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Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future | Patty Krawec
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We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all home. Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the old ways of kinship can help us imagine a different future. Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better relatives to the land, to one another, and to Indigenous movements for solidarity? Braiding together historical, scientific, and cultural analysis, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the vivid threads of communal memory, Krawec crafts a stunning, forceful call to unforget our history. This remarkable sojourn through Native and settler history, myth, identity, and spirituality helps us retrace our steps and pick up what was lost along the way: chances to honor rather than violate treaties, to see the land as a relative rather than a resource, and to unravel the history we have been taught.
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This book would be an excellent starting point for those wanting to learn more about Indigenous/settler relations and history in the Americas. It is thought provoking and written in a conversational manner making it enjoyable to read. The author includes actionable items at the end of each chapter and provides recommendations for further reading. Highly recommend!