Status Updates From Bad Indians Book Club: Read...

“We can try to be good, try to fit in, but in the end it doesn't matter. This world wasn't made for us, & our presence is seen as a threat. Assimilating to that world means negating our history, our ancestors, our selves. Bad Indians refuse this rootlessness” (p. 5)

“…Each generation exists in a different place. There isn't a single path… We try, & fail, & try again. We make the path by walking it (p. 28)

This is such an interesting point about how modern science has taken away from the human experience. The author explains how indigenous peoples showed colonizers the best places to view the stars, and now those places are barred off from everyone to enjoy with the placement of telescopes and labs. This really shows how land back isn’t just for indigenous peoples, but for everyone