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The Land Of Everlasting Sky: A Memoir Of Loss And Legacy On Lake Of The Woods
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For Fans Of The Series Finding Your Roots, A Compelling Memoir About How Land Connects Us AllAnd How, If We Are To Mend Our Relations To Each Other And The Earth, We Must First Reckon With Our Past, No Matter How Distant, Shameful, Or Tragic.When Jill Swenson Returns To Her MotherS Hometown After Her Funeral, She Finds A New Seven Clans Casino Under Construction In Warroad, Minnesota, On Lake Of The Woods. There, She Learns, Red Lake Nation Has Recently Dispossessed Descendants Of Ojibway Spiritual Leader Kakaygeesick From Their LandLand Where The Family Has Lived For The Last Two CenturiesAnd Has Also Denied Them Tribal Membership.In Searching For Answers, Jill Meets The GreatGrandson Of Kakaygeesick. Over Weeks, Months, And Years, A Friendship Forms Between Them, And Jill Gradually Discovers What Allotments, Blood Quantum, And The History Of The Bureau Of Indian Affairs Have To Do With Her, The GreatGranddaughter Of Immigrants Who Homesteaded On Reservation Land. Estranged From Her Father, Still Mourning The Suicide Of Her Husband And The Loss Of Their Farm In Upstate New York, And Now Grieving Her MotherS Death, Jill Has Spent Decades Trying To Put The Past Behind HerBut Discovers The Only Path Forward Is To Reckon With History.ClearEyed And Yet Deeply Personal, The Land Of Everlasting Sky Is A Compelling Exploration Of The History We Inherit And Our Relationships To Land And Each Other.
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