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Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity
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From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, an exploration of Indigenous identity that builds on the author's experiences and questions as an Aquinnah Wampanoag from Martha's Vineyard.Growing up Aquinnah Wampanoag, Joseph Lee grappled with what it means to be an Indigenous person in the world today, especially as tribal land, culture, and community face new threats. Starting with the story of his own tribe, which is from the iconic Martha's Vineyard, Lee tackles key questions around Indigenous identity and the stubborn legacy of colonialism. Lee weaves his own story—and that of his family—with conversations with Indigenous leaders, artists, and scholars from around the world about everything from culture and language to climate change and the politics of belonging. As he unpacks the meaning of Indigenous identity, Lee grants us a new understanding of our nation and what a better community might look like.
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"Though Lee turns to international Indigenous governance for examples...his story remains most evocative in its domestic context ..."
"Aside from the opening pages, Lee's writing resists the tendency toward mythmaking that's common to destinations laden with outsize reputations ..."
"With heartfelt emotion, Lee relays feeling stuck between identities as a child of multiracial descent ..."
"A searching and timely exploration of indigeneity and its many interpretations."
"A potent exploration of what it means to be Indigenous ..."
"Once Lee zooms out from his personal experiences, he finds surer footing ..."
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