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rat_girly's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation and Racism
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, War, and Racial slurs
Minor: Alcoholism
spinesinaline's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Justice breaks the big question, why Indigenous literatures matter, into four guiding questions that can help us get at an answer: how do we learn to be human; how do we behave as good relatives; how do we become good ancestors; and how do we learn to live together.
In talking about his identity as a member of the Cherokee Nation and his family’s history on the Trail of Tears, Justice talks about the few records that are available that record his ancestors — sometimes just their name, sometimes the X they signed on a government document. It’s a very stark example of the exclusion that exists in archives and how this family history can be so difficult to uncover.
This is very like an academic text but for those who aren’t drawn to academia, I’d still highly recommend it! And it’s worth taking your time, I read this over about four months so that I could have the energy to engage with Justice’s questions and prompts. Along with an endless list of Indigenous-authored works to seek out, you’ll leave with a better understanding of ways to engage with Indigenous literature and worldviews.
In talking about his identity as a member of the Cherokee Nation and his family’s history on the Trail of Tears, Justice talks about the few records that are available that record his ancestors — sometimes just their name, sometimes the X they signed on a government document. It’s a very stark example of the exclusion that exists in archives and how this family history can be so difficult to uncover.
This is very like an academic text but for those who aren’t drawn to academia, I’d still highly recommend it! And it’s worth taking your time, I read this over about four months so that I could have the energy to engage with Justice’s questions and prompts. Along with an endless list of Indigenous-authored works to seek out, you’ll leave with a better understanding of ways to engage with Indigenous literature and worldviews.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation and Racism
battybookworm's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I really loved this book. As a textbook, this was a really fun and informative read. The author's voice comes through really well and his choice of texts for discussion were rich, vibrant, and all new to me so I leave it feeling like I have a whole new reading list to go through!
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Racism, and Toxic relationship
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