Vincent Mousseau rated How We Fight For Our Lives: 5 stars
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is …
This book is a fascinating look into the history of Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada. From the very beginning, the author's refusal to choose to limit himself to the colonial borders of these states is telling, and it is deeply rooted in an Indigenous worldview. It is an essential read to understand the territories on which we as settlers live and how we can move forward in solidarity with Indigenous communities, informed by the past and how we can build a just future.
