Indigeneity Book Giveaway
Enter below by April 30 at midnight PT for a chance to win an incredible bundle of books!
A long, violent legacy of colonization has inflicted oppression on Indigenous communities worldwide. Today, leaders and tribes are organizing, resisting and leading local and global movements to to revitalize their cultures and institutions.
Indigenous activists, writers and culture bearers are leading efforts to preserve and further Indigenous knowledge. Broader society has much to learn from many of these sophisticated, Earth-honoring worldviews — wisdom too long ignored by modern society..
With our Indigeneity Book Giveaway, we celebrate the literary revelations of some of the world’s foremost indigenous storytellers and researchers.
Entry Form
One randomly selected winner will receive:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer | As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise.”
There There by Tommy Orange | A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize.
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis Bunten | In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weeâchumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims. But without members of the Wampanoag tribe who already lived on the land where the Pilgrims settled, the Pilgrims would never have made it through their first winter. And without Weeâchumun (corn), the Native people wouldn’t have helped.
The Round House by Louise Erdrich | From one of the most revered novelists of our time, an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer | In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir. Tracing the tribes’ distinctive cultures from first contact, he explores how the depredations of each era spawned new modes of survival. The devastating seizures of land gave rise to increasingly sophisticated legal and political maneuvering that put the lie to the myth that Indians don’t know or care about property. The forced assimilation of their children at government-run boarding schools incubated a unifying Native identity. Conscription in the US military and the pull of urban life brought Indians into the mainstream and modern times, even as it steered the emerging shape of self-rule and spawned a new generation of resistance. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is the essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era.
Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future by Melissa K. Nelson | Original Instructions evokes the rich indigenous storytelling tradition in this collection of presentations gathered from the annual Bioneers conference. It depicts how the world’s native leaders and scholars are safeguarding the original instructions, reminding us about gratitude, kinship, and a reverence for community and creation. Included are more than 20 contemporary indigenous leaders.
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- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. THE SWEEPSTAKES IS SPONSORED BY BIONEERS/COLLECTIVE HERITAGE INSTITUTE, 215 LINCOLN AVE #202, SANTA FE, NM 87501.
- Entry Period: “Indigeneity Book Giveaway” (the “Sweepstakes”) commences at 12:01:01 AM (PST) on February 29, 2023, and ends at 11:59:59 PM (PST) on April 30, 2023 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).
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Prize list and estimated retail value:
One paperback print copy of Braiding Sweetgrass book.
One paperback print copy of There There book.
One hardcover print copy of Keepunumuk book.
One paperback print copy of The Round House book.
One paperback print copy of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee book.
One paperback print copy of Original Instructions.
Total value: $94.53
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