pickBook #16 of 2025: “Spider Woman‘s Granddaughters”, edited by Paula Gunn Allen
I loved this book. Even the preface—especially the preface. I picked it up at a record store, of all places. A beautifully put together collection of stories by and about Indigenous women across North America. Do recommend.
pickI really liked this book. The author has died but his words are ever significant. The book isn‘t just First Nations spirituality and teachings. It goes deep into examining the harmful systems we live in today that are destroying us and our planet. Recommend.
Banned book: This is a favorite in our house. A few years ago I started buying more diverse stories & this one was love. My daughter wanted to know if I knew how to make fry bread. I never understand the whole, we have to ban this because it makes kids feel bad. It doesn‘t make kids feel bad, it makes them curious. They want to know if it‘s a tradition we share. The only people it makes feel bad is people that become defensive over the past.
pickI will not doubt the spiritualism of the Indigenous Peoples. I devoured this book this weekend. A little girl is sent to an insane asylum because she communicates with animals. The inhumanity. I just can't explain how devastated I feel.
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pickWe Survived the End of the World, by Steven Charleston (2023)
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Premise: An elder looks at Indigenous prophetic movements from the colonizing era for guidance about how to survive and thrive in our own apocalyptic times.
Review: This book has a tremendous premise. And I was grateful to the author for introducing me to some of the figures and movements about which I had not been aware. That said, I was a bit let down by this. ⬇️
