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All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life

by Winona LaDuke
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Overview

This eagerly awaited non-fiction debut by acclaimed Native environmental activist Winona LaDuke is a thoughtful and in-depth account of Native resistance to environmental and cultural degradation.

LaDuke's unique understanding of Native ideas and people is born from long years of experience, and her analysis is deepened with inspiring testimonies by local Native activists sharing the struggle for survival.

On each page of this volume, LaDuke speaks forcefully for self-determination and community. Hers is a beautiful and daring vision of political, spiritual, and ecological transformation.

All Our Relations features chapters on the Seminoles, the Anishinaabeg, the Innu, the Northern Cheyenne, and the Mohawks, among others.

"One of the pleasures of reading All Our Relations is discovering the unique voices of Native people, especially Native women, speaking in their own Native truths."-Women's Review of Books

"...as Winona LaDuke describes, in moving and often beautiful prose, [these] misdeeds are not distant history but are ongoing degradation of the cherished lands of Native Americans."-Public Citizen News

"...a rare perspective on Native history and culture."-Sister to Sister/S2S

"Hers is a beautiful and daring vision of political, spiritual, and ecological transformation. All Our Relations is essential reading for everyone who cares about the fate of the Earth and indigenous peoples."-Winds of Change

"No ragtag remnants of lost cultures here. Strong voices of old, old cultures bravely trying to make sense of an Earth in chaos."-Whole Earth

Synopsis

A beautiful and daring vision of spiritual and environmental transformation from our country's leading Native environmental leader.

Colorlines - Ralph Nader

A thoughtful and in-depth account of Native resistance to environmental and cultural degradation. Acclaimed Native activist LaDuke chronicles the efforts of movements to overcome racism and poverty and to establish communities on indigenous people's terms. A brilliant, gripping narrative.

About the Author, Winona LaDuke

LaDuke is a well-know Native American organizer, environmentalist, and author. She teaches Native Environmentalism at the University of Minnesota.

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Ralph Nader

A thoughtful and in-depth account of Native resistance to environmental and cultural degradation. Acclaimed Native activist LaDuke chronicles the efforts of movements to overcome racism and poverty and to establish communities on indigenous people's terms. A brilliant, gripping narrative.
β€” Colorlines

Book Details

Published
October 1, 2008
Publisher
South End Press
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780896085992

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