It Stops Here: Standing Up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People

It Stops Here: Standing Up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our PeopleA personal account of one man's confrontation with colonization that illuminates the philosophy and values of a First Nation on the front lines of the fight against an extractive industry, colonial government, and threats to the life giving Salish Sea. It Stops Here is the profound story of the spiritual, cultural, and political resurgence of a nation taking action to reclaim their lands, waters, law, and food systems in the face of colonization. In

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The past several decades have seen a massive shift in debates over who owns and has the right to tell Native American history and stories

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You'll encounter the rascally and irascible Coyote

named one of the most influential religious thinkers in the world by "Time

and of the heartbreaking loss of Eddie Aikau in a courageous effort to save his crewmates when Hōkūle'a capsized in a raging storm

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For centuries indigenous peoples in North America have struggled to preserve their religious practices and cultural knowledge by educating younger generations but have been thwarted by the deeply corrosive effects of missionary schools

“A portrait of an ‘iconic’ marriage on its way to dissolution…Erdrich’s unbridled urgency yields startlingly original phrasing as well as flashes of blinding lucidity

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It is humans who forget