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“Thakóža, you‘ve had no one to teach you, not even how to be a part of a family or a community. You know what the grandmothers went through to save the seeds. That‘s how tough you have to be as an Indian woman. And as a seed keeper.” (Wilma Many Horses)
Loved this book. Can‘t recommend enough ♥️♥️Think I‘ll do #covercrush for #makeyourownprompt #booked2022
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Tamra It‘s a lovely one! 💕 2y

ncsufoxes I loved this book. I learned so much, such a beautiful story, as well as heartbreaking. I loved all the info at the end of the book 2y

CBee @ncsufoxes me too! I took a picture of some of the info at the end, since it‘s a library book. Thanks for the recommendation to read it! 2y

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BookBosomed1 This was one of my favorite reads for 2021. 🥰 2y

CBee @BookBosomed1 I completely understand why!! 2y

CBee Maybe #indigenouspeoplesday #makeyourownprompt lots of options! 2y

Cinfhen They all sound like good options 💜and book sounds great 😊 2y

CBee @Cinfhen I think you‘d love this one, it‘s fantastic ♥️ 2y

Cinfhen #Stacked / thanks 😊 2y

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Booksandtea23

Saving Ruby King: A Novel | Catherine Adel West

Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🤎

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ValerieAndBooks

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century | Alice Wong

Yesterday was #IndigenousPeoplesDay. We should be aware of injustices towards them much more often than just a couple days a year (the other being Thanksgiving).

Here Deerinwater explains why other terminology (i.e. Native American) is not good. Although this essay collection focuses on disability, she uses her essay to show the tragic lack of acceptable medical care towards Indigenous people here in the US.

obviateit 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 4y

MicheleinPhilly That‘s very interesting. Yesterday I participated in a forum that my employer put on with the CEO of UMOS. He and the Latina partner that led the discussion both talked about how much they loathe the term “Latinx.” 4y

ValerieAndBooks @MicheleinPhilly Interesting to consider, as South America and Mexico (and parts of what‘s now the US) had the Spanish “invade”. So it does make sense! What term(s) do they prefer? 4y

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MicheleinPhilly Hispanic or Latino/a. They didn‘t get too much into the reasoning behind it as that wasn‘t the topic of discussion but the partner made the point that you won‘t really hear an Hispanic or Latino/a person refer to themselves as Latinx. She provided some links that I have yet to read. 😬 I will report back! ☺️ 4y

ValerieAndBooks @MicheleinPhilly Thanks Michele. Let me know what you glean. I thought Latinx was intended to be gender neutral/fluid ? Hmm. 4y

MicheleinPhilly We are having a Zoom discussion with the author of this book right now and I‘ve posed the question to her. I will report back ASAP!

Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism

MicheleinPhilly Blerg. The time ran over and they didn‘t get to answer my question. BUT I have been reading some of the articles that were circulated last week. Essentially everyone has a different opinion on it but the most common “complaints” I‘ve seen is that it is a term that was developed within the confines of academia; it was developed by non-native speakers; it ignores the inherently gendered nature of the Spanish language; 👇🏼 3y

MicheleinPhilly It makes a mockery of the Spanish language because it is unpronounceable in Spanish as it is written; it negates the individuals/groups that refer to themselves as Hispanic or Chicano or Afro-Latino, etc. The list goes on and on. Then you have the generational divide whereby the “hey you kids, get off my lawn” set think it‘s a silly term to make young‘uns feel empowered and woke. 3y

ValerieAndBooks @MicheleinPhilly thank you for taking the time to report back! Hope the zoom discussion was still a good one anyway. Seems like every group has disagreements on preferred terminology. Like Deaf versus hearing impaired, etc. 3y

MicheleinPhilly Exactly. I mean, I have strong opinions about the terminology used to refer to the LGBTQ+ community. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The Zoom discussion was really fascinating. I feel very fortunate to work for an employer that presents such interesting offerings. 3y

ValerieAndBooks @MicheleinPhilly in general, it can be hard to know what terms are acceptable. Or what used not to be but are okay now. My daughter and her girlfriend are fine with “queer” but I still remember when it was a very insulting word. And that‘s great you have a good employer! 3y

MicheleinPhilly Yes! We‘re having a discussion with Ibram Kendi next week and I‘m so excited! The terminology issue is so complicated. I‘m not offended by the word “queer” but I would never use it to describe myself and I would likely side eye if someone referred to me specifically with that term. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It‘s all so complicated. 3y

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BookmarkTavern

Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

Adding to my TBR today. I loved Race to the Sun and enjoyed Trail of Lightning.

Looking it up today, I found that I live on the traditional territory of the Eastern Shoshone and Goshute peoples. https://native-land.ca/

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Lostinagoodbook

Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse

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It is impossible to sufficiently state how much I LOVED this stunning, epic book!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#bookreview #reading #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NativeAuthor #NetGalley #fantasybooks
Full review at:
https://lostnagoodbook.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/black-sun-rebecca-roanhorse/

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starrdom

An American Sunrise | Joy Harjo

A reminder on this #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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TheBookDream

Mind Spread Out on the Ground | Alicia Elliott

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Excellent read. Not easy, she doesn‘t mince words. If you like Roxanne Gay, read this. If you don‘t read it anyways. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #Scarathalon2020

Leaving off my team name as it seems insensitive in relation to this book, but the points are: book finished + post = 6 points

@Clwojick

Clwojick Woohoo! 🎉🎃 go team!!! (edited) 4y

Clwojick I guess I didn‘t read the whole post earlier 😅 Went back to remove the team name in my comment. Sorry 😞 4y

TheBookDream @Clwojick oh np! I may be overly cautious here but the team name is definitely unfortunate in relation to this book. 4y

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SamAnne

There There: A novel | Tommy Orange

Today, Indigenous leaders of the Yakama and Lummi Nations called for the removal of 3 large dams on the Columbia River to restore salmon and traditional fishing grounds. The press conference occurred here, where the great Celilo Falls existed before Dalles Dam was built in 1967. #indigenouspeoplesday

BookNAround My geology professor in college said that dam(n), no matter which sense you used the word in, was always a four letter word. 5y

SamAnne @BookNAround LOL. So true. While they have brought benefits, the consequences have been great. I‘m glad to see them being questioned. 5y

Freespirit Great news...we build dams without thinking of the consequences. We have terrible water problems in my country at the moment. I think water security will be a huge issue in the future. 5y

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2BR02B

WHEREAS: Poems | Layli Long Soldier

Two more Native authors from my TBR- a collection of poetry and a memoir, both recommended to me by Tommy Orange.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

vivastory If you haven't read it, I highly recommend

When My Brother Was an Aztec

Redwritinghood These are both really good. Hope you enjoy them. 6y

2BR02B @vivastory that sounds fantastic! Stacking. 6y

vivastory It's one of my favorite poetry collections of the post few years. 6y

TieDyeDude Heart Berries blew me away! 6y

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danimgill

Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse

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How appropriate that I finished this excellent fresh new dystopian tale about a Native American monster hunter on #indigenouspeoplesday! I‘ll definitely want to read the rest of the series, Maggie Hoskie is a kickass complex female protagonist and the world Rebecca Roanhorse has built is really well done.

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