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paradisecreated's review against another edition
4.5
A deeply empathetic and thorough telling of Dene experience *from colonisation* onwards. I appreciated how much it was just the words of the people, even and especially when their perspectives differed widely, and how there was still so much space given to sharing what life had been like for them pre colonial intrusion.
Sacco’s line about a (white) people who take from the land without prayer or ceremony, and pay it back with arsenic, in contrast to Eugene Boulanger sharing his experience with the caribou and feeling in the thread of his ancestors, is going to sit with me for a long, long time.
Sacco’s line about a (white) people who take from the land without prayer or ceremony, and pay it back with arsenic, in contrast to Eugene Boulanger sharing his experience with the caribou and feeling in the thread of his ancestors, is going to sit with me for a long, long time.
giduso's review against another edition
5.0
Ad un certo punto, uno dei personaggi intervistati dice all'autore: "Questa storia non é roba da fumetti. É una cosa seria". Quasi per smentirlo, Joe Sacco crea con questo volume un reportage profondo e ricco, raccontando i tanti aspetti di un popolo e di un territorio che ha subito e subisce ancora tanto. Il disegno é come al solito preciso e dettagliato, mentre le pagine ci parlano di vicende personali, storie di colonialismo, vicende di abusi e molto altro. Un vero esempio di giornalismo a fumetti.
rainehana's review against another edition
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4.75
AH I LOVE JOE SACCO!! The art style is amazing and the storytelling. This book discusses the two main problems for Native Americans in Northern Canado (Dene/Trout lake people)- resource mining and residential schools. I didn't know anything about it so it was really cool. The perspectives from the leaders and Dene are personal and in-depth. Please read this book!!!!
martinvaino's review against another edition
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5.0
beeeaux's review against another edition
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5.0
Should be required reading for the entire world.
cmorrisclark's review against another edition
5.0
Another outstanding work by journalist Joe Sacco. Paying the Land is nuanced, gorgeously illustrated (I appreciated Sacco's more mature and less garish style in this book as compared to Palestine), and thoughtful in its approach to the challenges facing the Dene people of the Northwest Territories in Canada. I appreciated how Sacco pursued a wide variety of voices. He told the stories of the Dene people with dignity and amplified the voices of the men and women working to honor and maintain their cultural identity.
I highly recommend this outstanding piece of comic journalism.
I highly recommend this outstanding piece of comic journalism.
virginiedolleans's review against another edition
4.0
L’histoire des Dene qui vivent dans le Nord Ouest canadien.
Les dessins sont magnifiques !
Les dessins sont magnifiques !
dr_oligo's review against another edition
5.0
I can't recommend this book highly enough. It has given a great deal more depth to the subject than I expected.
heatherbond's review against another edition
5.0
"The government pulled people out of the bush to put their children in schools, and they graduated from their independence on the land into a money-based economy with no jobs."
This is the first of Joe Sacco's works that I've read and I am very impressed by his story telling, journalism and artistry. I learned so much about the past and present of the Dene people in the Northwest Territories through the rich stories spoken by the people themselves.
This is the first of Joe Sacco's works that I've read and I am very impressed by his story telling, journalism and artistry. I learned so much about the past and present of the Dene people in the Northwest Territories through the rich stories spoken by the people themselves.