It contains sentences of such poetry and power that you will be compelled to set the book down and walk away to recover from the tremors

What Mailhot has accomplished in this exquisite book is brilliance both raw and refined

Sharing the traditional stories she learned at Keewaydinoquay’s side as well as stories from other American Indian traditions and her own experiences

the Standing Rock protest put a national spotlight on Indigenous activists

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance young adult It contains sentences of suchAcross North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands extraction and the pipeline construction at Standing Rock, and demanded justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women. In As We Have Always Done, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson locates Indigenous political resurgence as a practice rooted in uniquely