A masterclass of indigenous resistance in Minnesota (Mni Sota Makoce) specifically by the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) peoples for the last two hundred plus years— a masterclass that makes clearer the current resistance movement in Minneapolis, which has been largely Native-led.

The author would be so proud of the work that Pow-wow Grounds coffee has been doing, as well as of the tipi encampment that has been set up, reclaiming land across the road from Ft Snelling. This book helps foster further understanding of why this is so significant.

Winona LaDuke had the hope, the passion, and the foresight to predict the ongoing progress of the #LANDBACK movement as well as the continued repatriation/rematriation efforts to return stolen sacred items and ancestor remains.

This novel beautiful highlights the influence of women and elders in Anishinaabe culture, which extends to resistance efforts.

A cultural love story with multiple smaller love stories within. So much here to love.

One of the best books for the moment we’re in.

Garbas has written an intersectional masterpiece for the era, all by writing her own story. All by writing what she knows.

Who better to help us understand what it is like to live in US as a Mexican-American queer woman than someone who has lived it?

From the Mexican-American war, to Mexican literature, to femicide and the realties of abusive relationships. From family dynamics to racial dynamics and back again.

The storytelling style sometimes reads like a personal diary, sometimes like a novel, sometimes like a history book, almost always like prose. So many lines that took the wind out of me, that forced me to take a second and ruminate on what has been said.

READ THIS!!!

Content Warning: depictions of sexual assault, femicide, domestic violence, war, gun violence