A review by sizrobe
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco

5.0

Joe Sacco never disappoints. This graphic ethnography of the Dene people of the Northwestern Territories, Canada is phenomenal. The heartbreaking story of the people can in large part be traced back to residential schools where the white people in the federal government deliberately took their children from their native parents to "civilize" them, forcing them to speak english and keeping them from learning how to live off of the land. The art is fantastic, and the struggles of the Dene are moving.