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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