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A review by tx2its
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
4.0
Reading 2023
Book 196: Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
A nonfiction graphic novel selection.
Synopsis: In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child”; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture.
Review: I have read books previously about the residential school indigenous families were forced to send their children to, and the horrible treatment many received. This book made history more accessible with the art that brought the author’s journey through these lands to life. My rating 4⭐️.
Book 196: Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
A nonfiction graphic novel selection.
Synopsis: In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child”; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture.
Review: I have read books previously about the residential school indigenous families were forced to send their children to, and the horrible treatment many received. This book made history more accessible with the art that brought the author’s journey through these lands to life. My rating 4⭐️.