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This is a book that every American should read. It‘s so heartbreaking & infuriating. When one reflects on what was done to the Indigenous people at the start of this country (Ken Burns‘ American Revolution does an amazing job at highlighting so much of early American & Native Americans). It‘s just frustrating to learn how American law & politics still hurt Native communities. How businesses still influence the law & their greed supersedes

Happy Indigenous People‘s Day. The map of WV lands courtesy of an interactive map on savetheboundarywaters.com . Braiding Sweetgrass is a non fiction book I love and thanks to #lpmbc I read Love After The End- a book I absolutely loved and recommend. The third book was read by a local book club and recommended so i bought it this weekend. Please consider sharing your favorite books by Indiginous authors #Indiginouspeoplesday

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#RiseUpReads November 2025

Theme: Indigenous Non-fiction

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While this imparts a powerful history of the forced removal, disenfranchisement, and legal gymnastics against American Indians throughout history, it confusingly starts with a very detailed account of a murder of which the details have zero relevance to the rest of the book. It was confusing and set up a false expectation for the rest of the book. It should be read by every American citizen, but just don't get invested in the Jacobs murder...

Completed ✅

An eye-opening and horrifying, but absolutely necessary, read. This provides a good overview of the history of indigenous people in the United States from their perspective. It also connects a lot of dots as to how United States military policy is still influenced by the genocide inflicted on Native peoples.

#realhistory #honesthistory #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #readingispolitical

May reading (I have about 60 pages left of Flamingo so I am counting it for May)

It was a lot of good not amazing books.

4.5 ⭐
By The Fire We Carry

4 ⭐
A House For Miss Pauline
Hula
Conversations w/Friends
Flamingo

3.75 ⭐
A Master of Djinn
Deep Water
I Think They Love You
Some Desperate Glory

3.5 ⭐
A Leopard-Skin Hat
Colored Television
The Dark Maestro
The Phantom of the Opera
The Chromatic Fantasy

3 ⭐
Crazy Rich Asians
By the Book

#BookReport

Continued with my yearlong reads

Continued the buddy reads: Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Lamentation #ShardlakeBR

I finished By the Fire We Carry, Autocracy Inc. and The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond

I continued Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit

I‘ve started Sister in Law, A Leopard-Skin Hat and on audio Weyward

"The McGirt decision resulted in the largest restoration of tribal land in US history."

Nagle does an amazing job telling you many different stories of Native people, while also explaining how the US government committed genocide on them, mixing history and current court cases to paint a detailed and complex picture of the Muscogee land. The writing is exceptional, very easy to read and understand.
"As long as the grass grows or the water runs"

"Chief Justice Roberts repeated the lies told about the Five Tribes to justify allotment."

As someone who followed not only this case closely but also follows the SCOTUS closely each year I hope that people get that CJ Roberts is an asshole out of this book (while also understanding that Gorsuch was right here but always wrong everywhere else - also a jackass but does good in this area)