Thread by @KaitlinCurtice

I was very intentional about filling #NativeBook with Indigenous authors so that after you read it you can support other Native authors and learn more.

If my book is the first by a Native author you read, *PLEASE* don't stop there. Here are some of the authors from my book:

First and obviously, Robin Wall Kimmerer and her book Braiding Sweetgrass, which has taught me so much as a Potawatomi woman.

EVERYONE needs to read this book.

birchbarkbooks.com/all-online-tit…

My dear friend @nick_w_estes has an incredible book that points to the resilience of Native peoples that you should also read.

Nick & I think differently on some things, which is why I appreciate his friendship and ideas so much.

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I'll also add here, before I go on, that I don't just quote books by "Native theologians," and it bothers me when people ask for just those.
To understand the Indigenous experience, you need to read books from all of us, whether we are Christians or not.

That's how we learn.

Next, Vine Deloria Jr.'s book GOD IS RED. For those of you who are Christians, this book is an important read.

barnesandnoble.com/w/god-is-red-v…

I write in the book about how I am coming to understand my kwe identity, what it means to be an Indigenous woman.

Leanne Simpson's book has helped me so much with language for this. Feminism isn't just white--feminism of BIWOC needs to be understood.

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My dear friend @justicedanielh has a book that I grabbed right away when I knew I needed to write #NativeBook. He introduced me to the language of kinship and belonging in a new way, and I am so grateful for his kind leadership and personal friendship.

barnesandnoble.com/w/why-indigeno…

Oh and this book, which is just a gorgeous collection of essays that speaks to me all the time, Richard Wagamese's One Story, One song:

douglas-mcintyre.com/book/one-story…

And there are more in the book, so you'll have to order it to find out!

indiebound.org/book/978158743…

Here's what I want the reader to understand:

Indigenous peoples are still creating. We are creating from our trauma AND our resilience.

I want our words to reach people so that un-learning and re-learning can happen. There is so much work to do, and I want to be part of it.

If I'm the only Indigenous author you've heard of or read from, you can fix it right now. Order these books and start the journey of understanding America and colonization.

You can do this.