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Commentary: “An Indian Among Los Indigenas”

Ursula Pike’s debut An Indian Among Los Indigenas follows 25-year-old Ursula during her two year stay in Bolivia as a volunteer with the Peace Corps and poses the question: What does it mean to have experienced the effects of colonialism firsthand, and yet to risk becoming a colonizing force in turn?

Commentary, For ReadersChava PossumJuly 19, 2021An Indian Among Los Indigenas, Ursula Pike, Native Travel memoir, Memoirs written by Indigenous writers, Indigenous writers, Indigenous stories, mission trips, colonization, colonialism in Bolivia, white supremacy, white savior industrial complex, Teju ColeComment

Commentary: Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Split Tooth is an experience unlike any other. While reading, I felt the distinct sensation of witnessing something delightfully wild, prophetic, and nightmarish all at once. I knew, from page one, that this was not a book I could finish unchanged.

Commentary, For ReadersChava PossumJuly 22, 2020Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, Indigenous writers, Nunavut, arctic settings, books about the arctic