and Chicano), writer, NBC News THINK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHow We Go Home\u003c\/em\u003e confirms that we all have stories. These stories teach us history, morality, identity, connection, empathy, understanding, and self-awareness. We hear the stories of our ancestors and they tell us who we are. We hear the stories of our heroes and they tell us what we can be.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this continent, oral history began with the creation and retelling of the rich, multilayered, and historical origin stories of Indigenous people whose lives were intricately bound to the land. The destruction and stealing of that land, and the systematic and highly personalized violence targeted against so many Indigenous communities, threatened the very act of storytelling itself. This book took my breath away, and then restored it. It refuses silence. It restores the word—and the field of oral history in unleashing the story of our origins.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Columbia Center for Oral History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cp\u003eEDITOR’S NOTE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION, by Sara Sinclair\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXECUTIVE EDITOR’S NOTE, by Mimi Lok\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAP\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGladys Radek\u003c\/strong\u003e, Terrace, Gitxsan \/ Wet’suwet’en First Nations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“When Tamara went missing, it took the breath out of me.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJasilyn Charger\u003c\/strong\u003e, Cheyenne River Sioux\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“My son’s buried by the river. . . . I vowed to him that he’s going to be safe, that no oil was going to touch him.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWizipan Little Elk\u003c\/strong\u003e, Rosebud Lakota\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“On the reservation, you have the beauty of the culture and our traditional knowledge contrasted with the reality of poverty.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeraldine Manson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Snuneymuxw First Nation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The nurse was trying to get me to sign a paper to put our baby, Derrick, up for adoption.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Ornelas\u003c\/strong\u003e, New York City, Lipan Apache \/ Ysleta del Sur Pueblo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A part of the soul sickness for me was being ashamed. . . . What we were being taught about Indians was so minimal and so negative.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshley Hemmers\u003c\/strong\u003e, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I didn’t work my ass off to get to Yale to be called a squaw.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErvin Chartrand\u003c\/strong\u003e, Selkirk, Métis\/Salteaux\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“They said I fit the description because I looked like six other kids with leather vests and long hair who looked Indian.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Favel\u003c\/strong\u003e, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“You’re a stakeholder because you’ve got to walk these streets every day.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarian Naranjo\u003c\/strong\u003e, Santa Clara Pueblo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Indigenous peoples’ reason for being is to be the caretakers of the air, the water, the land, and each other.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlaine Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Tsartlip First Nation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“When I was twenty-five, thirty, there was more salmon and I was fishing every other day. Now I’m lucky to go once a week.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlthea Guiboche\u003c\/strong\u003e, Winnipeg, Métis\/Ojibwe\/Salteaux\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I had three babies under three years old and I was homeless.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVera Styres\u003c\/strong\u003e, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk\/Tuscarora\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I was a ‘scabby, dirty little Indian.’”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGLOSSARY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHISTORICAL TIMELINE OF INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eESSAYS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Trail of Broken Promises: US and Canadian Treaties with First Nations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Indigenous Perspectives on Historical Trauma”: An Interview with Johnna James\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndigenous Resurgence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eTEN THINGS YOU CAN DO\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFURTHER READING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359875137879,"sku":"9781642592719","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642592719.jpg?v=1754125977","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-we-go-home-voices-from-indigenous-north-america-9781642592719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}