Literature Link: Indigenous People

Sunday’s service centered indigenous people.

The book, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, written by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, was published by Beacon Press, the UUA’s independent press. This is available from the UUA Bookstore. They also published An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, targeted for middle-school students. These can be purchased at:

https://www.uuabookstore.org/Search.aspx?k=Indigenous+People

If you prefer a Kindle version or an Audible audiobook, you can download them from Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=an+indigenous+peoples+history+of+the+united+states+book&crid=MP43N0U0OL42&sprefix=An+Indigen%2Caps%2C153&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_10

If you were tempted to read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, this and a version for young adults is available from the UUA Bookstore:

https://www.uuabookstore.org/Search.aspx?k=Braiding+Sweetgrass

Both Kindle versions and Audible versions are available at Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=braiding+sweetgrass+by+robin+wall+kimmerer&crid=1J15U96QEPUM3&sprefix=Braiding+sweet%2Caps%2C147&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_14

One of the readings was “The Theft Outright,” a poem by Heid Erdrich (Anishinaabe-Turtle Mountain). You can read this at:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89050/the-theft-outright