Virtual Book Discussion

“Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future ”

Sunday, February 18, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

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Our second book discussion will be held on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM. The group will examine the book entitled “Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future” by Patty Krawe (Anishinaabe/Ukrainian)

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.

Virtual Book Discussion

“Warrior Girl Unearthed”

Sunday, January 14, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

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On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM, MCNAA is hosting its first book discussion for 2024. It is entitled “Warrior Girl Unearthed” by Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.)

Set in the same community as Firekeeper’s Daughter, and featuring many of the same characters, Warrior Girl Unearthed is the story of an Ojibwe teen who discovers a plot to profit off robbed Indigenous graves. With the help of a ragtag group of friends, takes matters into her own hands to protect her community, and bring her ancestors home where they belong, while staring down challenges including generational grudges, bureaucratic subterfuge, unnerving stories of missing women, family secrets, and painful realities about the legacy of colonialism. A thrilling heist gives way to a complex and compelling mystery, effortlessly exploring themes of identity, family, and reclamation in a Native community.