one of the twentieth century's leading writers on Native American affairs

is the first book of its kind—and urgently necessary

It is about a family's reckoning with loss and injustice

But you only get them once a year

We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition Seminole one of the twentieth century'sAfter centuries of colonization, this important new work recovers the literary record of Oceti Sakowin (historically known to some as the Sioux Nation) women, who served as their tribes' traditional culture keepers and culture bearers. In so doing, it furthers discussions about settler colonialism, literature, nationalism, and gender. Women and land form the core themes of the book, which brings tribal and settler colonial narratives into comparative